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Tour de France 2011 Route: Previewing The Course For The 98th TdF

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The 98th Tour de France runs from July 2, where it begins at Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts, until July 24, when it ends at Paris Champs-Élysées. Here's a look at the 2011 Tour de France course map.

2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the first time the tour ascended the Alps, so the course will focus heavily on the Alps this year , as compared to the Pyrenees in 2010. The 2010 course began in the Netherlands and went through Belgium before heading into France. The 2011 course, meanwhile, begins in the west of France, near the Bay of Biscay, with a 191.5-kilometer flat stage, then travels south before heading, briefly, into Italy, then returns to France for its conclusion.

Here's a look at the individual stages of this year's course:

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 (42.5 km). 1 team time-trial stage (23 km).

For much more on the Tour de France, check out Podium Cafe , which currently features a piece on the top storylines to watch in the 2011 Tour de France .

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2011 Tour de France route

Updated 19/10/2010 at 11:22 GMT

The full route for the 2011 Tour de France.

Tour de France route 2011

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2011 Tour de France

98th edition: july 2 - july 24, 2011, results, maps, stages with running gc, photos and startlist with backnumbers.

Map of the 2011 Tour de Fance

David L. Stanley's book Melanoma: It Started with a Freckle is available as an audiobook read by the author here . For the print and Kindle eBook versions, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

2011 Tour Quick Facts:

3,430 km raced at an average speed of 39.788 km/hr.

198 starters and 167 classified finishers.

The 2011 Tour de France was one of the most exciting editions in recent years. Alberto Contador was clearly tired after a winning a difficult Giro d'Italia.

Thomas Voeckler took the lead after a crash-marred stage 9 and held it with courage and tenacity until stage 19, which determined the Tour's outcome when Cadel Evans did the ride of his life to come within a minute of the lead at the top of L'Alpe d'Huez.

He erased that deficit in the stage 20 time trial and after two second places, Cadel Evans finally won the Tour.

Cadel Evans (BMC) 86hr 12min 22sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 34sec
Frank Scheck (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 30sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 3min 20sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 3min 57sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 4min 55sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 6min 5sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 7min 23sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 8min 15sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 10min 11sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 10min 43sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 11min 29sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 16min 29sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 18min 36sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 21min 20sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 26min 23sec
Chirstian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 27min 12sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 27min 14sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 28min 54sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 32min 41sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 33min 4sec
Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) @ 36min 54sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 42min 26sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 42min 48sec
Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 43min 6sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 46min 23sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 50min 28sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 52min 25sec
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 53min 16sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 56min 46sec
Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 1hr 0min 48sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 1hr 3min 58sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 1hr 5min 9sec
Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 8min 28sec
Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) @ 1hr 12min 58sec
David Arroyo (Movistar) @ 1hr 14min 40sec
Chris Anker Sorrensen (Saxo) @ 1hr 14min 42sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-lotto) @ 1hr 14min 51sec
Rémy Di Gregorio (Astana) @ 1hr 22min 4sec
Julien El Fares (Cofidis) @ 1hr 24min 21sec
David Moncoutié (Cofidis) @ 1hr 25min 25sec
Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) @ 1hr 25min 37sec
Cyril Gautier (Europcar) @ 1hr 27min 43sec
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) @ 1hr 30min 56sec
Andrey Zeits (Astana) @ 1hr 31min 48sec
Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) @ 1hr 34min 6sec
Yannick Talabardon (Saur-Sojasun) @ 1hr 34min 51sec
Xabier Zandio (Sky) @ 1hr 35min 18sec
Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 1hr 37min 57sec
Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) @ 1hr 39min 58sec
Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) @ 1hr 43min 47sec
Anthony Charteau (Europcar) @ 1hr 43min 49sec
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 1hr 44min 39sec
Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) @ 1hr 44min 45sec
Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) @ 1hr 44min 45sec
George Hincapie (BMC) @ 1hr 45min 16sec
Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) @ 1hr 46min 9sec
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 1hr 47min 2sec
David Loosli (Lampre) @ 1hr 51min 8sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) @ 1hr 51min 19sec
Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) @ 1hr 52min 21sec
Daniel Navarro (Saxo) @ 1hr 53min 22sec
Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) @ 1hr 54min 11sec
Christian Knees (Sky) @ 1hr 56min 12sec
Amaël Moinard (BMC) @ 1hr 58min 43sec
Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 59min 47sec
Jens Voigt (Leopard-Trek) @ 1hr 59min 56sec
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2hr 3min 15sec
Maciej PAterski (Liquigas) @ 2hr 3min 56sec
Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 2min 6min 35sec
Grischa Jan Niermann (Rabobank) @ 2hr 7min 26sec
Richie Porte (Saxo) @ 2min 9min 24sec
Egor Silin (Katusha) @ 2hr 10min 5sec
Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) @ 2hr 11min 51sec
Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 12min 28sec
David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2hr 14min 56sec
Gianni Meersman (FDJ) @ 2hr 17min 27sec
Stuart O'Grady (Leopard-Trek) @ 2hr 17min 58sec
Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) @ 2hr 18min 19sec
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) @ 2hr 22min 54sec
Sergio Paulinho (Radio Shack) @ 2hr 24min 29sec
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 2hr 25min 49sec
Ivan Santaromita (BMC) @ 2hr 27min 12sec
Markel Irizar (Radio Shack) @ 2hr 27min 13sec
Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 2hr 27min 28sec
Jérémy Roy (FDJ) @ 2hr 28min 27sec
Kristjan Koren (Liquigas) @ 2hr 29min 24sec
Imanol Erviti (Movistar) @ 2hr 29min 47sec
Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) @ 2hr 30min 9sec
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Movistar) @ 2hr 31min 24sec
Adiano Malori (Lampre) @ 2hr 31min 47sec
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Saxo) @ 2hr 32min 0sec
Matteo Bono (Lampre) @ 2hr 35min 45sec
Alan Perez (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 36min 14sec
Nicki Sorensen (Saxo) @ 2hr 36min 26sec
Simon Gerrans (Sky) @hr 37min 25sec
Jonathan Hivert (Saur Sojasun) @ 2hr 37min 37sec
Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) @ 2hr 41min 4sec
Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) @ 2hr 41min 4sec
Daniel Oss (Liquigas) @ 2hr 47min 7sec
Anthony Roux (FDJ) @ 2hr 47min 49sec
José Ivan Gutierrez (Movistar) @ 2hr 49min 23sec
Michael Schär (BMC) @ 2hr 49min 37sec
Arthur Vichot (FDJ) @ 2hr 49min 49sec
Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) @ 2hr 53min 50sec
Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) @ 2hr 53min 59sec
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) @ 2hr 54min 20sec
Joost Posthuma (Leopard-Trek) @ 2hr 55min 25sec
Danilo Hondo (Lampre) @ 3hr 0min 0sec
Sébastien Minard (Ag2r) @ 3hr 0min 4sec
Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r) @ 3hr 0min 44sec
Roman Kreuziger (Astana) @ 3hr 0min 59sec
Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 3hr 1min 51sec
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) @ 3hr 3min 47sec
Manuel Quinziato (BMC) @ 3hr 4min 47sec
Benjamin Noval (Saxo) @ 3hr 6min 29sec
Blel Kadri (Ag2r) @ 3min 7min 7sec
Tristan Valentin (Cofidis) @ 3hr 7min 10sec
Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) @ 3hr 7min 31sec
Sébastien Turgot (Europcar) @ 3hr 8min 34sec
Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) @ 3hr 8min 41sec
Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3h 10min 19sec
Matteo Tosatto (Saxo) @ 3hr 10min 36sec
Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3hr 11min 47sec
Brian Vandborg (Saxo) @ 3hr 13min 43sec
Paolo Longo Borghini (Liquigas) @ 3hr 13min 44sec
Grega Bole (Lampre) @ 3hr 14min 15sec
Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Dmitriy Muravyev (Radio Shack) @ 3hr 14min 29sec
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) @ 3hr 15min 5sec
Michaël Buffaz (Cofidis) @ 3hr 15min 12sec
Mickaël Delage (FDJ) @ 3hr 15min 39sec
Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) @ 3hr 16min 0sec
Niki Terpstra (Quick Step) @ 3hr 16min 38sec
Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3hr 16min 58sec
Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) @ 3hr 17min 11sec
Ben Swift (Sky) @ 3hr 18min 7sec
Jeremie Galland (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3hr 19min 46sec
Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) @ 3hr 20min 2sec
Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) @ 3hr 20min 7sec
Marcel Sieberg (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 3hr 21min 39sec
Matthew Harley Goss (HTC-Highroad) @ 3hr 22min 32sec
Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) @ 3hr 23min 30sec
Andriy Grivko (Astana) @ 3hr 26min 22sec
Julian Dean (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3hr 28min 0sec
Addy Engels (Quick Step) @ 3hr 29min 4sec
Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha) @ 3he 29min 7sec
Arnaud Coyot (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3hr 29min 20sec
Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel) @ 3hr 30min 17sec
Gerald Ciolek (Quick Step) @ 3hr 30min 22sec
Perrig Quemeneur (Europcar) @ 3hr 30min 55sec
Romain Zingle (Cofidis) @ 3hr 31min 30sec
Denys Kostyuk (Lampre) @ 3hr 31min 42sec
Lars Ytting Bak (HTC-Highroad) @ 3hr 33min 25sec
Vincent Jerome (Europcar) @ 3hr 34min 37sec
André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 3hr 35min 4sec
Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3hr 36min 53sec
Yohann Gene (Europcar) @ 3hr 38min 13sec
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3hr 38min 13sec
Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3hr 38min 34sec
Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Highroad) @ 3hr 39min 56sec
Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) @ 3hr 43min 17sec
Mark Renshaw (HTC-Highroad) @ 3hr 44min 0sec
Marcus Burghardt (BMC) @ 3hr 44min 8sec
Danny Pate (HTC-Highroad) @ 3hr 45min 26sec
Andrey Amador (Movistar) @ 3hr 54min 35sec
Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas) @ 3hr 57min 43sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel): 108 points
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek): 98
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 74
Cadel Evans (BMC): 58
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek): 56
Alberto Contador (Saxo): 51
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 334 points
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 272
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 236
Cadel Evans (BMC): 208
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 195
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) 86hr 23min 5sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 46sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 7min 53sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 10min 37sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 21min 21sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 258hr 18min 49sec
Leopard-Trek @ 11min 4sec
Ag2r @ 11min 20sec
Europcar @ 41min 53sec
Euskaltel @ 52min

