2007 Tour de France - Route and Stages

Route and Stages

The organisers of the Tour and London mayor Ken Livingstone announced on 24 January 2006 that the start of the Tour would take place in London. Livingstone noted the two stages would commemorate the victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, saying "Having the Grand Départ on the seventh of July will broadcast to the world that terrorism does not shake our city."

The routes for the Prologue in London and the first full stage through Kent, finishing in Canterbury, were announced on 9 February 2006 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. This was the third time the Tour visited England, including Plymouth in (1974) and two stages in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire in (1994).

Tour director Christian Prudhomme unveiled the 2007 route in Paris on 26 October 2006. In total, the route covered 3,569.9 kilometres (2,218.2 mi).

Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
P 7 July London (England) 7.9 km (5 mi) Individual time trial Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
1 8 July London (England) - Canterbury (England) 203 km (126 mi) Plain stage Robbie McEwen (AUS)
2 9 July Dunkirk - Ghent (Belgium) 168.5 km (105 mi) Plain stage Gert Steegmans (BEL)
3 10 July Waregem (Belgium) - Compiègne 236.5 km (147 mi) Plain stage Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
4 11 July Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny 193 km (120 mi) Plain stage Thor Hushovd (NOR)
5 12 July Chablis - Autun 182.5 km (113 mi) Intermediate stage Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
6 13 July Semur-en-Auxois - Bourg-en-Bresse 199.5 km (124 mi) Plain stage Tom Boonen (BEL)
7 14 July Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand 197.5 km (123 mi) Mountain stage Linus Gerdemann (GER)
8 15 July Le Grand-Bornand - Tignes 165 km (103 mi) Mountain stage Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
16 July Rest day
9 17 July Val-d'Isère - Briançon 159.5 km (99 mi) Mountain stage Mauricio Soler (COL)
10 18 July Tallard - Marseille 229.5 km (143 mi) Plain stage Cédric Vasseur (FRA)
11 19 July Marseille - Montpellier 182.5 km (113 mi) Plain stage Robert Hunter (RSA)
12 20 July Montpellier - Castres 178.5 km (111 mi) Intermediate stage Tom Boonen (BEL)
13 21 July Albi 54 km (34 mi) Individual time trial Cadel Evans (AUS)
14 22 July Mazamet - Plateau-de-Beille 197 km (122 mi) Mountain stage Alberto Contador (ESP)
15 23 July Foix - Loudenvielle 196 km (122 mi) Mountain stage Kim Kirchen (LUX)
24 July Rest day
16 25 July Orthez - Gourette–Col d'Aubisque 218.5 km (136 mi) Mountain stage Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
17 26 July Pau - Castelsarrasin 188.5 km (117 mi) Intermediate stage Daniele Bennati (ITA)
18 27 July Cahors - Angoulême 211 km (131 mi) Plain stage Sandy Casar (FRA)
19 28 July Cognac - Angoulême 55.5 km (34 mi) Individual time trial Levi Leipheimer (USA) Cadel Evans (AUS)
20 29 July Marcoussis - Paris (Champs-Élysées) 146 km (91 mi) Plain stage Daniele Bennati (ITA)
Total 3,569.9 km (2,218 mi)

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