Stages
| Stage | Route | Distance | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Strasbourg | 7.1 km | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 1 |
| 1 | Strasbourg – Strasbourg | 184.5 km | Flat stage | Sunday, July 2 |
| 2 | Obernai – Esch-sur-Alzette | 228.5 km | Flat stage | Monday, July 3 |
| 3 | Esch-sur-Alzette – Valkenburg | 216.5 km | Hilly stage | Tuesday, July 4 |
| 4 | Huy – Saint-Quentin | 207.0 km | Flat stage | Wednesday, July 5 |
| 5 | Beauvais – Caen | 225.0 km | Flat stage | Thursday, July 6 |
| 6 | Lisieux – Vitré | 189.0 km | Flat stage | Friday, July 7 |
| 7 | Saint Grégoire – Rennes | 52.0 km | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 8 |
| 8 | Saint-Méen-le-Grand – Lorient | 181.0 km | Flat stage | Sunday, July 9 |
| Rest day | Monday, July 10 | |||
| 9 | Bordeaux – Dax | 169.5 km | Flat stage | Tuesday, July 11 |
| 10 | Cambo-les-Bains – Pau | 190.5 km | Mountain stage | Wednesday, July 12 |
| 11 | Tarbes – Val d'Aran/Pla-de-Beret | 206.5 km | Mountain stage | Thursday, July 13 |
| 12 | Luchon – Carcassonne | 211.5 km | Hilly stage | Friday, July 14 |
| 13 | Béziers – Montélimar | 230.0 km | Flat stage | Saturday, July 15 |
| 14 | Montélimar – Gap | 180.5 km | Hilly stage | Sunday, July 16 |
| Rest day | Monday, July 17 | |||
| 15 | Gap – Alpe d'Huez | 187.0 km | Mountain stage | Tuesday, July 18 |
| 16 | Le Bourg-d'Oisans – La Toussuire | 182.0 km | Mountain stage | Wednesday, July 19 |
| 17 | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Morzine | 200.5 km | Mountain stage | Thursday, July 20 |
| 18 | Morzine – Mâcon | 197.0 km | Flat stage | Friday, July 21 |
| 19 | Le Creusot – Montceau-les-Mines | 57.0 km | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 22 |
| 20 | Antony/Parc de Sceaux - Paris (Champs-Élysées) | 154.5 km | Flat stage | Sunday, July 23 |
| Total | 3,639 km | |||
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Famous quotes containing the word stages:
“Whoe’er has travelled life’s dull round,
Where’er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
The warmest welcome, at an inn.”
—William Shenstone (1714–1763)
“But parents can be understanding and accept the more difficult stages as necessary times of growth for the child. Parents can appreciate the fact that these phases are not easy for the child to live through either; rapid growth times are hard on a child. Perhaps it’s a small comfort to know that the harder-to-live-with stages do alternate with the calmer times,so parents can count on getting periodic breaks.”
—Saf Lerman (20th century)
“Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)