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Thursday, June 30: Teams presentation ceremony

Photos from the presentation

Stage 1, Saturday, July 2 : Passage du Gois La Barre de Monts - Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers, 191.5 km

Km 191.5 - MONT DES ALOUETTES (LES HERBIERS), 2.2 km @ 4.7% gradient - Category 4

The Race: The day's break was caught with about 25 kilometers to go. After the peloton was less than 10 km from the line, a crash in the middle of the field left a number of contenders caught out. Among them: Contador, Wiggins, Andy Schleck, Ivan Basso and Tom Danielson. With their men on the right side of the crash, BMC and Radio Shack pounded off down the road, working to create the largest possible time gap. Philippe Gilbert, who is almost unbeatable in uphill finishes, swept by Fabian Cancellara for the stage win and the yellow jersey. Contador and the others now have a serious deficit after only the first stage. It's head and legs.

Photos from Stage 1

Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) 4hr 41min 31sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 3sec
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 6sec
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) s.t.
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
Geraint Thomas (Sky) s.t.
Andreas Klöden (Radio Shack) s.t.
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) s.t.
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) s.t.
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) s.t.
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) s.t.
Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) s.t.
Grega Bole (Lampre) @ 14sec
Egor Silin (Katusha) @ 16sec
Maciej Paterski (Liquigas) s.t.
Tom Boonen (Quick Step) @ 19sec
Gianni Meersman (FDJ) s.t.
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) s.t.
Manuel Quinziato (BMC) s.t.
William Bonnet (FDJ) s.t.
Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) @ 1min 7sec
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) @ 1min 20sec
José Ivan Gutierrez (Movistar) s.t.
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.
Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) s.t.
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Alberto Contador (Saxo) s.t.
Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) s.t.
Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) s.t.
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Also at same time: Levi Leipheimer, Janez Brajkovic, Ivan Basso plus Bradley Wiggins (@ 1min 29sec), Stuart O'Grady (@ 1min 31sec), Tom Danielson (@ 1min 49sec), Ryder Hesjedal (@ 1min 55sec), Roman Kreuziger (@ 1min 55sec)
Geraint Thomas (Sky)s.t.
Grega Bole (Lampre) s.t.
Egor Silin (Katusha) s.t.
Tom Boonen (Quick Step) s.t.
Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) s.t.
Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) s.t.
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 1 point
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 45 points
Cadel Evans (BMC): 35
Thos Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 30
Geraint Thomas (Sky) 4hr 41min 37sec
Omega Pharma-Lotto: 14hr 4min 45sec
Leopard-Trek @ 6sec

Stage 1 route map

Stage 1 profile

Stage 2, Sunday, July 3 : Les Essarts - Les Essarts 23 km team time trial

Photos from stage 2

The Race: Garmin-Cervelo won its first-ever Tour de France stage, putting Thor Hushovd in Yellow. BMC and Leopard-Trek turned in good rides that kept Cadel Evans and the Schleck brothers high in the standings. Saxo, on the other hand, did an indifferent ride when they needed to be brilliant. Alberto Contador is now sitting 75th, 1 minute 42 seconds down.

Garmin: 24min 48sec
Leopard-Trek @ 5sec
HTC-Highroad s.t.
Radio Shack @ 10sec
Rabobank @ 12sec
Saxo @ 28sec
Astana @ 32sec
Omega Pharma-Lotto @ 39sec
FDJ @ 46sec
Europcar @ 50sec
Ag2r @ 53sec
Quick Step @ 56sec
Liquigas @ 57sec
Saur-Sojasun @ 1min 2sec
Lampre @ 1min 4sec
Katusha s.t.
Movistar @ 1min 9sec
Vacansoleil @ 1min 15sec
Cofidis @ 1min 20sec
Euskaltel @ 1min 22sec
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 5hr 6min 25sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 1sec
Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 4sec
Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) s.t.
George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) @ 5sec
Lars Bak (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Mathew Harley Goss (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Andreas Klöden (Radio Shack) @ 10sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) s.t.
Janez Brajkovic (Radio Shack) s.t.
Ben Swift (Sky) @ 11sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 12sec
Yaroslav Popovych (Radio Shack) @ 23sec
Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) @ 32sec
Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) s.t.
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 33sec

75. Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 1min 42sec

Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 1 points
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 30
Geraint Thomas (Sky) 5hr 6min 29sec
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 1sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 14hr 29min 39sec
Leopard-Trek @ 4sec

Stage 2 route map

Stage 2 profile

Stage 3, Monday, July 4: Olonne sur Mer - Redon, 198 km

Km 143.0, Côte du Pont de Saint-Nazaire, 1.1 km @ 4.9% gradient - Category 4

Photos from stage 3

The Race: The break of the day went early and was allowed to stay away until the stage's final 10 kilometers. HTC-Highroad and Garmin-Cervelo, both hoping for a stage win, did the work of riding tempo and catching the break. In the final kilometer HTC-Highroad's train had to cede control of the front to Garmin-Cervelo, which performed a faultless leadout for Tyler Farrar. They get to have their cake and eat it too with two stage wins in a row and the Yellow Jersey.

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) 4hr 40min 21sec
Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r) s.t.
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Julian Dean (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) s.t.
André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
Sébastien Turgot (Europcar) s.t.
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
Roman Kreuziger (Astana) s.t.
Vladimir Isaichev (Katusha) s.t.
Egoi AMrtinez (Euakaltel) s.t.
Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) s.t.
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) s.t.
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) s.t.
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) s.t.
Jean-Christopher Peraud (Ag2r) s.t.
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 9hr 46min 46sec
Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) @ 32sec
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 39sec

46. Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 57sec

69. Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 1min 42sec

Mickaël Delage (FDJ): 1
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 64 points
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo): 58
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 54
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 51
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 37
Geraint Thomas (Sky) 9hr 46min 50sec
Garmin-Cervelo 28hr 30min 42sec
HTC-Highroad @ 5sec

Stage 3 route map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 4, Tuesday, July 5: Lorient - Mûr de Bretagne, 172.5 km

Km 79.0, Côte de Laz, 1.6 km @ 5.9% gradient - Category 4
Km 172.5, Mûr-de-Bretagne, 2.0 km @ 6.9% - Category 3

The Race: The day's break was caught with just three kilometers to go, BMC and Omega-Pharma doing the bulk of the chasing. Alberto Contador blasted away as the uphill to the finish started to bite, but he couldn't break free. Coming with him, among others, were Cadel Evans, Thor Hushovd, Ivan Basso, Frank Schleck and the day's predicted winner, Philippe Gilbert. Evans came by Contador for a narrow win. Since Evans couldn't shake Hushovd, the Norwegian stays in Yellow by a single second.

Photos from stage 4

Cadel Evans (BMC) 4hr 11min 39sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) s.t.
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) @ 6sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) s.t.
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 8sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) s.t.
Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) s.t.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Cyril Gautier (Europcar) s.t.
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Benat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 13hr 58min 26sec
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 4sec
David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 8sec
Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 12sec
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) @ 13sec
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) @ 18sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 20sec
Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) @ 40sec
Cyril Gautier (Europcar) @ 58sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 1min 3sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 1min 4sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 6sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1min 12sec
Nicholas Roche (Ag2r) s.t.
Egor Selin (Katusha) s.t.
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) @ 1min 15saec

41. Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 1min 42sec

Cadel Evans (BMC): 2 points
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 1
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 82 points
Cadel Evans (BMC): 80
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 77
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 70
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo): 68
Geraint Thomas (Sky) 13hr 58min 37sec
Edvald Boasson hagen (Sky) s.t.
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 8sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 8sec
Cyril Gautier (Europcar) @ 46sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 41hr 5min 55sec
HTC-Highroad @ 13sec

Stage 4 route map

Stage 4 profile

Stage 5, Wednesday, July 6: Carhaix - Cap Fréhel, 164.5 km

Km 45.5, Côte de Gurunhuel, 2.3 km @ 5.1% gradient - Category 4

The Race: This was a crash-strewn stage with Christophe Kern and Janez Brajkovic out of the race. Tom Boonen is questionable for tomorrow's start. The day's break wasn't captured until the final few kilometers. HTC's leadout train was in control this time and Mark Cavendish's burst of speed was irresistible. Today was Cavendish's 16th Tour stage win.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) 3hr 38min 32sec
Daniel Oss (Liquigas) s.t.
Cadel Evans (BMC) s.t.
Stuart O'Grady (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Anthony Roux (FDJ) s.t.
Jérôme Pineau (Quick step) s.t.
Bjorn Leukemans (Vacan soleil) s.t.
Julien El Fares (Cofidis) s.t.
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 17hr 36min 57sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 1min 12sec
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) @ 1min 15sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 1min 18sec
Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) @ 1min 21sec

39. Albert Contador (Saxo) @ 1min 42sec

Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 120 points
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 112
Cadel Evans (BMC): 90
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 84
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 82
Geraint Thomas (Sky): 17hr 37min 9sec
Egor Selin (Katusha) @ 1min
Garmin-Cervelo: 52hr 1min 31sec

Stage 5 route map

Stage 5 profile

Stage 6, Thursday, July 7: Dinan - Lisieux, 226.5 km. Longest 2011 Tour stage

Km 99.5, Côte de Saint-Michel de Montjoie, 2.4 km @ 5.9% gradient - Category 3
Km 156.5, Côte du Bourg d'Ouilly, 2.7 km @ 5.6% - Category 3
Km 197.0, Côte du Billot, 1.3 km @ 6.5% - Category 4

The Race: Another day, another break snuffed in time for the sprint. Vinokourov led out the sprint after the field caught a late flyer by Thomas Voeckler and Jelle Vanendert. Vino was no match the speedsters who came zooming by with Edvald Boasson Hagen taking his first Tour stage win.

