“4,200 m of elevation gain?
But it's fads who do that!
Martine, a septuagenarian from Marseille who came to admire the panorama of the Col du Glandon (1,924 m), watches in amazement as the triathletes pass over this legendary Savoyard pass, where the air becomes scarce.
She struggles to conceive that they will stuff themselves with a final grueling ascent after that, towards the station of Saint-François-Longchamp, on the other side of the valley.
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