Mont Ventoux featured heavily in the 2015 Tour de France, what with the videos circulating claiming to show Chris Froome’s power data while climbing the mountain in the 2013 edition.

Froome’s winning ride on the mountain was the last time it has featured in the Tour route, but reports suggest that the race will head back to the mountain in Provence in 2016.

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One of the Tour’s most iconic mountains could feature on one of the most iconic days of the race – Bastille Day, the French national day.

Although few details of the 2016 race route have been confirmed, the mayor of Bedoin, where the 21.8km ascent of the mountain starts, dropped a large hint.

“Nothing is official yet, but it seems that the rise will be by Bedoin since I just received my invitation to attend the official presentation in Paris,” he told La Provence. Only towns who are hosting a stage start or finish are invited to the presentation.

Ventoux is set to host the Tour for a 15th time, with nine of those occasions seeing the stage finish at the top of the bald mountain.

The only two stages currently confirmed for the 2016 Tour are for the Grand Départ in Normandy, with stage one starting on Mont-Saint-Michel.