Photos from Stage 6

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) 5hr 13min 37sec
Matthew Harley Goss (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Arthur Vichot (FDJ) s.t.
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-lotto) s.t.
Gerald Ciolek (Quick Step) s.t.
Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) s.t.
Alexandrre Vinokourov (Astana) s.t.
Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) s.t.
Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) s.t.
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) s.t.

91. Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 1min 5sec

Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 22hr 50min 34sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 22sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 1min23sec

34. Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 1min 42sec

Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil): 4 points
Anthony Roux (FDJ): 3
Cadel Evans (BMC): 2
Mickaël Delage (FDJ):1
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 144 points
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 143
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 112
Cadel Evans (BMC): 98
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 94
Geraint Thomas (Sky) 22hr 50min 46sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 67hr 42min 22sec

Stage 6 route map

Stage 6 profile

Stage 7, Friday, July 8: Le Mans - Châteauroux, 218 km. The year's flattest road stage. There are no rated climbs in this stage.

The Race: After HTC-Highroad dominated the final kilometers, Mark Cavendish won stage seven with a flawless sprint. The bigger news was the crash that occurred with 30 km to go. Bradley Wiggins abandoned in an ambulance. He probably has a broken collarbone. Other important riders were badly delayed, including Levi Leipheimer, Chris Horner, Geraint Thomas, Ryder Hesjedal, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Bauke Mollema and Roman Kreuziger.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) 5hr 38min 53sec
Alessandro Pettachi (Lampre) s.t.
Jérôme Pineau (FDJ) s.t.
Mark Renshaw (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Michael Schär (BMC) s.t.
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin- Cervelo) s.t.
Danilo Hondo (Lampre) s.t.
Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) s.t.

128. Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 3min 6sec 157. Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) s.t.

Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 28hr 29min 27sec
Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) @ 12sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) 2 20sec
Nicolas Rocje (Ag2r) @ 1min 12sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 1min 29sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 1min 42sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 57sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 2min 13sec
Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) @ 2min 15sec
Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil) @ 2min 19sec

50. Levi Leipehimer (Radio Shack) @ 4min 29sec 51. Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 4min 40sec

Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-lotto): 1
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 167 points
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 156
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 150
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 130
Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil): 99
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) 28hr 29min 47sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1min 53sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 2min 17sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 2min 32sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 2min 56sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 84hr 39min 1sec
Radi0 Shack @ 10sec
Quick Step @ 13sec

Stage 7 route map

Stage 7 profile

Stage 8, Saturday, July 9: Augurande - Super Besse Sancy, 189 km

Km 65.5, Côte d'Évaux-les-Bains, 1.7 km @ 6.2% gradient - Category 4
Km 119.5, Côte du Rocher des Trois Tourtes, 1.3 km climb @ 4.6% - Category 4
Km 164.0, Col de la Croix Saint-Robert, 6.2 km @ 6.2% - Category 2
Km 189.0, Super-Besse Sancy, 1.5 km @ 7.6% - Category 3

The Race: In the day's first kilometers, 9 riders rolled off the front. As the hills took their toll, they dropped off until Rui Alberto Faria da Costa was alone on the climb to the finish. He held on, surviving first a huge effort by Alexandre Vinokourov to take the stage and possibly the lead, and then the rushing group of GC men who zoomed by Vinokourov in the final meters. Thor Hushovd remains in yellow and Philippe Gilbert's second place was good enough to put him back in green.

Pictures from stage 8

Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Movistar) 4hr 36min 46sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 12sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 15sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) s.t.
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 26sec
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 33hr 6min 28sec
Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard Trek) @ 12sec
David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 19sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 30sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 1min 22sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 1mn 28sec
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) @ 1min 29sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 2min 4sec
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min11sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek)@ 2min 14sec
Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) @ 2min 25sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 2min 27sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 2min 35sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 2min 36sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 2min 43sec
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad): 5 points
Rui Alberto Faria (Movistar): 5
Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil): 4
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 187
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 172
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 153
Cadel Evans (BMC): 120
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) 33hr 7min 56sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 59sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 1min 20sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 1min 42sec
Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 1min 50sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 98hr 30min 4sec
Radio Shack @ 35sec
HTC-Highroad @ 2min 10sec
Katusha @ 2min 56sec

Stage 8 route map

Stage 8 profile

Stage 9, Sunday, July 10: Issoire - Saint Flour, 208 km.

Km 43.5, Côte de Massiac, 3.4 km @ 6.2% gradient - Category 3
Km 99.5, Col du Pas de Peyrol (Le Puy Mary) (1589 m), 7.7 km @ 6.2% - Category 2
Km 116.0, Col du Perthus (1309m), 4.4 km @ 7.9% - Category 2
Km 127.5, Col de Cère (1294 m), 2.9 km @ 6.3% - Category 3
Km 139.5, Côte de la Chevade, 3.0 km @ 7.9% - Category 3
Km 154.0, Col de Prat de Bouc (Plomb du Cantal) (1392 m), 8.0 km@ 6.1% - Category 2
Km 193.0, Côte du Château d'Alleuze, 2.0 km @ 4.9% - Category 4
Km 208.0, SAINT-FLOUR Montée des Orgues, 1.6 km @ 6.1% - Category 4

The Race: It was a dreadful, crash-filled day of racing. The day's winning break was initiated on the first climb by the always-canny Thomas Voeckler, who was joined by Johnny Hoogerland, Sandy Casar, Samuel Sanchez, Niki Terpstra and Juan Antonio Flecha. On the wet descent of the Col du Pas de Peyrol, Alexandre Vinokourov, David Zabriskie, Jurgen Van Den Broeck and Fredrik Willems crashed badly, all retired with broken bones. The pack slowed for a while after that crash, but Voeckler and his boys pressed on. But they were not immune from the day's hex. A French TV car tried to pass the break and hit Hoogerland and Flecha, sending them flying. Sanchez took the stage and Voeckler is now in yellow.

Photos from Stage 9

Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) 5hr 27min 9sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 5sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 13sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 3min 59sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 4min 7sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 4min 13sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 4min 20sec
Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) @ 4min 26sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 4min 30sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 38hr 35min 11sec
Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) @ 1min 49sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 2min 26sec
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 29sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 37sec
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) @ 2min 38sec
Andreas Klöden (Radio Shack) @ 2min 43sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 2min 55sec
Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) @ 3min 8sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 3min 36sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 3min 37sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 3min 45sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 3min 47sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 4min 1sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 4min 7sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 4min 22sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 4min 52sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 4min 53sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 5min 1sec
Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) @ 5min 4sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 5min 5sec
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 5min 7sec
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 5min 13sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 5min 14sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 5min 21sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 5min 32sec
David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 5min 32sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 5min 39sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 5min 43sec
Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil): 22 points
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar): 16
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad): 5
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Movistar): 5
Sandy Casar (FDJ): 5
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 217 points
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 137
Cadel Evans (BMC): 135
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) 38hr 39min 12sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 51sec
Europcar: 115hr 3min 31sec
Leopard-Trek @ 32sec
Radio Shack @ 1min 2sec
Rabobank @ 1min 18sec
Garmin-Cervelo @ @ 1min 50sec

Stage 9 route map

Stage 9 profile

Rest Day 1, Monday, July 11: Le Lioran Cantal

There are 180 riders still in this troubled Tour. Here is a list of withdrawals as of the end of stage 9:

Stage 4: Jurgen Van de Walle (Omega Pharma-Lotto)

Stage 5: Christophe Kern (Europcar), Janez Brajkovic (Radio Shack)

Stage 6: Ivan Velasco (Euskaltel), Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar)

Stage 7: Tom Boonen (Quicki Step), Rémi Pauriol, Bradley Wiggins

Stage 8: Beñat Intxausti (Movistar), Christopher Horner (Radio Shack)

Stage 9: Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil), Pavel Brutt (Katusha), Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo), Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank), Frederik Willems (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel)

Stage 10, Tuesday, July 12: Aurillac - Carmaux, 158 km

Km 62.5, Côte de Figeac, 2.3 km @ 6% gradient- Category 3
Km 70.5, Côte de Loupiac, 2.5 km @ 4.1% - Category 4
Km 99.5, Côte de Villefranche-de-Rouergue, 4.1 km @ 5.9% - Category 3
Km 143.0, Côte de Mirandol-Bourgnounac, 3.9 km @ 4.1% - Category 4

The Race: A six-man break was doomed by Garmin-Cervelo's plan to keep the speed high in the final hilly kilometers of today's stage in order to disrupt Mark Cavendish's leadout train. It worked and Cavendish was forced to find his own way, opening the door for André Greipel to go head to head with the fastest man on two wheels. Cavendish started too soon, allowing Griepel to win his first Tour stage. Johnny Hoogerland, with 33 stitches, finished today's stage still in polka-dots. More bad news for Radio Shack: Yaroslav Popovych, sick with a fever, didn't start today.

