Tour de France Stage 18: Dancing with the Devil—the Col de la Loze and the Art of Controlled Suffering

On cycling’s most feared ascent, Ben O’Connor exorcised demons while Pogačar faced his greatest nightmare—and both emerged transformed COURCHEVEL, France (24 July 2025) — The morning mist clung to the valley floor like a shroud as 162 riders assembled in Vif, their breath forming small clouds in the Alpine air that would soon thin to […]

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