The route
Running from Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 24th 2011, the 98th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,430.5 kilometres.
These stages have the following profiles:
- 10 flat stages,
- 6 mountain stages and 4 summit finishes,
- 3 medium mountain stages,
- 1 individual time-trial stage (42.5 km).
- 1 team time-trial stage (23 km).
Distinctive aspects of the race
- le Galibier climbed twice,
- 2 rest days,
- 23 level 2, 1 or highest level mountain passes or summit finishes,
- no bonuses will be awarded during the intermediate sprints and stage finishes.
15 new stage towns
Blaye-les-Mines, Cap Fréhel, Carhaix, Carmaux, Cugnaux, Galibier Serre-Chevalier, Limoux, Modane - Valfréjus, Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers, Mûr-de-Bretagne, Olonne-sur-Mer, Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts, Pinerolo (Italie), Redon, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
100 candles for the Galibier
The Tour de France’s cyclists first climbed the Col du Galibier in 1911.To mark this hundredth anniversary in the appropriate way, in 2011, the Galibier will be climbed twice after an interval of 24 hours. The finish of the18 th stage will be judged at the summit, which will be the highest finish in the Tour’s history, at an altitude of 2, 645 metres.
| Stage | Type | Date | Start and Finish | Distance | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | En ligne | Saturday 2 July | Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts > Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers | 191.5 km |  |
| 2 | Team TT | Sunday 3 July | Les Essarts > Les Essarts | 23 km | |
| 3 | En ligne | Monday 4 July | Olonne-sur-Mer > Redon | 198 km | |
| 4 | En ligne | Tuesday 5 July | Lorient > Mûr-de-Bretagne | 172.5 km | |
| 5 | En ligne | Wednesday 6 July | Carhaix > Cap Fréhel | 164.5 km | |
| 6 | En ligne | Thursday 7 July | Dinan > Lisieux | 226.5 km | |
| 7 | En ligne | Friday 8 July | Le Mans > Châteauroux | 218 km | |
| 8 | Medium mountains | Saturday 9 July | Aigurande > Super-Besse Sancy | 189 km | |
| 9 | Medium mountains | Sunday 10 July | Issoire > Saint-Flour | 208 km | |
| R | Rest Day | Monday 11 July | Le Lioran Cantal | | |
| 10 | En ligne | Tuesday 12 July | Aurillac > Carmaux | 158 km | |
| 11 | En ligne | Wednesday 13 July | Blaye-les-Mines > Lavaur | 167.5 km | |
| 12 | High Mountains | Thursday 14 July | Cugnaux > Luz-Ardiden | 211 km | |
| 13 | High Mountains | Friday 15 July | Pau > Lourdes | 152.5 km | |
| 14 | High Mountains | Saturday 16 July | Saint-Gaudens > Plateau de Beille | 168.5 km | |
| 15 | En ligne | Sunday 17 July | Limoux > Montpellier | 192.5 km | |
| R | Rest Day | Monday 18 July | Département de la Drôme | | |
| 16 | Medium mountains | Tuesday 19 July | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Gap | 162.5 km | |
| 17 | High Mountains | Wednesday 20 July | Gap > Pinerolo | 179 km | |
| 18 | High Mountains | Thursday 21 July | Pinerolo > Galibier Serre-Chevalier | 200.5 km | |
| 19 | High Mountains | Friday 22 July | Modane Valfréjus > Alpe-d’Huez | 109.5 km | |
| 20 | Individual time-trial | Saturday 23 July | Grenoble > Grenoble | 42.5 km | |
| 21 | En ligne | Sunday 24 July | Créteil > Paris Champs-Élysées | 95 km | |
and YES! we will be going.
A bientôt
Peter et Donna
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