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The 102nd edition of the Tour de France begins with stage 1: a 13.8 km individual time-trial stage that starts and ends in Utrecht (Netherlands).
Stage 2 is a 166 km flat stage from Utrecht (Netherlands) to Zélande (Netherlands).
Stage 3 is a 159.5 km hilly stage from Antwerp (Belgium) to Huy (Belgium).
Stage 4 is a 223.5 km hilly, cobblestone stage from Seraing (Belgium) to Cambrai.
Stage 5 is a 189.5 km flat stage from Arras to Amiens.
Stage 6 is a 191.5 km flat stage from Abbeville to Le Havre.
Stage 7 is a 190.5 km flat stage from Livarot to Fougères.
Stage 8 is a 181.5 km hilly stage from Rennes to Mûr-de-Bretagne.
Stage 9 is a 28 km team time-trial stage from Vannes to Plumelec followed by the first of two rest days tomorrow.
Following the first rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 10: a 167 km mountain stage from Tarbes to La Pierre-Saint-Martin.
Stage 11 is a 188 km mountain stage from Pau to Vallée de Saint-Savin.
Stage 12 is a 195 km mountain stage from Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille.
Stage 13 is a 198.5 km hilly stage from Muret to Rodez.
Stage 14 is a 178.5 km mountain stage from Rodez to Mende.
Stage 15 is a 183 km hilly stage from Mende to Valence.
Stage 16 is a 201 km hilly stage from Bourg-de-Péage to Gap followed by the second and final rest day tomorrow.
Following the second and final rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 17: a 161 km mountain stage from Digne-les-Bains to Pra-Loup.
Stage 18 is a 186.5 km mountain stage from Gap to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
Stage 19 is a 138 km mountain stage from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to La Toussuire.
Stage 20, the penultimate day of the Tour de France, is a 110.5 km mountain stage from Valfréjus to Alpe d'Huez.
The 102nd edition of the Tour de France ends with Stage 21: a 109.5 km flat stage from Sèvres to Paris (Champs-Élysées).
The 103rd edition of the Tour de France begins with stage 1: a 188 km flat stage from Mont-Saint-Michel to Utah Beach (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont).
Stage 2 is a 183 km flat stage from Saint-Lô to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
Stage 3 is a 223.5 km flat stage from Granville to Angers.
Stage 4 is a 237.5 km flat stage from Saumur to Limoges.
Stage 5 is a 216 km mountain stage from Limoges to Le Lioran.
Stage 6 is a 190.5 km hilly stage from Arpajon-sur-Cère to Montauban.
Stage 7 is a 162.5 km mountain stage from L'Isle-Jourdain to Lac de Payolle.
Stage 8 is a 184 km mountain stage from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon.
Stage 9 is a 184.5 km mountain stage from Vielha Val d'Aran (Spain) to Andorre Arcalis (Andorra) followed by the first of two rest days tomorrow.
Following the first rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 10: a 197 km mountain stage from Escaldes-Engordany (Andorra) to Revel.
Stage 11 is a 162.5 km flat stage from Carcassonne to Montpellier.
Stage 12 is a 178 km mountain stage from Montpellier to Mont Ventoux.
Stage 13 is a 37.5 km individual time-trial stage from Bourg-Saint-Andéol to La Caverne du Pont-d'Arc.
Stage 14 is a 208.5 km flat stage from Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes (Parc des Oiseaux).
Stage 15 is a 160 km mountain stage from Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz.
Stage 16 is a 209 km flat stage from Moirans-en-Montagne to Berne (Switzerland) followed by the second and final rest day tomorrow.
Following the second and final rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 17: a 184.5 km mountain stage from Berne (Switzerland) to Finhaut-Emosson (Switzerland).
Stage 18 is a 17 km individual time-trial stage from Sallanches to Megève.
Stage 19 is a 146 km mountain stage from Albertville to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc.
Stage 20, the penultimate day of the Tour de France, is a 146.5 km mountain stage from Megève to Morzine.
The 103rd edition of the Tour de France ends with Stage 21: a 113 km flat stage from Chantilly to Paris (Champs-Élysées).
The 104th edition of the Tour de France begins with stage 1: a 14 km individual time-trial stage that starts and ends in Düsseldorf (Germany).
Stage 2 is a 203.5 km flat stage from Düsseldorf (Germany) to Liège (Belgium).
Stage 3 is a 212.5 km hilly stage from Verviers (Belgium) to Longwy.
Stage 4 is a 207.5 km flat stage from Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg) to Vittel.
