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Tour de France route change
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PARIS (AP) — Tour de France organizers have changed the route of the 20th stage of this year's race following a landslide in the French Alps. At 110.5-kilometers (68.6-miles), the length of the Alpine stage between Modane and l'Alpe d'Huez remains unchanged, but the famed Col du Galibier is no longer part of the race program. Organizers said in a statement that following "the closure of the Chambon tunnel because of a landslide in April," traffic in the area won't be restored before the passage of the peloton on July 25.