Except there wont be a podium or prize money waiting for them on the champelysees when they finish on saturday, one day before the yellow jersey arrives in paris. Todays stage is the second of two alpine days in this years edition and features three difficult mountain climbs. Over the same mountains on the same 3,351kilometer 2,082mile route. Six mountains on bastille day which will no doubt see some attacks from the home nation. Like the other grand tours the giro ditalia and the vuelta a espana, it consists of 21 daylong stages over the course of. The 101st edition of the threeweek race then headed to france, and finished in paris on sunday, 27 july after 2,277 miles and 21 stages, made up of nine flat. Seven of the tour s 21 stages are mountain stages, taking in some of the highest passes in the pyrenees and the alps, including the col du galibier, at 2642 metres. Profile, time schedule, all informations on the stage. Alberto contador abandoned after suffering a fractured tibia in a crash and. It will be the 107th edition of the race with all 21 stages taking place entirely in france. In an effort to complete the same route as the men, this. This years route covers stage 2 of le tour, traveling a loop of 110 miles from and back to nice. The bunch starts in le touquetparisplage and finish in lille after 163,5 flat kilometres. Between g, stannard and eisel, theyre more than capable of shepherding froome through the 15k of cobbles.
Add the element of this years climbheavy route, packed with seven climbs over 2,000m, and france could see its best chance of victory since bernard hinault last won the tour in 1985. Notable features of the route were fifth stages sections of sett paving, the five high altitude stage finishes and the lack time. Won by vincenzo nibali before jeanchristophe peraud 2nd and thibaut pinot 3rd. An epic ride designed to celebrate the challenge of some of the most famed tour routes. G won junior pr in 04 and he finished 2nd behind hushovd on the cobbles stage of the 10 tour.