Friday's Stage 19 of the Tour de France has been shortened after an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis in cattle near ...

Changes have been made to Stage 19 of the Tour de France to avoid diseased cows in the area. The route has been shortened ...

In one of the stranger sporting announcements of the year the Tour de France have been forced to change the route to Friday’s stage due to cattle culling. The stage is taking place in the Alps as the ...

An outbreak of a disease known as 'contagious nodular dermatitis' has been found in a herd of cattle located specifically in the Col des Saisies region of the Tour de France course ...

The altered route will still take cyclists between Albertville and La Plagne for the third-to-last stage of the race.

Organisers of the Tour de France have made a last-minute change to Friday’s stage 19, following the discovery of a contagious cattle disease on the Col des Saisies. The stage, originally set to ...

The 13.7 kilometer Col des Saisies climb was removed — where an outbreak of nodular dermatitis affected a herd of cows, race organizer ASO said.

The 19th stage of the Tour de France has been shortened due to the discovery of a contagious disease in a herd of cattle ...

Stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday, July 25 will now be 95 kilometers instead of 129.9 kilometers because the specific cattle herd is located in the Col de Saisies, one of the mountain ...

Organisers shorten stage 19 of the Tour de France in order to avoid a herd of diseased cattle on the Col des Saisies.

“The discovery of an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis affecting cattle in a herd located specifically in the Col des Saisies has necessitated the culling of the animals,” said a ...