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Tour de France 2017 route and map: A full look at this year’s course

The Tour de France is here, and we’ve got a look at the full route.

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The 2017 Tour de France gets underway bright and early on Saturday, and the route is an interesting one. The course should result in different strategies from recent years, due to the record low in time trial kilometers and only two truly difficult mountain top finishes.

Those climbs will come on Peyragudes in the Pyrenees on Stage 12 and the Col d’Izoard in the Alps on Stage 18. There will be a 22.5-kilometer time trial in Marseille on the final day, and the general classification race could come down to that.

The tour will get underway in Dusseldorf, Germany, and will make its way through Belgium and Luxembourg before hitting the bulk of France. Riders will go down the eastern side of France to the Jura mountains in the opening week, and then will move to the Dordogne in the west following a rest day.

The second week highlights include two days in the Pyrenees mountains, and the Alps will obviously dominate the third week. The aforementioned time trial at Marseille may be the deciding factor, but the actual end of the tour comes on the Champs d’Elysees in Paris, where the Maillot Jaune winner will drink champagne as he rides.

Before they can relax, however, riders will have to contend with several courses with monster mid-stage climbs. Stage 9, through the Jura Mountains, and Stage 17, in the midst of the Alps, come to mind. The start in Germany marks the race’s first move onto German soil in three decades.

Defending champion Chris Froome is hoping to become one of five riders to ever win three Tours in a row. But he’s got a ton of competition to worry about, including former teammate Richie Porte. Porte has won two world tour events this year to Froome’s zero. He also beat Froome head-to-head at the Critérium du Dauphiné last month.

Below is the full route map, the Tour’s official site :

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2017 Tour de France route

It's the biggest annual spectator event in the world. here's where the 2017 tour de france will go.   .

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The 2017 Tour de France goes through 34 departments of France, plus it visits Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg, making it a truly international event once again.

The 104th Tour de France run  July 1-23. There won't be as many climbs as in 2016 but there are some tough gradients. Allround riders like Sagan should do well.

Five mountain ranges are featured: the Vosges, the Jura, the Pyrenees, the Central Massif and the Alps. It's the first Tour de France since 1992 that all five major ranges are on the route.

There are two individual time trials: one in Düsseldorf for the Grand Depart to open the Tour and another on the penultimate stage in Marseille. 

Waiting for the Tour.  Photo:  will_cyclist

La Course women's race

There is a major change to La Course, the women's event that has been run in Paris on the final day of the Tour de France for the last two years. The 2017 edition won't be in Paris but it will instead tackle the Izoard on the same day as the Tour de France.

For reasons I can only imagine come down to time constraints, however, La Course only covers the final 67 kilometres of the Briançon to the Izoard stage on July 20. Bizarrely, that makes the amateur Etape du Tour event – set to run over the same stage on July 16 – longer and tougher than the pro women's race. Strange way to promote women's cycling. 

Full 2017 Tour de France route – stage-by-stage

(Every stage is also mapped in the Official Race Guide).

Stage 1: Saturday, July 1 – Düsseldorf (Germany), Individual Time Trial, 13km    

Download Stage 1 route map here

The Grand Départ  for the Tour de France will take place in Düsseldorf, a vibrant German city on the Rhine. 2017 marks 30 years since the 1987 Grand Départ was held in Berlin.

Düsseldorf  has a funky mix of old and new architecture and makes an interesting destination, with diverse attractions and bustling nightlife. You can find more information  here , including maps, tourist advice and a dedicated Grand Depart section. 

Düsseldorf  is also making huge efforts to promote cycling as a fast and green method of transport. The city is in the process of creating a 300-kilometre-long cycle path network and you can find a handy pdf map here  in English.

Dusseldorf will host the  Team presentation on Friday, June 31, followed by stages 1 and 2. 

Stage 2: Sunday, July 2 – Düsseldorf (Germany) to Liège (Belgium), 202km

Download Stage 2 route map here

The Tour will leave Düsseldorf, passing along its harbour en route out of the city .

