As is always the case when a Grand Tour incorporates ‘off-road’ sectors into its parcours, opinion on the gravel-heavy stage 9 of the Tour de France in Troyes has been mixed.
The race has memorably visited the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix in the past and has also included gravel roads at the Plateau des Glières, too. Sunday’s stage was the biggest day of gravel roads yet at the race, however.
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