Monday, July 09, 2007

Le Tour de France 2007


The route
Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2007, the
94th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometres.


These 20 stages have the following profiles:
  • 11 flat stages
  • 6 mountain stages
  • 1 medium mountain stage
  • 2 individual time-trial stages

Distinctive aspects of the race:
  • 3 mountain finishes
  • 2 rest days
  • 117 kilometres of individual time-trials (including the prologue)
  • 21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed

12 new stop-over towns
London, Canterbury, Waregem, Villers-Cotterêts, Joigny, Chablis, Semur-en-Auxois, Tignes, Tallard, Mazamet, Cognac, Marcoussis

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