4.Routes des Grandes Alpes - Day Four

<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: medium; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">104km, 2397m, 1 cat. 1, 1 HC Col</span></span>

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