André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) 3hr 31min 21sec
Thomas Geraint (Sky) s.t.
Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) s.t.
Alan Perez Lezaun (Euskaltel) s.t.
Nicloas Roche (Ag2r) s.t.
Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) s.t.
Rub Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 42hr 6min 32sec
Daminao Cunego (Lampre) @ 3min 37sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar): 17
Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil): 5
Rui Alberto Costa (Movistar): 5
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 226 points
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 209
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 197
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 163
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) 42hr 10min 33sec
Europcar: 125hr 37min 34sec
Garmin-Cervelo @ 1min 50sec

Stage 10 route map

Stage 10 profile

Stage 11, Wednesday, July 13: Blaye les Mines - Lavaur, 167.5 km

Km 28.5, Côte de Tonnac, 3.6 km @ 4.9% gradient - Category 3
Km 135.5, Côte de Puylaurens, 4.2 km @ 3.8% gradient - Category 4

The Race: The day's break was left to hang until just a couple of kilometers to go. HTC-Highroad made no mistakes and Mark Cavendish won his third stage this year, his 18th career Tour win and the green jersey. Thomas Voeckler remained in yellow. Tomorrow finishes with an HC climb to Luz Ardiden. Expect big changes to the GC.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) 3hr 46min 7sec
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) s.t.
Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel) s.t.
Arnaud Coyot (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) s.t.
Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 45hr 52min 39sec
Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) 2 1min 49sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 4m in 52sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) s.t.
Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar): 5
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 251 points
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 235
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 231
André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 164
Robert Gesink (Rabobank): 45hr 56min 40sec
Europcar: 136hr 55min 55sec
Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 50sec

Stage 11 route map.

Stage 11 profile

Stage 12, Thursday, July 14: Cugnauz - Luz Ardiden, 211 km

Km 141.5, Hourquette d'Ancizan (1538 m), 9.9 km @ 7.5% - Category 1
Km 175.5, Col du Tourmalet (2115 m), 17.1 km @ 7.3% - Category HC
Km 211.0, Luz-Ardiden (1715 m), 11.3 km climb @ 7.4% - Category HC

The Race: What a day! Stage winner Samuel Sanchez and Jelle Vanendert got clear of the Yellow Jersey group as the Luz Ardiden ascent started to bite. In the chasing group, Thomas Voeckler had Pierre Rolland stay at the front as long as possible, holding the speed of the ascent down to a level Voeckler could handle. Ivan Basso, impatient with the speed, had Liquigas gregario Sylvester Szmyd rev things up. Szmyd's relentless climbing reduced the front group to about 15 riders. Near the top the Schlecks could tell Contador didn't have his usual suds. It only took a couple of attacks and Frank Schleck was free. Cadel Evans did the majority of the work keeping Frank from running away with the Tour. Voeckler turned himself inside out staying with the leaders until nearly the end. It was a terrific ride that will keep him Yellow for a while longer. Contador is now more than 2 minutes behind Schleck.

Photos from Stage 12

Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) 6hr 1min 15sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 7sec
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 10sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 30sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 35sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 43sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 50sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) s.t.
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 3sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 1min 19sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 1min 25sec
Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) @ 1min 56sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 2min 2sec
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 2min 10sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 2min 53sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3min 6sec
Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo) s.t.
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 3min 8sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 3min 19sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 3min 25sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 3min 38sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 3min 54sec
David Moncoutie (Cofidis) @ 3min 55sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3min 57sec
Jonathan Hivert (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3min 58sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 51hr 54min 44sec
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 49sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 2min 6sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 17sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 3min 16sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 3min 22sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 4min
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 4min 11sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 4min 35sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 4min 57sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 5min 7sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 5min 24sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 5min 50sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 6min 3sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 7min 17sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 7min 27sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 7min 51sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 7min 55sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 8min 20sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 8min 47sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 8min 51sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 9min 12sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 9min 20sec
Andreas Klöden (Radio Shack) @ 10min 19sec
Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 10min 21sec
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) @ 10min 51sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 11min 3sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 11min 6sec
Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) @ 12min 22sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 12min 28sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel): 40 points
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 32
Jérémy Roy (FDJ): 24
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek): 24
Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil): 22
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 260 points
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 242
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 234
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) 52hr 0min 34sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) 2 1min 37sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 2min 5sec
Leopard-Trek: 155hr 9min 28sec
Europcar @ 1min 5sec
Ag2r @ 2min 21sec
Radio Shack @ 4mn 8sec
Katusha @ 5min 3sec

Stage 12 route map

Stage 12 profile

Stage 13, Friday, July 15: Pau - Lourdes, 152.5 km

Km 43.5, Côte de Cuqueron, 1.5 km @ 8.1% - Category 3
Km 65.0, Côte de Belair, 1.0 km @ 8.4 % - Category 4
Km 110.0, Col d'Aubisque (1,709 m), 16.4 km @ 7.1% - Category HC

The Race: The GC men held their fire today and there was no change to the standings. But there was still a terrific day of racing. An early break broke up on the ascent of the Aubisque, but the riders were still more than six minutes ahead of the yellow jersey group. Jérémy Roy went over the Aubisque first, two minutes ahead of David Moncoutie and Thor Hushovd. Thor caught Moncoutie on the descent and then close to the end, dropped him and bridged to Roy, who was looking good for a solo win. After sitting on Roy's wheel for a few seconds, Hushovd blasted by and raced for the finish line and took a well-deserved victory. It wasn't all bad for Roy, he's in polka-dots. Voeckler remains in yellow.

More photos from stage 13

Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 3hr 47min 36sec. 40.2 km/hr average speed.
David Moncoutie (Cofidis) @ 10sec
Jérémy Roy (FDJ) @ 26sec
Lars Ytting Bak (HTC-Highroad) @ 5min
Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) @ 5min 2sec
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 5min 3sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 5min 8sec
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) @ 5min 16sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 6min 48sec
Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 6min 51sec
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) @ 7min 37sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
Matteo Bono (Lampre) s.t.
Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 55hr 49min 57sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 4min 35sec
Vladimir Gusev (Karusha) @ 8min 44sec
Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) @ 12min 37sec
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 12min 43sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 12min 54sec
Jérémy Roy (FDJ): 45 points
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel): 40
Jelle Venendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 34
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 264 points
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 251
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 240
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 192
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) 55hr 55min 47sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1min 37sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3min 1sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 3min 30sec
Garmin Cervelo: 166hr 54min 52sec
Europcar @ 1min 25sec
Ag2r @ 2min 26sec
Katusha @ 2min 39sec

Stage 13 route map

Stage 13 profile

Stage 14, Saturday, July 16: Saint Gaudens - Plateau de Beille, 168.5 km

Km 26.5, Col de Portet-d'Aspet (1,069 m), 4.3 km @ 9.7% - Category 2
Km 62.5, Col de la Core (1,395 m), 14.1 km @ 5.7% - Category 1
Km 94.0, Col de Latrape (1,110 m), 5.6 km @ 7.2% - Category 2
Km 109.0, Col d'Agnes (1,570 m), 10.0 km @ 8.2 % - Category 1
Km 118.0, Port de Lers (1,517 m), 3.8 km @ 5.5% - Category 3
Km 168.5, Plateau de Beille, 15.8 km @ 7.9% - Category HC

The Race: Predictions that the hilltop finish at Plateau de Beille would be decisive were wide of the mark. The Schlecks had their team scorch the pavement on the final climb, but, despite a few attacks, it looked like everyone was racing not to lose. Contador is clearly waiting for his knee to heal and to find his legs in the Alps. The Schlecks' tentative racing helped him along with that goal. With 6.5 kilometers to go Jelle Vanendert took off and with every pedal stroke extended his lead over the chasing group of favorites. That fact shows the contenders hadn't gone deep. Thomas Voeckler was fantastic and heroically defended his lead. Again, that Voeckler had not been dropped indicates a negative day in the Pyrenees. I rate the day a big turnip.

Photos from stage 14

Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) 5hr 13min 25sec. 32.3 km/hr
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 21sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 46sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 48sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1min 27sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 59sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 2min 23sec
Andrey Zeits (Astana) @ 2min 38sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Raio Shack) @ 3min 1sec
Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 3min 39sec
Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo) @ 3min 39sec
Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) @ 3min 55sec
Sanday Casar (FDJ) @ 3min 55sec
David Moncoutie (Cofidis) @ 4min 16sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 4min 46sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 5min
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 5min 3sec
Egor Selin (Katusha) @ 5min 26sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 5min 37sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 61hr 4min 10sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 15sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 3min 44sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 4min 1sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 5min 46sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 6min 18sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 9min 2sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 9min 30sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 10min 1sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 10min 5sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 10min 56sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 11min 54sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 12min 6sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 12min 56sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 13min 3sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 15min 11sec
Yuriy Trofimov (Katusha) @ 16min 43sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 16min 48sec
Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 16min 54sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 19min 41sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 20min 50sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 21min 6sec
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 21min 40sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 74 points
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel): 72
Jérémy Roy (FDJ): 45
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek): 28
Cadel Evans (BMC): 26
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) 61hr 12min 5sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1min 7sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 1min 25sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 2min 10sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 5min 1sec
Leopard Trek: 182hr 46min 31sec
Europcar @ 6sec
Ag2r @ 2min32sec
Garmin-Cervelo @ 3min 43sec
Katusha @ 8min 31sec

Stage 14 route map

Stage 14 profile

Stage 15, Sunday, July 17: Limoux - Montpellier, 192.5 km

Km 82.0, Côte de Villespassans, 2.2 km @ 4.6% - Category 4

The Race: The day's break was gobbled up until the stage had only about 3 kilometers to go. Then, just as it looked like the sprinters' teams would be in control, Philippe Gilbert blasted off. He was caught in time for HTC-Highroad to do another flawless leadout for Cavendish. The photo below doesn't do justice to how clearly Cavendish beat the others. It was his fourth Tour victory this year and his 19th career Tour win.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) 4hr 20min 24sec
Ben Swift (Sky) s.t.
Leonardo Duque (Cofidis)
Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas) s.t.
Jonathan Hivert (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) s.t.
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 65hr 23min 33sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 9min 50sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-lotto) @ 12min 6sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 16min 43sec
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 319 points
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 282
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 248
André Greipel (Omega Pharma-lotto): 170
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) 65hr 32min 29sec
Leopard-Trek: 195hr 47min 43sec
Ag2r @ 2min 32sec

Stage 15 route map

Stage 15 profile

Rest Day 2, Monday, July 18: Département de la Drôme

Here are the withdrawals from the Tour since the first rest day after stage 9. There were 170 classified finishers at the end of stage 14.

