Website & other coverage:
Official Tour website
Live coverage from Velonews.com
Rider diaries on Velonews.com
Live news, start list, interviews, previous winners and news on Cycling News
There’s also live coverage from the CSC team.
TV
ITV2: live feeds at the start and finish, plus nightly, hour-long highlights packages.
ITV: weekly highlights programmes.
Stages:
Follow stage link for results on velonews
Date |
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Saturday, 3rd |
Prologue – Individual Time Trial | Liège | |
| Sun, 4th | Stage 1 | Liège – Charleroi | |
| Mon, 5th | Stage 2 | Charleroi – Namur | |
| Tues, 6th | Stage 3 | Waterloo – Wasquehal | |
| Weds, 7th | Stage 4 – Team Time Trial | Cambrai – Arras | |
| Thurs, 8th | Stage 5 | Amiens – Chartres | |
| Fri, 9th | Stage 6 | Bonneval – Angers | |
| Sat, 10th | Stage 7 | Châteaubraint – Saint-Brieuc | |
| Sun, 11th | Stage 7 | Lamballe – Quimper | |
| Mon, 12th | Rest day in Limoges | ||
| Tues, 13th | Stage 9 | Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat – Guéret | |
| Weds, 14th | Stage 10 | Limoges – Saint-Flour | |
| Thurs, 15th | Stage 11 |
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| Fri, 16th | Stage 12 | Castelsarrasin – La Mongie | |
| Sat, 17th | Stage 13 | Lannemezan – Plateau de Beille | |
| Sun, 18th | Stage 14 | Carcassonne – Nîmes | |
| Mon, 19th | Rest day in Nîmes | N/A | N/A |
| Tues, 20th | Stage 15 | Valréas – Villard-de-Lans | |
| Weds, 21st | Stage 16 – Individual Time Trial | Bourg d’Oisans – L’Alpe d’Huez | |
| Thurs, 22nd | Stage 17 | Bourg d’Oisans – Le Grand-Bornand | |
| Fri, 23rd | Stage 18 | Annemasse – Lons-le-Saunier | |
| Sat, 24th | Stage 19 – Individual Time Trial | Besançon – Besançon | |
| Sun, 25th | Stage 20 | Montereau – Paris (Champs Élysées) | |
Teams:
-
A2R –
BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE,
FRA -
COF –
COFIDIS – LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
,
FRA -
C.A –
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
,
FRA -
DVE –
DOMINA VACANZE,
ITA -
EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI,
SP -
FAS –
FASSA BORTOLO
,
ITA -
FDJEUX.COM,
FRA -
GEROLSTEINER,
GER -
ILLES BALEARS – BANESTO,
SP -
LST –
LIBERTY SEGUROS
,
SP -
LOTTO-DOMO,
BEL -
PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS,
SWI -
QUICK STEP-DAVITAMON,
BEL -
RABOBANK,
NED -
RAG –
R.A.G.T. SEMENCES – MG ROVER
,
FRA -
SAE –
SAECO
,
ITA -
TEAM CSC,
DEN -
T-MOBILE TEAM,
GER -
US POSTAL – BERRY FLOOR,
USA
Race summary:
Distance: 3,395 km
Direction: Anti-clockwise
Stages: 20 – includes 6 mountain stages, three mountain finishes, 11 flat stages and 3 time trials (one team TT).
Climbing: 21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes
Rest days: 2
New stop-over towns: Waterloo, Cambrai, Chartres, Lamballe, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Guéret and Annemasse.
Prize money: €3 million total, €400,000 for the winner
