SALON-DE-PROVENCE, France (AP) After 19 stages, 3,414.5 kilometers (2,121 miles) of Tour de France roads, and unspeakable mounds of calories for those who followed the riders from Germany through Belgium and Luxembourg and across five French mountain ranges, the marathon of cycling, eating and drinking is almost done.
Soup, the signature dish of the venue for Stage 20, Marseille, could hardly be better timed.
BAGUETTE AND BUTTER: Home of the only French football club to win the Champions League, Marseille’s Stade Velodrome will stage the start and finish of this short 22.5-kilometer (14-mile) time trial. The challenging route with more than two dozen bends will take riders on mainly flat urban roads, along the Corniche and the Vieux Port.