Stage 5 is a 160.5 km hilly stage from Vittel to La Planche des Belles Filles.
Stage 6 is a 216 km flat stage from Vesoul to Troyes.
Stage 7 is a 213.5 km flat stage from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges.
Stage 8 is a 187.5 km mountain stage from Dole to Station des Rousses.
Stage 9 is a 181.5 km mountain stage from Nantua to Chambéry followed by the first of two rest days tomorrow.
Following the first rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 10: a 178 km flat stage from Périgueux to Bergerac.
Stage 11 is a 203.5 km flat stage from Eymet to Pau.
Stage 12 is a 214.5 km mountain stage from Pau to Peyragudes.
Stage 13 is a 101 km mountain stage from Saint-Girons to Foix.
Stage 14 is a 181.5 km hilly stage from Blagnac to Rodez.
Stage 15 is a 189.5 km hilly stage from Laissac-Sévérac l'Église to Le Puy-en-Velay followed by the second and final rest day tomorrow.
Following the second and final rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 16: a 165 km hilly stage from Le Puy-en-Velay to Romans-sur-Isère.
Stage 17 is a 183 km mountain stage from La Mure to Serre-Chevalier.
Stage 18 is a 179.5 km mountain stage from Briançon to Izoard.
Stage 19 is a 222.5 km flat stage from Embrun to Salon-de-Provence.
Stage 20, the penultimate day of the Tour de France, is a 22.5 km individual time-trial stage that starts and ends in Marseille.
The 104th edition of the Tour de France ends with Stage 21: a 103 km flat stage from Montgeron to Paris (Champs-Élysées).
The 105th edition of the Tour de France begins with stage 1: a 201 km flat stage from Noirmoutier-en-l'Île to Fontenay-le-Comte.
Stage 2 is a 182.5 km flat stage from Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon.
Stage 3 is a 35.5 km team time-trial stage that starts and ends in Cholet.
Stage 4 is a 195 km flat stage from La Baule to Sarzeau.
Stage 5 is a 204.5 km hilly stage from Lorient to Quimper.
Stage 6 is a 181 km hilly stage from Brest to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan.
Stage 7 is a 231 km flat stage from Fougères to Chartres.
Stage 8 is a 181 km flat stage from Dreux to Amiens Métropole.
Stage 9 is a 156.5 km hilly, cobblestone stage from Arras Citadelle to Roubaix followed by the first of two rest days tomorrow.
Following the first rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 10: a 158.5 km mountain stage from Annecy to Le Grand-Bornand.
Stage 11 is a 108.5 km mountain stage from Albertville to La Rosière Espace San Bernardo.
Stage 12 is a 175.5 km mountain stage from Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs to Alpe d'Huez.
Stage 13 is a 169.5 km flat stage from Bourg d'Oisans to Valence.
Stage 14 is a 188 km hilly stage from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Mende.
Stage 15 is a 181.5 km hilly stage from Millau to Carcassonne followed by the second and final rest day tomorrow.
Following the second and final rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 16: a 218 km mountain stage from Carcassonne to Bagnères-de-Luchon.
Stage 17 is a 65 km mountain stage from Bagnères-de-Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulan (Col du Portet).
Stage 18 is a 171 km flat stage from Trie-sur-Baïse to Pau.
Stage 19 is a 200.5 km mountain stage from Lourdes to Laruns.
Stage 20, the penultimate day of the Tour de France, is a 31 km individual time-trial stage from Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle to Espelette.
The 105th edition of the Tour de France ends with Stage 21: a 116 km flat stage from Houilles to Paris (Champs-Élysées).
The 106th edition of the Tour de France begins with stage 1: a 194.5 km flat stage from Bruxelles (Belgium) to Brussel (Belgium).
Stage 2 is a 27.6 km team time-trial stage from Bruxelles Palais Royal (Belgium) to Brussel Atomium (Belgium).
Stage 3 is a 215 km hilly stage from Binche (Belgium) to Épernay.
Stage 4 is a 213.5 km flat stage from Reims to Nancy.
Stage 5 is a 175.5 km hilly stage from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges to Colmar.
Stage 6 is a 160.5 km mountain stage from Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles.
Stage 7 is a 230 km flat stage from Belfort to Chalon-sur-Saône.
Stage 8 is a 200 km hilly stage from Mâcon to Saint-Étienne.
Stage 9 is a 170.5 km hilly stage from Saint-Étienne to Brioude.
