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Break­ing with tra­di­tion at the Tour de France is stir­ring con­tro­ver­sy.

Since race or­ga­niz­ers an­nounced plans last week to climb the icon­ic Mont­martre hill in Paris dur­ing the fi­nal stage in Ju­ly, the cy­cling world has been abuzz. Could the climb ac­tu­al­ly de­cide the Tour win­ner? Or dis­rupt the fi­nal sprint by in­ject­ing tac­ti­cal un­cer­tain­ty in­to what is usu­al­ly a cel­e­bra­to­ry day?

Well, that re­mains to be seen. But one thing seems cer­tain: The stage will be a spec­ta­cle.