Geo Quiz

The Tour de France

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Today’s Geo Quiz comes in on two-wheels. The Tour de France is in full swing right now. The world’s most famous bicycle race is rolling through central France right now. The cyclists have left behind the steep terrain of the Pyrenees.

They’ll be headed for the Alps soon. Today’s stage had it’s ups and downs, too.

It started this morning in the city of Limoges.

Question is: where did the athletes cross the finish line today? It’s a town about 120 miles to the northeast of Limoges.

The local landscape offers riders sweeping views of vineyards and French chateaux clustered along the Indre River. We’ll check in on the Tour, find out who’s wearing the yellow jersey….and reveal the answer later in the program.

For today’s Geo Quiz we were looking for the city where cyclists in the 10th stage of the Tour de France will cross the finish line. The answer is Issoudun, France. Anchor Jeb Sharp gets the latest on today’s events from New York Times reporter Juliet Macur. Listen to the answer