Tour 2011 Stages

The 2011 Tour de France will be the 98th Tour de France. It will start on 2 July with a 180 km 1st stage in Passage du Gois, and end on the Champs-Elysées in Paris on 24 July. The complete route of the 2011 Tour de France was announced on 19 October 2010.

The emphasis will be on the Alps in 2011, much like it was on the Pyrenees for 2010 in commemorating the 100th anniversary of those peaks first being visited in the Tour. The Col du Galibier will be visited twice during the race and on the 18th stage it will be the first time the peloton finish on the 2645 metre top. It would be the highest summit finish of this competition, beating the finish of the Col du Granon (2413 m, near Serre Chevalier) during 1986 Tour de France (stage 17).

External Information:

» Website of the Tour de France
» Big map of France, including stages
» The Mountain Stages: first four stages mountains
» The Mountain Stages: all the other mountains