Stage 10 is a 217.5 km flat stage from Saint-Flour to Albi followed by the first of two rest days tomorrow.
Following the first rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 11: a 167 km flat stage from Albi to Toulouse.
Stage 12 is a 209.5 km mountain stage from Toulouse to Bagnères-de-Bigorre.
Stage 13 is a 27.2 km individual time-trial stage that starts and ends in Pau.
Stage 14 is a 117.5 km mountain stage from Tarbes to Tourmalet Barèges.
Stage 15 is a 185 km mountain stage from Limoux to Foix Prat d'Albis followed by the second and final rest day tomorrow.
Following the second and final rest day, the cycling resumes with stage 16: a 177 km flat stage that starts and ends in Nîmes.
Stage 17 is a 200 km hilly stage from Pont du Gard to Gap.
Stage 18 is a 208 km mountain stage from Embrun to Valloire.
Stage 19 is a 126.5 km mountain stage from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Tignes.
Stage 20, the penultimate day of the Tour de France, is a 130 km mountain stage from Albertville to Val Thorens.
The 106th edition of the Tour de France ends with Stage 21: a 128 km flat stage from Rambouillet to Paris (Champs-Élysées).
A rather unfamiliar format perfect for a great popular show: three loops in the hinterland of Nice including one to be covered twice giving the spectators an opportunity to see the pack go by all along the day before possibly witnessing the first act of the great battle between the sprinters. A bunched sprint is indeed expected at the end of the long final straight on the Promenade des Anglais.
The sprinter having captured the Yellow Jersey the previous day will be in a tricky situation as soon as the climb up to the Col de la Colmiane and will then have to face the steep turns heading to the Col de Turini and eventually head up to the Col d’Eze. A mountain stage with two passages at over 1,500m as soon as the second day of the race, that’s a grande première.
The riders might be inspired by the perfumes of Grasse as they leave the Nice area. They will then ride along the Route Napoléon with far less obstacles than the ones witnessed by the Emperor after returning from exile on the Island of Elba. The flat final part as we get closer to the Sisteron Citadel shouldn’t trouble the plans of the sprinters’ teams.
An altitude finish as early on the Tour is extremely rare. The Grand Départ in Nice allows the race to evolve rapidly in the spectacular scenery of Hautes-Alpes. The day’s program with a first hilly excursion in the Dévoluy mountains isn’t made to split the pack too much. But the final climb to Orcières-Merlette, 1 800 metres high, should give some precious information on the state of form of the favourites.
The journey through Provence will take the riders on the lands of olive trees as they go past Nyons and then to the kingdom of “nougat” in the city of Montélimar. But once in the Rhone Valley, the cycling speciality really is the bunched sprint. At the end of an uphill false-flat road on several kilometres, the one in Privas will concern the finest of specialists.
The finish at the Mont Aigoual will be situated on a vast “plateau” on the borders of the Gard and Lozère departments, The steepness of the road to reach it will give the day quite some excitement especially after taking on the climb to the Col de la Lusette after leaving Le Vigan. At the summit, around 15 kilometres will still have to be covered to the get to the finish line. A day when the favourites will have to remain extra focused.
In the areas of Aveyron and Tarn where one doesn’t quite know what “flat” means, the roads are never easy. Other than the hilly course, before visiting Castres, the plans of the sprinters’ teams could be troubled by the wind that can be very strong in the region.
The first Pyrenees stage was designed on a course that will be both dynamic and demanding. In less than 100 kilometres, the riders will have to reach the Col de Menté followed by the Port de Balès and the Col de Peyresourde. A fine downhiller could then have the opportunity to make a difference on a descent of around ten kilometres to the finish.
The mountainous program of the day starts with the discovery of the Col de la Hourcère which will immediately precede the climb to the Col de Soudet. For the seventh time since the beginning of the Tour, the riders will ride at an altitude of over 1,500m. They will then battle it out on the extremely steep climb up to the Col de Marie Blanque before heading back down to Laruns.
Two islands linked by a stage of the Tour, that’s already a first for the peloton that will find it hard to make it bunched to Saint-Martin-de-Ré. The stage will be marked by the Vauban buildings in Royan, Rochefort or La Rochelle, but also by a course mainly set by the sea… and the crossing of marshlands swept by wind.
The Tour bids farewell to the ocean. The 2020 Tour leaves the coast and enters the deeper French territory through the marshlands of Poitou. The scene is set for a bunched sprint in Poitiers with a final 1.5-km straight that could suit Arnaud Démare, winner in that town of his for French National champion’s jersey back in 2014.
