A tribute to Poupou and his legendary duel on the slopes of the Auvergne summit, in 1964, with his adopted city as the starting point of the stage. “I never imagined an arrival at Puy-de-Dôme which would not start from St-Léonard-de-Noblat”, confides the director of the Tour de France. Christian Prudhomme owes, he says, his passion for cycling to Raymond Poulidor.
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme
