Twenty of le tours iconic locationsmany of which have featured in the etape du tourare put under the spotlight, and an extended section on the 20 race is. The course should result in different strategies from recent years, due to the record low. The winner of this years race will have earned it after climbing, taking on cobbles and time trialling their way around this beautiful country. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. 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. We head to the mountains of southern france for the first summit of the tour.
Before the start pieter weening talks about his cafe on the rest day. First on the monts du forez where the riders will have to go up to the col. Riders will set off from nice on 29th august instead of 27th june. If the 2020 race takes place, it will be the 107th edition and all 21 stages are set to take place entirely in france. Many would like to have a quiet start, but this wont happen. Theres a profile of every stage with a quick take on the day added. Seven of the tour s 21 stages are mountain stages, taking in some of the highest passes in the pyrenees and the alps.
On july, between stages nine and ten there was a rest day in pau stage 1 4 july 2015 utrecht. The five mountain ranges of france will be on the menu of the. With stages in the alps, the cevennes, the pyrenees, the massif central, the jura and the vosges, it will also be a tour of all the. After a 2015 win, perhaps it should be known as steve cummings climb. It will also start a week later than usual in the calendar, with the first stage falling on july 7. The tour began on 4 july in the netherlands, with an individual time trial that. The riders are in belgium and the finish at the wall of huy. Borsbeeksesteenweg and finally the n10 or liersesteenweg where the. Full dates have been updated on the stage details and on the map below. Video highlightsarchived coverage from previous years. Annecy le grandbornand tuesday, 17 july 2018 on stage 10 of the tour the france, the riders face the first day in the high mountains. Jul 19, 2015 andre greipel sprinted to his third stage victory of the 2015 tour as he held off a group of contenders, including john degenkolb. Stage 21, sunday, july 29, houilles to paris, 115km. The riders are in belgium and the finish at the wall of huy is notorious in the fleche wallonne with a steepest section of 19%.
Includes route, riders, teams, and coverage of past tours. Team sky rider chris froome of britain, wearing the overall leaders yellow jersey, and other team sky riders. The overall general classification was won by chris. If its caught and were looking at a reduced bunch sprint, things could get a little zestier. Andre greipel sprinted to his third stage victory of the 2015 tour as he held off a group of contenders, including john degenkolb. On july, between stages nine and ten there was a rest day in pau. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. The course should result in different strategies from recent years, due. There will be two rest days on july 16 and july 22. Chris froome keeps lead intact, set to secure third tour. Released in 1988, while still working on entertainment tonight, his second album mostly consists of light toned, upbeat tunes. Briton simon yates santos tour down under could be over after he suffered a knee injury in a nasty crash on stage two of the race.
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