Le Tour

The route

Running from Saturday July 3^rd to Sunday July 25^th 2010, the 97^th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,642 kilometres.

These stages have the following profiles:

• 1 prologue,
• 9 flat stages,
• 6 mountain stages and 3 summit finishes,
• 4 medium mountain stages,
• 1 individual time-trial stage (52 km).

Distinctive aspects of the race

• le Tourmalet climbed twice,
• a hint of the Classics and cobblestones,
• 2 rest days,
• 25 level 1, level 2 and highest level mountain passes.