Tour De France 2011 Route Announced

Running from Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 24th 2010, the 98th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,471 kilometres.

These stages have the following profiles:10 flat stages, 6 mountain stages and 4 summit finishes, 1 individual time-trial stage (41 km). 1 team time-trial stage (23 km).

Distinctive aspects of the racele Galibier climbed twice, 2 rest days, 23 level 2, 1 or highest level mountain passes or summit finishes, no bonuses will be awarded during the intermediate sprints and stage finishes.

15 new stage towns
Blaye-les-Mines, Cap Fréhel, Carhaix, Carmaux, Cugnaux, Galibier Serre-Chevalier, Limoux, Modane, Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers, Mûr-de-Bretagne, Olonne-sur-Mer, Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts, Pinerolo (Italie), Redon, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux

100 candles for the Galibier
The Tour de France’s cyclists first climbed the Col du Galibier in 1911.
To mark this hundredth anniversary in the appropriate way, in 2011, the Galibier will be climbed twice after an interval of 24 hours. The finish of the18 th stage will be judged at the summit, which will be the highest finish in the Tour’s history, at an altitude of 2, 645 metres.

Two countries for one Tour
After the Grand Départ (Official Start) in Vendée, almost all of the 2011 Tour will take place in France. The only foreign country visited will be Italy during the 17th and 18th stages in Pinerolo.

No bonuses
For this 2011 edition, no bonuses will be awarded during the intermediate sprints and stage finishes. Official time remains the absolute reference.

Time-trials covering a total of 64 kilometres
Two time-trials will be featured on the programme of the 98 th edition. One of them will take place at the beginning of the Tour, on the second day of the race in Les Essarts: a team time-trial covering 23 kilometres. The other one will be held in Grenoble. It will be the 20th and second last stage, an individual time-trial covering 41 kilometres.

Leaders’ jerseys and other classifications
The Yellow Jersey for the general individual time classification
The Green Jersey for the general points classification
The Polka Dot Jersey for the best climber classification
The White Jersey for the best young rider clas-sification (for riders who are no more than 25 years old in the year of the race)
Team classification yellow bib
The Most Aggressive Rider

Prize Money
In total, 3.2 million euros will be awarded to the teams and the riders, including 450, 000 euros for the winner of the general individual classification.

July 2, stage 1: Passage du Gois-Mont des Alouettes, 191km
July 3, stage 2: Les Essarts-Les Essarts, TTT, 23km
July 4, stage 3: Olonne-sur-Mer-Redon, 198km
July 5, stage 4: Lorient-Mûr-de-Bretagne, 172km
July 6, stage 5: Carhaix-Cap Fréhel, 158km
July 7, stage 6: Dinan-Lisieux, 226km
July 8, stage 7: Le Mans-Châteauroux, 215km
July 9, stage 8: Aigurande-Super Besse Sancy, 190km
July 10, stage 9: Issoire-St-Flour, 208km
July 11, rest day at Le Lioran/Cantal
July 12, stage 10: Aurillac-Carmaux, 161km
July 13, stage 11: Blaye-les-Mines-Lavaur, 168km
July 14, stage 12: Cugnaux-Luz Ardiden, 209km
July 15, stage 13: Pau-Lourdes, 156km
July 16, stage 14: Saint-Gaudens-Plateau de Beille, 168km
July 17, stage 15: Limous-Montpellier, 187km
July 18, rest day at province of Drôme
July 19, stage 16: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux-Gap, 163km
July 20, stage 17: Gap-Pinerolo, 179km
July 21, stage 18: Pinerolo-Galibier/Serre-Chevalier, 189km
July 22, stage 19: Modane-Alpe d’Huez, 109km
July 23, stage 20: Grenoble-Grenoble, ITT, 41km
July 24, stage 21: Créteil-Paris/Champs-Elysées, 160km