The longest stage of the 2020 Tour will first take the riders on the roads of the Vienne and Haute-Vienne areas. But it’ll be in Corrèze that the most ambitious could give it a go on the final difficulty, the Suc au May that shows up on the course when the legs will be heavy.
The journey through the Massif Central will for the first time finish at the Puy Mary and will feature the biggest elevation gain of the 2020 Tour with a total of 4,400 metres of climbing. Before taking on the final climb, the riders will have to deal with the Col de Ceyssat and the Col de Neronne. The favourites will need to be at their very best.
As required in the tradition of the “bouchons lyonnais” (typical Lyon restaurants), the menu will be dense and promises a battle between the breakaway specialists, the climbers and the sprinters. First on the Monts du Forez where the riders will have to go up to the Col du Béal, and then mainly on the urban course of close to 15 kilometres in Lyon including three climbs: the Côte de la Duchère, followed by the Montée de l’Observance and finally the Côte de la Croix-Rousse just five kilometres before reaching the finish line.
“At last” might say the relieved enthusiasts of what is also known as the “Bugey pyramid” who had been requiring a summit finish there for quite some time. And it’ll almost be an entire climb of the Grand Colombier that will be organised for this 15th stage with indeed three of the four access roads covered. The final climb of the mountain, the one where it won’t be possible to hide will start in Culoz. The battle promises to be intense on the eve of the second rest day!
La Chartreuse area could inspire the many breakaway experts if they feel ready enough to battle it out on the climb up the Col de Porte. The mountains of Vercors also offer all the ingredients of a tricky stage. A similar cocktail to the one offered in Villard-de-Lans in 1987 that had left a bad taste in the mouth of Jean-François Bernard.
Only a great champion will be able to win at the Col de la Loze! The stage profile invites the favourites of the Tour to be audacious. They don’t yet know the road that will take them on that day to the Col de la Madeleine and have no idea of what to expect once in the resort of Méribel. They’ll still have an extra 7 irregular kilometres to climb with several passages at over 20%.
The course of the day is made for the most enduring climbers. Indeed over 4,000m of climbing will be on the menu. In the following order, the peloton will head up to the Cormet de Roselend, then the Col des Saisies followed by Les Aravis and finally the Plateau des Glières, a key location of the French Resistance, before continuing towards La Roche-sur-Foron.
Two days before the end of the race, the title and podium contenders might have the freedom to start focusing on the challenge that awaits the following day. It’ll therefore be up to the sprinters having survived the Alps to seize this opportunity to shine. The finish is really made for strong men.
The end of Tour time-trials are the less predictable of the discipline. They’re even less when the course on the menu is an uphill climb like the one to La Planche-des-Belles-Filles, 5.9kms long at an average of 8.5%. If the gaps are small, the positions on the podium could dramatically change.
Emotions run high on the final stage of the Tour. Light hearted in the first part of the race when time has come to celebrate and congratulate one another with sometimes a sip of champagne. Then comes the pleasure of re-discovering every year the Île-de-France area and Paris of course. Finally there are the shivers, the flower bouquet on the Champs-Ẻlysées indeed remains one of the most coveted on the sprinting planet. Unless…
After a first part allowing to appreciate the wild and unique beauty of the Côte de Granit rose, the course heads inland towards a mouthwatering final section: the double climb up the Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne will be an unforgiving judge especially because the riders will start the climb almost stopped, without that momentum that the former course had to offer.
Warren Barguil, best climber of the 2017 Tour should have all eyes on him as he takes off from his birth area. But he shouldn’t be in the spotlights at the finish: by the Château des Rohan, the sprinters certainly won’t want to miss out on this first opportunity they have to express themselves on this edition.
This journey through Argoat, the beautiful inland Brittany entirely set in the Gallo country and going from one side to the other of the Ille-et-Vilaine area is another fine opportunity for the sprinters. Unless if audacious riders make the best of the hilly forrest roads or windy conditions on the few unsheltered uplands to remain clear of the hungry pack.
The first week of the Tour hadn’t offered such a long individual time-trial since 2008, year of the last Grand Départ in… Brest! Geography commanded to break an eventual litany of flat stages and this gift to the time-trial specialists shows our will to vary the scenario and reshuffle the established positions.
A brief stage in two parts. A touch of sweetness and wonder first going by the splendid Renaissance castles, uncomparable gems of the Val de Loire heritage. Power then when the teams protecting the interests of their sprinters will increase the pace to reach the finish.
