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Tour de France: How many calories will the winner burn?

Written by John Eric Goff, Professor of Physics, University of Lynchburg

The Tour de France is one of the most physically taxing sporting feats imaginable.Phillippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images Tour de France: How many calories will the winner burn?

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Imagine you begin pedaling from the start of Stage 12 of this year’s Tour de France. Your very first task would be to bike approximately 20.6 miles (33.2 km) up to the peak of Col du Galibier in the French Alps while...

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