The Tour 2011
Sporting aspects
The route
Running from Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 24th 2011, the 98th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,471 kilometres (before approval).
These stages have the following profiles:
- 10 flat stages,
- 6 mountain stages and 4 summit finishes,
- 3 medium mountain stages,
- 1 individual time-trial stage (41 km).
- 1 team time-trial stage (23 km).
Distinctive aspects of the race
- le 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 - Valfréjus, 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.
| Stage | Type | Date | Start and Finish | Distance | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | En ligne | Saturday 2 July | Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts > Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers | 191 km |  |
| 2 | Team TT | Sunday 3 July | Les Essarts > Les Essarts | 23 km | |
| 3 | En ligne | Monday 4 July | Olonne-sur-Mer > Redon | 198 km | |
| 4 | En ligne | Tuesday 5 July | Lorient > Mûr-de-Bretagne | 172 km | |
| 5 | En ligne | Wednesday 6 July | Carhaix > Cap Fréhel | 158 km | |
| 6 | En ligne | Thursday 7 July | Dinan > Lisieux | 226 km | |
| 7 | En ligne | Friday 8 July | Le Mans > Châteauroux | 215 km | |
| 8 | Medium mountains | Saturday 9 July | Aigurande > Super-Besse Sancy | 190 km | |
| 9 | Medium mountains | Sunday 10 July | Issoire > Saint-Flour | 208 km | |
| R | Rest Day | Monday 11 July | Le Lioran Cantal | | |
| 10 | En ligne | Tuesday 12 July | Aurillac > Carmaux | 161 km | |
| 11 | En ligne | Wednesday 13 July | Blaye-les-Mines > Lavaur | 168 km | |
| 12 | High Mountains | Thursday 14 July | Cugnaux > Luz-Ardiden | 209 km | |
| 13 | High Mountains | Friday 15 July | Pau > Lourdes | 156 km | |
| 14 | High Mountains | Saturday 16 July | Saint-Gaudens > Plateau de Beille | 168 km | |
| 15 | En ligne | Sunday 17 July | Limoux > Montpellier | 187 km | |
| R | Rest Day | Monday 18 July | Département de la Drôme | | |
| 16 | Medium mountains | Tuesday 19 July | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Gap | 163 km | |
| 17 | High Mountains | Wednesday 20 July | Gap > Pinerolo | 179 km | |
| 18 | High Mountains | Thursday 21 July | Pinerolo > Galibier - Serre Chevalier | 189 km | |
| 19 | High Mountains | Friday 22 July | Modane Valfréjus > Alpe-d’Huez | 109 km | |
| 20 | Individual time-trial | Saturday 23 July | Grenoble > Grenoble | 41 km | |
| 21 | En ligne | Sunday 24 July | Créteil > Paris Champs-Élysées | 160 km | |
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