Tour de France organizers threw down the gauntlet to the climbing specialists when they unveiled the “the highest Tour in history” for a 2019 edition featuring a record 30 mountain passes and five summit finishes on Thursday.
Japan Today
S Tour de France organizers 主催
V [threw down]
O the gauntlet 長手袋
補足
[to] the climbing specialists 専門家
[when] いつ
S they
V [unveiled] 発表した
O the “the highest Tour in history” 「最も高いツアー」
[for] a 2019 edition
補足
[featuring] a record
30 mountain passes [and] five summit finishes
([on] Thursday.)