Stage 10: Yaroslav Popovych (Radio Shack). Alexandr Kolobnev (Katusha)

Stage 11: John Gadret (Ag2r)

Stage 12: Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil), Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha)

Stage 13: Vladimir Isaichev (Katusha), Gert Steegmans (Quick Step), Andreas Klöden (Radio Shack), Lars Boom (Radio Shack)

Stage 14: William Bonnet (FDJ)

Stage 16, Tuesday, July 19: Saint Paul Trois Châteaux - Gap, 162.5 km

Km 151.0, Col de Manse, 9.5 km @ 5.2% - Category 2

The Race: No more Mr. Nice Guy. I thought the contenders would just phone this one in and wait for the coming Alpine hilltop finishes. Nope. Midway up the day's climb, the 2nd category Col de Manse, Alberto Contador delivered a shock to the system. He jumped hard, catching everyone asleep at the wheel. The move was covered, so near the top he lit the jets again and only Samuel Sanchez and Cadel Evans could go with him. They went over the top with more than a half minute lead. On the tricky, wet descent Evans got away and held a small gap to the finish. The Schlecks were no match for the Evans group on the technical descent and both lost time, Andy particularly. Voeckler finally saw an attack he couldn't handle, but he has retained the lead after a hard stage. Up ahead, Hushovd was the best of an early escape that broke up on the climb, overpowering Edvald Boasson Hagen with the aid of teammate Ryder Hesjedal. What a fabulous day of racing!

Photos from Stage 16

Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 3hr 31min 38sec. 46.1 km/hr
Edvald Boassan Hagen (Sky) s.t.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2sec
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) @ 38sec
Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha) @ 52sec
Alan Perez (Euskaltel) @ 1min 25sec
Jérémy Roy (FDJ) s.t.
Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) @ 1min 55sec
Andriy Grivko (Astana) @ 1min 58sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 4min 23sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 4min 26sec
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) @ 4min 44sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-lotto) s.t.
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 5min 2sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 5min 17sec
Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) s.t.
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 5min 32sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 69hr 0min 56sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 1min 45sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 3min 3sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 3min 26sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 3min 42sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 3min 49sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 6min 4sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 9min
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 9min 53sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 10min 38sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 14min 36sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 14min 59sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 17min 39sec
Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 17min 42sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 19min 20sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 20min 12sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 20min 14sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) 2 20min 36sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-lotto) @ 20min 50sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 21min 39sec
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 285
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-lotto): 250
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 235
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) 69hr 8min 51sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 1min 58sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 206hr 31min 24sec
Leopard-Trek @ 7min 1sec
Europcar @ 8min 14sec
Ag2r @ 10min 4sec
Katusha @ 13min 5sec

Stage 16 route map

Stage 16 profile

Stage 17, Wednesday, July 20: Gap - Pinerolo, 179 km

Km 71.5, Côte de Sainte-Marguerite, 2.8 km @ 7.4% - Category 3
Km 85.5, La Chaussée (montée de Briançon), 1.4 km @ 8.3% - Category 3
Km 96.5, Col de Montgenèvre (1,860 m), 7.9 km @ 6.1% - Category 2
Km 117.0, Sestrières (2,035 m), 11.1 km @ 6.3 % - Category 1
Km 171.0, Côte de Pramartino, 6.7 km @ 6 %, Category 2

The Race: Edvald Boasson Hagen attacked out of an early break on the day's final climb, the Pramartino. He then skillfully raced down the extremely difficult descent for his second stage win this year. Further back, Alberto Contador attacked twice on the Pramartino, but the Schlecks covered him both times. On the descent he escaped with Samuel Sanchez, only to be caught by the Schleck group just before the finish. Thomas Voeckler overcooked corners twice and was gapped on the descent, costing him 27 seconds, not enough to lose the lead.

Pictures from Stage 17

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) 4hr 18min 0sec. 41.6 km/hr
Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 40sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 50sec
Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) s.t.
Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) @ 1min 10sec
Dmitriy Moravyev (Radio Shack) s.t.
Jonathan Hivert (Saur-Sojasun) @ 1min 15sec
Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) @ 2min 20sec
Andrey Amador (Movistar) @ 2mi 20sec
Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) @ 2min 37sec
Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil) @ 3min 35sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 4min
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 4min 26sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 4min 34sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 4min 53sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) s.t.
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 5min 3sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 73hr 23min 49sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 1min 18sec
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 22sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 36sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 2min 59sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 3min 15sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 3min 34sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 7min 36sec
Jean-Chirstophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 7min 53sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 8min 7sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 8min 35sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 10min 3sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 10min 33sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 10min 52sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 11min 39sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 12min 6sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 12min 44sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 14min 6sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 15min 1sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 18min 42sec
Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 18min 45sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 21min 14sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 21min 17sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervel) @ 21min 49sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 22min 9sec
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 22min 23sec
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 23min 31sec
Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step): 38
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek): 29
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 320 points
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 250
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 173
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) 73hr 31min 25sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 2min 27sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 3min 16sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 5min 8sec
Garmin Cervelo: 219hr 41min 46sec
Leopard-Trek @ 5min 27sec
Ag2r @ 8min 4sec
Europcar @ 14min 24sec
Euskaltel @ 14min 53sec

Stage 17 route map

Stage 17 profile

Stage 18, Thursday, July 21: Pinerolo - Galibier Serre Chevalier, 200.5 km

Km 107.0, Col Agnel (2,744 m), 23.7 km @ 6.5% - Category HC
Km 145.5, Col d'Izoard (2,360 m), 14.1 km @ 7.3% - Category HC
Km 200.5, Col du Galibier (2,645 m), 22.8 km @ 4.9% - Category HC

The Race: Andy Schleck did a courageous and impressive ride today. On the slopes of the Izoard (where 3-time Tour winner Louison Bobet said great riders made their reputations), Andy Schleck rode away from the field. At one point on the windy Galibier he had more than 4 minutes on the yellow jersey group. The domestiques of the other contenders were unable to reel in Schleck and on the Galibier Cadel Evans took the responsibility of containing the growing threat. With Basso, Voeckler, Contador, and Cunego sitting on his wheel, Evans stayed at the front and hammered away. Contador, having another jour sans , was dropped near the finish, losing nearly 4 minutes. Schleck soloed in for a fabulous victory after being off the front for 60 kilometers. Chapeau! Voeckler killed himself holding Evans' wheel, making it clear the whole chase that he would not put his nose in the wind. He reward was another day in yellow.

Stage 18 photos

Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) 6hr 7min 57sec. 32.7 km/hr
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 7sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 2min 15sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 2min 18sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 2min 21sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 2min 33sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 3min 22sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3min 25sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3min 31sec
Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) @ 3min 35sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3min 38sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 3min 44sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 3min 50sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 3min 50sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 3min 55sec
Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) @ 4min 7sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 4min 42sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 4min 58sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 5min 7sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 5min 35sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 6min 53sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 7min 1sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 7min 25sec
Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 7min 31sec
Egor Silin (Katusha) @ 7min 44sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 9min 17sec
David Arroyo (Movistar) s.t.
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 79hr 34min 6sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 15sec
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 8sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 1min 12sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 3min 46sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 4min 44sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 5min 20sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 7min 8sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 9min 27sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 9min 36sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 10min 9sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 11min 21sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 12min 1sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 12min 46sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 13min 8sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 15min 30sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 15min 32sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 16min 43sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 20min 5sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 23min 6sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 23min 19sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 25min 38sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 25min 59sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 28min 10sec
Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) @ 31min 52sec
Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 33min 56sec
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 35min 16sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 43min 52sec
Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 48min 53sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-lotto): 74 points
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek): 70
Cadel Evans (BMC): 50

Adjusted after officials docked several sprinters 20 points for finishing outside the time limit.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 300 points
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto): 230
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo): 215
Cadel Evans (BMC): 185
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) 79hr 43min 42sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 33sec
Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 3min 10sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 5min 54sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 5min 56sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 238hr 16min 8sec
Ag2r @ 10min 30sec
Leopard-Trek @ 11min 6sec
Katusha @ 28min 42sec
Europcar @ 29min 21sec

Stage 18 route map

Stage 18 profile

Stage 19, Friday, July 22: Modane Valfréjus - Alpe d'Huez , 109.5 km

Km 26.5, Col du Télégraphe (1,566 m), 11.9 km @ 7.1% - Category 1
Km 48.5, Col du Galibier (2,556m), 16.7 km @ 6.8% - Category HC
Km 109.5, Alpe d'Huez (1,850 m), 13.8 km @ 7.9% - Category HC

The Race: After suffering mechanical troubles that left him chasing up and over the Télégraphe and the Galibier, Cadel Evans made contact with Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck on the flat run-in to L'Alpe d'Huez. Even Thomas Voeckler, who cracked badly on the Télégraphe, was in the main group at the base of the Alpe. Pierre Rolland took off. When the ascent started to bite, Evans put in a huge dig, but was brought back. From then to the top the favorites marked each other with the Schlecks riding fast tempo at the front. Contador and Samuel Sanchez went off seeking a stage victory and caught Rolland. But Rolland was not to be denied. A couple of kilometers from the top he dropped the two Spaniards and took France's first stage victory this year as well as the white jersey. Andy Schleck is in yellow.

