Tour de France 2010

The 2010 event starts in Belgium, and from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th , the 97th Tour de France will cover a total distance of 3,600 kilometres. The tour will be passing through Argeles Gazost on Thursday 22nd July as the stage takes it from Pau to the dizzy heights of Col du Tourmalet.

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 (51 km).

Distinctive aspects of the race

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

Tour de France 2009
Tour de France 2008

Stage	Date	Start > Finish	Distance
P	Saturday 3 July	Rotterdam > Rotterdam	8 km
1	Sunday 4 July	Rotterdam > Bruxelles	224 km
2	Monday 5 July	Bruxelles > Spa	192 km
3	Tuesday 6 July	Wanze > Arenberg Porte du Hainaut	207 km
4	Wednesday 7 July	Cambrai > Reims	150 km
5	Thursday 8 July	Épernay > Montargis	185 km
6	Friday 9 July	Montargis > Gueugnon	225 km
7	Saturday 10 July	Tournus > Station des Rousses	161 km
8	Sunday 11 July	Station des Rousses > Morzine-Avoriaz	189 km
Rest	Monday 12 July	Morzine-Avoriaz
9	Tuesday 13 July	Morzine-Avoriaz > Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne	204 km
10	Wednesday 14 July	Chambéry > Gap	179 km
11	Thursday 15 July	Sisteron > Bourg-lès-Valence	180 km
12	Friday 16 July	Bourg-de-Péage > Mende	210 km
13	Saturday 17 July	Rodez > Revel	195 km
14	Sunday 18 July	Revel > Ax-3 Domaines	184 km
15	Monday 19 July	Pamiers > Bagnères-de-Luchon	187 km
16	Tuesday 20 July	Bagnères-de-Luchon > Pau	196 km
Rest	Wednesday 21 July	Pau
17	Thursday 22 July	Pau > Col du Tourmalet	174 km
18	Friday 23 July	Salies-de-Béarn > Bordeaux	190 km
19	Saturday 24 July	Bordeaux > Pauillac	51 km
20	Sunday 25 July	Longjumeau > Paris Champs-Élysées	105 km