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A short but demanding mountain stage which crams six categorised climbs into about 100km as the race dashes across the Vosges to the Le Markstein ski station.

Localized forest fires have broken out in parts of France including regions such as Lorraine and Vosges where extreme heat and forest fires are rare.

Halvorsen was deported to a concentration camp in Natzweiler, near the Vosges mountains in annexed eastern France.

Yet Delétang, who was until recently the director of the indoor-outdoor Théâtre du Peuple in the Vosges Mountains, plays into the company’s worst instincts, with a staging that eschews historical insight for endless grandstanding in front of candelabras.

It forced some ski resorts in low-lying mountain ranges like the Pyrenees and the Vosges to close trails during their peak season.