Stage 19 photos

Pierre Roland (Europcar) 3hr 13min 25sec. 34.0 km/hr
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 14sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 23sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 57sec
Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 15sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 1min 27sec
Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) @ 2min 6sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 2min 31sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 2min 46sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3min 22sec
Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) @ 3min 34sec
Blel Kadri (Ag2r) @ 3min 47sec
Rémy Di Gregorio (Astana) @ 4min 26sec
Jesus Hernandez (Saxo) @ 4min 52sec
Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 5min 19sec
Christian Knees (Sky) s.t.
Sébastien Minard (Ag2r) s.t.
David Loosli (Lampre) @ 5min 41sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) 82hr 48min 43sec
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 53sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 57sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 2min 10sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 3min 31sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 3min 55sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 4min 22sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 4min 40sec
Tom Danielson @ 7min 11sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 8min 57sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 9min 42sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 10min 30sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 12min 55sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 16min 49sec
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 17min 42sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) @ 23min 17sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 23min 22sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 25min 16sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 27min 55sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 28min 2sec
Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 29min 25sec
Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) @ 32min 46sec
Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 37min 44sec
Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 39min 44sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 48min 29sec
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 51min 44sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 52min 20sec
Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 57min 28sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 59min 24sec
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 1hr 2min 12sec
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad): 280 points
José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar): 265
Cadel Evans (BMC): 191
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) 82hr 57min 40sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1min 33sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 7min 52sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 248hr 2min 15sec
Ag2r @ 11min 58sec
Leopard-Trek @ 12min 57sec
Europcar @ 40min 46sec
Euskaltel @ 49min 50sec

Stage 19 route map

Stage 19 profile

Stage 20, Saturday, July 23: Grenoble 42.5 km Individual Time Trial

No rated climbs this stage

The race: Cadel Evans looked good coming out of the start house and quickly found his rhythm. With every pedal stroke, the most complete rider in the race got closer to the yellow jersey. At no point was either Schleck brother riding fast enough to present a threat to Evans.

Photos from stage 20

Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) 55min 33sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 7sec
Alberto Contador (Saxo) @ 1min 6sec
Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil) @ 1min 29sec
Richie Porte (Saxo) @ 1min 30sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 1min 33sec
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 1min 37sec
Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 42sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 2min 3sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2min 8sec
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 2min 10sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 2min 14sec
Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 36sec
Kristjan Koren (Liquigas) @ 2min 36sec
Adriano Malori (Lampre) @ 2min 38sec
Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) @ 2min 39sec
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 41sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 2min 50sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 2min 51sec
Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 2min 57sec
Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) @ 2min 58sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3min
Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 3min 3sec
Jérémy Roy (FDJ) @ 3min 23sec
Sylvain Chavanel (Quick step) @ 3min 28sec
Danny Pate (HTC-Highroad) @ 3min 30sec
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) @ 3min 36sec
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 3min 38sec
Cadel Evans (BMC)
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) 2min 30sec
Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) @ 16min @ 16min 29sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 27min 12sec
Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) @ 31min 42sec
Maxime Monfort (leopard-Trek) @ 53min 16sec
Cadel EVans (BMC): 58
Fran Schleck (Leopard-Trek): 56
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) 83hr 56min 3sec
Garmin-Cervelo: 250hr 57min 43sec
Europcar @ 41min 53sc

Stage 20 route map

Stage 20 profile

Stage 21: Sunday, July 24, Créteil - Paris (Champs Élysées), 95 km

No rated climbs

The Race: It was the usual promenade to Paris but as soon as the peloton got near the Champs circuit, it turned red hot with a 6-man group escaping and holding a 30-secind lead for much of the remainder of the race. It fell apart near the end with Lars Ytting Bak the last remaining escapee, and he was caught with about 3 km to go. From then on it was an HTC-Highroad show with Mark Cavendish getting his third consecutive Champs Elysées stage finish. Cadel Evans finished safely to become the first Tour winner from the southern hemisphere.

Stage 21 photos

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) 2hr 27min 2sec. 38.8 km/hr
Borut Bozic (Vacaneoleil) s.t.
Thomas Vaitkus (Astana) s.t.
Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) s.t.
Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha) s.t.
Alan Perez (Euskaltel) s.t.
Fabio Sabatini (Luigas) s.t.

Complete Final 2011 Tour de France General Classification

Cadel Evans (BMC) 86hr 12min 22sec. 3430 km raced, 39.788 km/hr

Stage 21 route map

Stage 21 profile

Route summary:

Running from Saturday July 2rd 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.

These stages have the following profiles:

· 1 prologue,
10 flat stages,
6 mountain stages and 4 summit finishes,
· 4 medium mountain stages,
1 individual time-trial stage (41 km).
1 team time-trial stage (23 km).

Distinctive aspects of the 2011 Tour de France

le Galibier climbed twice,
2 rest days,
23 level 2, 1 or highest level mountain passes or summit finishes,
No time bonuses

Here's how the Tour organization describes the 2011 edition:

After the Grand Start, hosted by the Vendée for the fifth time it its history, the pack will spend time in Brittany, before heading to the Cantal for a first battle between the climbers at Super Besse. The race’s baptism with the high mountain roads will take place in the Pyrenees, with three tough gradient stages. On completion of this series, all eyes will be on the winner at the Plateau de Beille: to date every rider who has won there has also been triumphant at the end of Le Tour.

For the exploration of the Alps, the organisers insisted on the collaboration of their Italian neighbours who in 2011 will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of Italian unification and who have also given pride of place to the mountains throughout the long history of the Giro. On the return of the pack to France, there will be another anniversary to celebrate: during the 18th stage, the riders will head towards the Galibier pass which Le Tour discovered one hundred years ago, in 1911. This time, the finishing line will be the highest in history, at an altitude of 2,645 metres. However, the following day’s stage will probably be more decisive, with a relentless 109-km battle, taking the riders up the Galibier pass for a second time before climbing up the Alpe d’Huez. Forty-eight hours from the final finishing line, the struggle for the Yellow Jersey could still see some surprises on the sole individual time trial on Le Tour in 2011, in a loop around Grenoble.

Startlist with backnumbers

SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) Director Sportif: Bradley McGee 1 CONTADOR Alberto 2 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus 3 NAVARRO Daniel 4 NOVAL GONZALEZ Benjamin 5 PORTE Richie 6 SORENSEN Chris Anker 7 SORENSEN Nicki 8 TOSATTO Matteo 9 VANDBORG Brian

TEAM LEOPARD-TREK (LEO) Director Sportif: Kim Andersen 11 SCHLECK Andy 12 CANCELLARA Fabian 13 FUGLSANG Jakob 14 GERDEMANN Linus 15 MONFORT Maxime 16 O’GRADY Stuart 17 POSTHUMA Joost 18 SCHLECK Frank 19 VOIGT Jens

EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS) Director Sportif: Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano 21 SANCHEZ Samuel 22 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 23 MARTINEZ Egoi 24 PEREZ LEZAUN Alan 25 PEREZ MORENO Ruben 26 TXURRUKA Amets 27 URTASUN PEREZ Pablo 28 VELASCO Ivan 29 VERDUGO Gorka

OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO (OLO) Director Sportif: Herman Frison 31 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 32 GILBERT Philippe 33 GREIPEL André 34 LANG Sebastian 35 ROELANDTS Jurgen 36 SIEBERG Marcel 37 VAN DE WALLE Jurgen 38 VANENDERT Jelle 39 WILLEMS Frederik

RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) Director Sportif: Adri Van Houwelingen 41 GESINK Robert 42 BARREDO Carlos 43 BOOM Lars 44 GARATE Juan Manuel 45 MOLLEMA Bauke 46 NIERMANN Grischa Jan 47 SANCHEZ Luis-Leon 48 TEN DAM Laurens 49 TJALLINGII Maarten

TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO (GRM) Director Sportif: Jonathan Vaughters 51 HUSHOVD Thor 52 DANIELSON Tom 53 DEAN Julian 54 FARRAR Tyler 55 HESJEDAL Ryder 56 MILLAR David 57 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas 58 VANDE VELDE Christian 59 ZABRISKIE David

PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) Director Sportif: Alexandr Shefer 61 VINOKOUROV Alexandre 62 DI GREGORIO Rémy 63 FOFONOV Dmitriy 64 GRIVKO Andriy 65 IGLINSKIY Maxim 66 KREUZIGER Roman 67 TIRALONGO Paolo 68 VAITKUS Tomas 69 ZEITS Andrey

TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) Director Sportif: Johan Bruyneel 71 BRAJKOVIC Janez 72 HORNER Christopher 73 IRIZAR Markel 74 KLÖDEN Andréas 75 LEIPHEIMER Levi 76 MURAVYEV Dmitriy 77 PAULINHO Sergio 78 POPOVYCH Yaroslav 79 ZUBELDIA Haimar

MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) Director Sportif: Yvon Ladanois 81 ARROYO David 82 AMADOR Andrey 83 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto 84 ERVITI Imanol 85 GUTIERREZ José Ivan 86 INTXAUSTI Benat 87 KIRYIENKA Vasil 88 ROJAS Jose Joaquin 89 VENTOSO Francisco

LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) Director Sportif: Stefano Zanatta 91 BASSO Ivan 92 BODNAR Maciej 93 KOREN Kristjan 94 LONGO BORGHINI Paolo 95 OSS Daniel 96 PATERSKI Maciej 97 SABATINI Fabio 98 SZMYD Sylvester 99 VANOTTI Alessandro

AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) Director Sportif: Vincent Lavenu 101 ROCHE Nicolas 102 BOUET Maxime 103 DUPONT Hubert 104 GADRET John 105 HINAULT Sébastien 106 KADRI Blel 107 MINARD Sébastien 108 PERAUD Jean-Christophe 109 RIBLON Christophe

SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) Director Sportif: Sean Yates 111 WIGGINS Bradley 112 FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio 113 GERRANS Simon 114 HAGEN Edvald Boasson 115 KNEES Christian 116 SWIFT Ben 117 THOMAS Geraint 118 URAN Rigoberto 119 ZANDIO Xabier

QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) Director Sportif: Wilfried Peeters 121 CHAVANEL Sylvain 122 BOONEN Tom 123 CIOLEK Gerald 124 DE WEERT Kevin 125 DEVENYNS Dries 126 ENGELS Addy 127 PINEAU Jérôme 128 STEEGMANS Gert 129 TERPSTRA Niki

FDJ (FDJ) Director Sportif: Thierry Bricaud 131 CASAR Sandy 132 BONNET William 133 DELAGE Mickaël 134 JEANNESSON Arnold 135 MEERSMAN Gianni 136 PAURIOL Rémi 137 ROUX Anthony 138 ROY Jérémy 139 VICHOT Arthur

BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) Director Sportif: John Lelangue 141 EVANS Cadel 142 BOOKWALTER Brent 143 BURGHARDT Marcus 144 HINCAPIE George 145 MOINARD Amaël 146 MORABITO Steve 147 QUINZIATO Manuel 148 SANTAROMITA Ivan 149 SCHÄR Michael

COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE (COF) Director Sportif: Didier Rous 151 TAARAMAE Rein 152 BUFFAZ Mickaël 153 DUMOULIN Samuel 154 DUQUE Leonardo 155 EL FARES Julien 156 GALLOPIN Tony 157 MONCOUTIE David 158 VALENTIN Tristan 159 ZINGLE Romain

LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) Director Sportif: Orlando Maini 161 CUNEGO Damiano 162 BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo 163 BOLE Grega 164 BONO Matteo 165 HONDO Danilo 166 KOSTYUK Denys 167 LOOSLI David 168 MALORI Adriano 169 PETACCHI Alessandro

HTC - HIGHROAD (THR) Director Sportif: Brian Holm 171 CAVENDISH Mark 172 BAK Lars 173 EISEL Bernhard 174 GOSS Matthew Harley 175 MARTIN Tony 176 PATE Danny 177 RENSHAW Mark 178 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 179 VELITS Peter

TEAM EUROPCAR (EUC) Director Sportif: Dominique Arnould 181 VOECKLER Thomas 182 CHARTEAU Anthony 183 GAUTIER Cyril 184 GENE Yohann 185 JEROME Vincent 186 KERN Christophe 187 QUEMENEUR Perrig 188 ROLLAND Pierre 189 TURGOT Sébastien

KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) Director Sportif: Dmitry Konyshev 191 KARPETS Vladimir 192 BRUTT Pavel 193 GALIMZYANOV Denis 194 GUSEV Vladimir 195 IGNATYEV Mikhail 196 ISAICHEV Vladimir 197 KOLOBNEV Alexandr 198 SILIN Egor 199 TROFIMOV Yury

VACANSOLEIL-DCM (VCD) Director Sportif: Hilaire Van Der Schueren 201 FEILLU Romain 202 BOZIC Borut 203 DE GENDT Thomas 204 HOOGERLAND Johnny 205 LEUKEMANS Bjorn 206 MARCATO Marco 207 POELS Wouter 208 RUIJGH Rob 209 WESTRA Lieuwe

SAUR-SOJASUN (SAU) Director Sportif: Stéphane Heulot 211 COPPEL Jérôme 212 COYOT Arnaud 213 DELAPLACE Anthony 214 ENGOULVENT Jimmy 215 GALLAND Jeremie 216 HIVERT Jonathan 217 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice 218 MANGEL Laurent 219 TALABARDON Yannick

Teams invited to the 2011 Tour de France:

Automatic entrees based upon UCI rules:

OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (BEL)

QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (BEL)

SAXO BANK SUNGARD (DAN)

EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (ESP)

MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)

AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)

SKY PROCYCLING (GBR)

LAMPRE - ISD (ITA)

LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (ITA)

PRO TEAM ASTANA (KAZ)

TEAM LEOPARD - TREK (LUX)

RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (HOL)

VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (HOL)

KATUSHA TEAM (RUS)

BMC RACING TEAM (USA)

HTC-HIGHROAD (USA)

TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (USA)

TEAM RADIOSHACK (USA)

Plus 4 Wild cards, all French:

COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE (FRA)

SAUR - SOJASUN (FRA)

TEAM EUROPCAR (FRA)

2011 Tour de France route announced

A centenary celebration of the Alps

After a 2010 edition dedicated to the centenary of the Pyrenees, the 2011 Tour de France will celebrate the centenary of the first time the race climbed the Alps.

Sastre to ride three Grand Tours again

Van den Broeck, Gilbert and Greipel to ride 2011 Tour de France for Lotto

At the launch of next year's event in Paris, race director Christian Prudhomme unveiled a parcours ideal f climbers, with only 64 time trial kilometres of which 23 are a team time trial. Again, there will be no time bonuses on the road from the Vendée region to Paris, while a testing third week in the Alps sees the Tour return to the Galibier and L’Alpe d’Huez: two of its most legendary climbs.

A diverse start

The 2011 Tour's Grand Départ is in the windy Vendée region in Western France, on the Atlantic coastline. The first stage will see the peloton cross the famous Passage du Gois before the first uphill finish on the Mont des Alouettes in Les Herbiers, famous for organising the Chrono des Nations time trial.

The team time trial is back after a one-year absence, around the town Les Essarts, the home of Jean-Rene Bernadeau's team. The collective test against the clock has a totally flat profile and will certainly re-shuffle the general classification, even if the distance of 23 kilometres might not open up significant time gaps.

Stage three (Olonne-sur-Mer to Redon) will see the riders gear up for a probable bunch sprint as the Tour heads northwest from Vendée towards Brittany. On the next day, an uphill finish on the steep Mûr-de-Bretagne in central Brittany will suit the Classics riders and strong finishers, with the yellow jersey probably again up for grabs.

The Tour will then move northwards on stage five from Carhaix to Cap Fréhel, finishing on a windy and especially treacherous section of coast line. On the next day, the bunch will move over into Normandy for stage six from Dinan to Lisieux, the Tour’s longest stage with 226 kilometres.

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Moving south: the medium mountains

After the first week in north-western France, the Tour route heads south into France's central mountain range via Châteauroux. The stage starts in Le Mans and is another sure bet for a bunch sprint. The first "real" uphill finish is scheduled for Saturday, July 8 in Super-Besse Sancy, followed by a perfect day for audacious escapists on the hilly stage nine from Issoire to Saint-Flour on Sunday July 10. Three Category 3 climbs await the riders, with the Puy Mary located more than 1500 metres above sea level.

The riders will be able to enjoy the first rest day on July 11 in Le Lioran in the Cantal cheese region. Two transitional stages will then pave the way south to the Pyrenees on July 12, with stage 10 from Aurillac to Carmaux and then stage 11 from Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur. Many expected a first individual time trial at this point in the race but the 2011 Tour is set to feature even less time trialling than in 2010, with Prudhomme sticking to one race against the clock only as opposed to two in the past.

The Pyrenees: more than an appetizer

Three days in the Pyrenees with two mountain top finishes will provide plenty of climbing action in the second week and will reveal who has a real chance of victory before the Grande Finale in the Alps in the third week.

Stages 12 and 14 will end on top of Luz-Ardiden and the Plateau de Beille respectively, with the hard day from Pau to Lourdes surely to tempt the climbers to chase mountain points for the polka-dot jersey.

Stage 12 to Luz-Ardiden also has the famous Tourmalet on its profile, and stage 14 includes a total of four passes before the final ramps of the Plateau de Beille: Portet d’Aspet, Col de la Core, Latrape and Agnes.

After another transitional stage 15 from Limous to Montpellier, a day that should be marked green on the sprinter’s calendars, the race will head east across the south of France for the second rest day in the Drôme region on July 18 before the 2011 Tour reaches its climax in the Alps in the third week of racing.

A centenary in the Alps: the big showdown

The Tour De France climbed the Alps for the first time in 1911, with a 366km-long stage from Chamonix to Grenoble taking the riders over four testing passes: the Aravis, Télégraphe, Lautaret and Galibier.

100 years later, stage 16 from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Gap serves as a taste of the pain to come and three days in the high mountains begin on July 20 as the peloton departs on a 179km-journey from Gap to Pinerolo in Italy. Three categorized climbs are on the menu: Col de Montgenèvre, Sestrières and the Côte de Pramartino.

Italy will be the only foreign country visited by the 2011 Tour. Riders will return to France on the next day for back to back mountain-top finishes. Stage 18 – the queen stage, no doubt - will finish on the prestigious Galibier (2645m), after crossing some of the most challenging climbs of the Alps: the Col d’Agnel (2774m) and the Izoard (2360m).