The following day of a “sprint-course”, the Tour will vary the pleasures offering its longest stage for 21 years. But length doesn’t mean languor: all along another cultural journey (Bourges, Nevers, Bibracte, Autun…), the Morvan will offer 3,000 m of elevation to the menu and a spicy finish up the demanding Signal d’Uchon on the course of the Tour for the very first time.
After 2009 and 2018, the finish at Le Grand-Bornand will once again be conditioned by the Romme – Colombière climbing sequence. But this time it’ll be preceded by the climb up to Mont-Saxonnex (5,7 km at 8,3%) first ascent towards the Plateau de Solaison, and will therefore offer a triple climb on a distance of over 20 kms at close to 9%. Of course it’ll be a day for the best climbers!
We had promised that we would rapidly return to Tignes to erase the frustration of the missed rendez-vous of 2019. The Tour will respect its word by going up the Col du Pré for the second time and of course the majestic Cormet de Roselend before heading up the long final ascent that sneaks up under the dam all the way to the Val Claret.
At the footstep of the Savoie resorts, the quality of its infrastructures and its welcoming atmosphere makes Albertville the perfect host city. But this time, the doorway to the Alps will not send the riders towards the summits. By heading to the valleys of Isère and of the Rhone, the course is clearly made for an explanation between the sprinters.
Five years after a windy visit, the Tour returns to the Giant of Provence that has become a Regional Natural Parc, for a double climb (including the almost unprecedented one going through Sault) and a finish at the bottom. A fine way to salute the initiative of the Conseil départemental of Vaucluse that refurnished the summit road for cyclists.
After a journey along the magical Gorges de l’Ardèche that will for the first time be entirely visited by the Tour, this stage should end with a bunched sprint in Nîmes, like in 2019 with a similar finish. One will however have to be extra careful: the wind could be a key factor on wide open roads and echelons could occur.
From the Roman arenas that are considered as the most well preserved in the world to the medieval city part of the UNESCO world heritage, this stage will follow the course of history. It also tells us that despite what the geography seems to suggest, never has a finish by the Carcassonne towers finished with a bunched sprint. Good news for the audacious!
Rather calm until Lavelanet, the journey into the Pyrenees rapidly becomes a roller-coaster ride as of Montségur: the citadel of vertigo and its rough climbs, then the Col de la Croix des Morts and Col de Saint-Louis that the riders will reach by riding on the spectacular Viaduc de l'Escargot, will sharpen the appetite of the hungriest climbers.
A start in Céret for the first ever time, a first stop in the Pyrénées-Orientales area since 2009 and Thomas Voeckler’s victory in Perpignan, a journey through Prades, Font-Romeu, the col de Puymorens, the Port d'Envalira and Beixalis with slopes that are as tough to climb as they are tricky to descend: the Principality will crown a real king of the mountains.
The Yellow Jersey contenders could enjoy a moment of truce and the hilly stage profile seems to favour breakaway riders who will still be fresh enough in this third week of racing. They will have to shake up the race if they don’t want to miss out on one of the last clear opportunities of shining.
The Tour resumes from the bottom of the Pyrenees to face them differently with this stage that has two faces, with a big chain ring on over 100 kilometres before taking on three major obstacles in a row: Peyresourde, Val Louron-Azet and to finish off, the 16-km climb at an average gradient close to 9% of the unforgiving Col du Portet. Big efforts required for what promises to be quite a show.
Dense, tense, selective with the climbs up two giants of the Pyrenees: the Tourmalet and Luz Ardiden, where the verdict of the final mountain battle will be known. The climbing type leaders will have to find a way to gain enough time in the GC on those who are better in time-trials.
On the traditional “Landes stage”, one logically predicts a bunched sprint based on the number of sprinters still in the race after surviving the mountains. But will they be able to master the events and circumstances? Redesigned and coming after three weeks of racing, it could also suit a courageous adventurer.
The prestigious vineyard setting will make the athletic performance all the more impressive and will remind many of the Bordeaux-Pauillac time-trial in 2010 when Fabian Cancellara had beaten Tony Martin by 17 seconds. And drama should be well present on the day as the end of Tour time-trials have that vocation to decide who will conquer that final Yellow Jersey.
Chatou is the happy “chosen one” for this fourth consecutive start of the final stage in the department of the Yvelines that will carry on doing so until 2023. The Yvelines has become a land of cycling, it has indeed welcomed the start of Paris-Nice for ten years now and will be hosting the discipline (road, track, mountain bike and BMX) for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
