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Tour de France 2010

Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 kilometres.

These stages have the following profiles:

1 prologue,
9 flat stages,
6 mountain stages and 3 summit finishes,
4 medium mountain stage,
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.

Stage by Stage:

http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html

97 posted on 10/16/2009 8:25:42 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)

To: Ready4Freddy

(why are they climbing the Col du Tourmalet twice?)

98 posted on 10/16/2009 8:33:36 PM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)

To: Ready4Freddy

And Lance said the Team Time Trial cut the contenders from around 10 to 4.

Without the TTT there should be a little more fighting on the mountain stages - I hope.

101 posted on 10/16/2009 9:49:20 PM PDT by PeteB570 (NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)

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