The Galibier will be re-visited on the next day via its northern side as the 109km-long 19th stage finishes with the climb to L’Alpe d’Huez. Although a short stage, it seems this one could be just as decisive as the 41km-long individual time trial that will follow on the race’s penultimate day in Grenoble.

No time bonuses, but secondary classifications changed

Again, Prudhomme has prefered a “real-time” general classification without any time bonuses. But the Tour organisers have altered the points systems in the hope of intensifying the fight for the green and polka-dot jerseys.

Prudhomme announced there one single intermediate sprint per stage, awarding half the points on offer at the stage finish. This way, the sprinters will have to sprint twice a day if they want to be a contender for the green jersey. The changes will surely change the pattern of the racing on most days and affect the chances of breakaways making it to the finish.

The mountains classification will also be changed, with double points up for grabs at the four mountain-top finishes of the race. This may be an additional lure for the strong climbers to show off their talent in the high mountains.

The 2011 Tour de France stages:

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

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Two Etapes in 2011: the long and short of it

The publication of next year's Tour de France route route sheds further light on the nature of the 2011 Etape du Tour.

Or should we say Etapes ?

Although dates have yet to be confirmed, Cycling Weekly understands there will be two Etapes next year - allowing more average Joes a taste of riding the Tour de France.

One will celebrate a century of the Alps in the Tour de France by tracing the route of stage 19 from Mondane to Alpe d'Huez.

This tackles the legendary ascents of the Télégraphe, Galibier and, of course, the Alpe - all locations of many great battles in the Tour.

Although the route includes over 4,000 vertical metres of climbing, the stage is short at a mere 109km.

And while the compact route should make for an explosive day on the actual race, the shorter distance should help reduce the high rates of non-finishers (up to 30%) of recent Etapes.

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The last time the Etape ascended the 21 hairpin bends of Alpe d'Huez was in 2006.

At 208km, the other version of the 2011 Etape is almost twice as long as the Alpine edition and not necessarily any easier.

This will take place between Issoire and Saint Flour in the Massif Central, replicating the ninth stage of next year's Tour de France.

At 1,589m above sea level, the Col du Pas de Peyrol (Le Puy Mary) is the highest point on the route - almost a kilometre lower than the Galibier's 2556m summit.

However, what the Saint Flour Etape lacks in monster climbs, it makes up for in frequency.

A long ascent up on to the central plateau precedes the Puy Mary, while five distinct climbs quickly follow it.

Even when the spikes on the route profile subside in the final 50km, it's worth remembering that the roads around this area are notoriously heavy and undulating.

It's not the first time the Etape du Tour has come this way. In 2004 it traced a 239km route between Limoges and St Flour, also going over the Puy Mary.

The fastest rider that day -former pro Jean-Christophe Currit- described it as "a real slog of a stage".

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This will be the first Grand Départ in Italy and the 26th that’s taken place abroad First finale in Nice. Due to the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in Paris, the race will not finish in the French capital for the first time.

Two time trials. 25 + 34 = 59km in total, the second of them taking place on the final Monaco>Nice stage. This will be the first time the race has seen a finale of this type for 35 years, the last occasion being the famous Fignon - LeMond duel in 1989.

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The number of countries visited in 2024: Italy, San Marino, Monaco and France. Within France, the race will pass through 7 Regions and 30 departments.

The number of bonus points 8, 5 and 2 bonus seconds go to the first three classified riders, featuring at strategic points along the route (subject to approval by the International Cycling Union)these will have no effect on the points classification. Bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds will be awarded to the first three classified riders at road stage finishes.

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Tour de France 2021: The Route

The 2021 Tour de France kicks in hard with two punchy finishes. Stage 1 serves a 3 kilometres at 5.7% hilltop finish near Landerneau and stage 2 ends at the Mûr de Bretagne, which made its first Tour de France appearance in 2011 with a Cadel Evans victory. Since then Alexis Vuillermoz (2015) and Daniel Martin (2018) were also successful at the 2 kilometres climb at 6.9%.

Both stage 3 and stage 4 are likely to see bunch sprints before the 5th stage provides the first real test for GC contenders: a 27.2 kilometres ITT on undulating terrain.

Stage 6 travels to Châteauroux, where Mark Cavendish took the spoils in 2011, before stage 7 serves a 250 kilometres long transition stage. The last 100 kilometres are packed with short energy-sapping climbs.

La Grande Boucle ventures into the Alps in the second weekend. Stage 8 goes to Le Grand Bornand, a ski resort where Alaphilippe soloed to victory in 2018. In fact, the finale is a carbon copy with the Col de Romme and Col de la Colombière and a flying descent to the line.

Stage 9 finishes uphill in Tignes. The 2019 Tour de France would have finished there, but landslides in Val d’Isère decided differently. The 21 kilometres finish climb is preceded by three huge intermediate climbs.

Week 2 The 10th stage travels from Albertville to Valence, host of the Tour de France twice in the past six years. On both occasions the fast men had it their way – André Greipel in 2015, Peter Sagan in 2018 -, which is also the most likely scenario in 2021.

Arguably, the 11th stage is the most anticipated race of the 2021 Tour de France. The route takes in a double ascent of the Mont Ventoux without finishing at the top of the Beast of the Provence. Instead, the riders drop down into Malaucène, which lies at the foot of the famed mountain.

Following stage 12 – a virtually flat race into Nîmes – the race heads over to the Pyrenees, but without entering the mountain range just yet. Stage 13 finishes in Carcassonne, where the fast men are likely to shine, before stage 14 traverses the lumpy foothills of the Pyrenees to finish in Quillan, just shy of the high mountains that the riders penetrate that Sunday. Stage 15 takes in four intermediate climbs before a downhill finish into Andorra la Vella.

Week 3 The first day of the final week of action is bound to see a successful breakaway. Stage 16 serves three huge climbs before a flat finale with an uphill kicker inside the last 8 kilometres, while stage 17 is quite the opposite with Pyrenean climbing packed inside the last 65 kilometres. After the Col de Peyresourde and Col d’Azet-Val Louron the riders tackle the Col du Portet, which is a 16 kilometres climb at 8.7%, last used in 2018 (Nairo Quintana victory). Summit finish!

The final mountainous test of the 2021 Tour de France – stage 18 – takes in the Col du Tourmalet to finish uphill in ski resort Luz-Ardiden after an ascent of 13.3 kilometres at 7.4%.

The 19th stage travels north on flat to undulating terrain – sprinters or attackers?- before the final GC battle comes in the form of a second time trial. Stage 20 takes place in the vineyards of the Bordeaux region and adds up to 30.8 kilometres.

Obviously, the last stage travels into Paris, where a bunch sprint is next to certain.

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It is the biggest cycling race in the world: a national event that France cherishes almost as much as its Eiffel Tower and its 360 native cheeses! Every year in July, the Tour de France sets off on the roads of France and crosses some of its most beautiful landscapes. Here’s everything you should know in advance of the 2018 race…

‘La Grande Boucle’

In over a century of existence, the Tour has extended its distance and passed through the whole country. Almost 3,500 kilometers are now covered each year in the first three weeks of July, with 22 teams of 8 cyclists. The 176 competitors criss-cross the most beautiful roads of France in 23 days, over 21 stages. More than a third of France’s departments are passed through, on a route that changes each year.

A little tour to start

The first ever Tour de France took place in 1903. It had just six stages – Paris-Lyon, Lyon-Marseille, Marseille-Toulouse, Toulouse-Bordeaux, Bordeaux-Nantes and Nantes-Paris – and 60 cyclists at the start line. At the time, the brave cycled up to 18 hours at a stretch, by day and night, on roads and dirt tracks. By the end, they’d managed 2,300 kilometers. Must have had some tight calves!

Mountain events are often the most famous and hotly contested. Spectators watch in awe as the riders attack the passes and hit speeds of 100 km/h. In the Pyrenees and the Alps, the Galibier and Tourmalet ascents are legendary sections of the Tour, worthy of a very elegant polka dot jersey for the best climber…

The darling of the Tour

In terms of the number of victories per nation, France comes out on top, with 36 races won by a French cyclist. In second place is Belgium with 18 wins, and in third is Spain with 12. The darling of the Tour remains Eddy Merckx, holding the record of 111 days in the yellow jersey. This Belgian won 5 times the Great Loop as Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Michael Indurain.

‘Le maillot jaune’

The yellow jersey is worn by the race winner in the general classification (calculated by adding up the times from each individual stage). This tradition goes back to 1919. It has nothing to do with the July sunshine or the sunflower fields along the roads; it was simply the colour of the pages of newspaper L’Auto, which was creator and organiser of the competition at the time.

The Tour de France is the third major world sporting event after the Olympic Games and the World Cup, covered by 600 media and 2,000 journalists. The race is broadcast in 130 countries by 100 television channels over 6,300 hours, and is followed by 3.5 billion viewers.

The Champs-Élysées finish

Each year the Tour departs from a different city, whether in France or in a neighbouring country. Since 1975, the triumphal arrival of the cyclists has always taken place across a finish line on Paris’ Champs-Élysées. It’s a truly beautiful setting for the final sprint.

And the winner is…

Seen from the sky and filmed by helicopters or drones, the Tour route resembles a long ribbon winding its way through France’s stunning landscapes: the groves of Normandy, the peaks of the Alps, the shores of Brittany and the beaches of the Côte d’Azur. In 2017, it was the Izoard pass in Hautes-Alpes that was elected the most beautiful stage, at an altitude of 2,361 metres. Which one gets your vote?

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