Nairo Quintana won the Tour de la Provence on the back of a record-setting performance on Mont Ventoux, making the famous ascent faster than any cyclist in history.

Photographer James Startt captured the peloton's ascent up Mont Ventoux during Saturday's third stage at le Tour de la Provence. Nairo Quintana was motivated to win for his new team, Arkea Samsic, and the Colombian did not disappoint.

The new Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge will send pro riders racing up the Giant of Provence this coming Monday

From the shortened course to the costumes to the now-infamous crash, Mont Ventoux was one of the Tour's most memorable stages.

Though stage 12's Mont Ventoux finish is shorter, it will still be hard. The Tour de France, however, is now lacking something iconic.

MONTPELLIER, France (VN) — Howling winds have shortened the decisive climbing stage up the exposed flanks of Mont Ventoux on Thursday at the Tour de France. Organizers determined that the gale-force winds would be too dangerous for racing, so the finish has been moved from the summit at 1,912 meters to the Chalet Reynard, located about 6.5km lower on […]

The mythical Mont Ventoux is the hardest climb in France. Tour favorites will ride for glory — and yellow — in stage 12.

Climb the lesser-known side of the Giant of Provence, the Malaucène side of Mont Ventoux in France, an epic 21.4km ascent.

At 21.8km long, with an average gradient of 7.4 percent, the Giant of Provence delivers as one of France's most difficult and epic climbs

GCN takes on the giant of Provence in the latest edition of the Epic Climbs series