Stage 3: Monday, July 3 –  Verviers (Belgium) to Longwy (Lorraine), 202km

Stage 4: tuesday, july 4 – mondorf-les-bains (luxembourg) to vittel  (lorraine) , 203km  , stage 5: wednesday , july 5 –  vittel (lorraine) to la planche des belle filles ( franche-comté) , 160km, stage 6: thursday, july 6 – vesoul ( franche-comté)  to troyes  (champagne-ardenes) , 216km, stage 7: friday, july 7 – troyes (champagne-ardenes) to nuit saint georges (burgundy), 214km, stage 8: saturday, july 8 – dole  ( franche-comté)  to station rousses  ( franche-comté) , 187km .

Stage 9: Sunday, July 9 – Nantua ( Rhone-Alpes) to Chambery ( Rhone-Alpes) , 181km

Rest day: Monday, July 10 – Perigueux (Dordogne)

Stage 10: tuesday, july 11 –  perigueux (dordogne) to bergerac (dordogne), 178km, stage 11: wednesday, july 12 –  eymet (dordogne) to pau ( pyrénées- atlantiques) , 202km, stage 12: thursday, july 13 –  pau ( pyrénées-atlantiques) to peyragudes ( midi-pyrénées) , 214km.

Stage 13: Friday, July 14 – Saint Girons ( Midi-Pyrénées)  to Foix ( Midi-Pyrénées) , 100km

Stage 14: saturday, july 15 – blagnac ( midi-pyrénées)  to rodez ( midi-pyrénées) , 181km, stage 15: sunday, july 16 –  laissac severac l’eglise ( midi-pyrénées)  to le puy en velay ( auvergne) , 189km, rest day: monday, july 17 –  le puy en velay ( auvergne), stage 16: tuesday, july 18 –  le puy en velay ( auvergne)  to romans-sur-isere (rhone-alpes), 165km, stage 17: wednesday, july 19 –  la mure  (rhone-alpes)  to serre chevalier  (rhone-alpes) , 183km.

A monster climbing stage to the ski area of Serre Chevalier, featuring Col de la Croix de Fer (2067m), Col Télégraphe (1600m) and the Col du Galibier (2646m)

Stage 18: Thursday, July 20 –  Briancon ( Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)  to Izoard  (Rhone-Alpes) , 178km (this is also  the Etape du Tour stage)

Stage 19: Friday, July 21 –  Embrun  ( Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)  to Salon de Provence  ( Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) , 220km

Stage 20: saturday, july 22 –  marseille ( provence-alpes-côte d'azur) , individual time trial, 23km, stage 21: sunday, july 23 –  montgeron (île-de-france) to  paris champs-élysées  (île-de-france) , 100km, following the tour de france.

Firstly, don't leave home without the official race programme .

See our  dedicated Tour de France section  for lots of advice and information, including info on  watching the Tour de France in person , and  our beginner's guide . See also this page for watching the final stage in Paris . 

Tour de France accommodation

We're adding accommodation that's within reach of the route (generally 50km, but sometimes a little more)  to this page . (Or you could zoom in and search the map below). 

Bike hire for the Tour de France

See our bike hire section . We can't stress enough how you need to BOOK EARLY if you need hire a quality road bike near the route, especially in the mountains. It gets booked out quickly. You can use our bespoke service if you get stuck.

TDF cycling holidays 

See this page  for organised rides and supported packages that take care of your accommodation and bike hire (you'll usually get to ride a stage or part of a stage, plus the chance to be roadside). Again, you can use our bespoke service if you get stuck and can't find a tour that sutis you.

Road closure information

This is really important - we get more enquiries about road closures than anything else in the week before the Tour. We post road closure info here as it comes to hand (there is lots of other general advice on that page too). 

Other Tour de France travel information

See here for ferry info  if you're crossing the Channel from the UK with your bike. We have French bike/train information  plus this page for the Eurostar .  See here for driving in France info .

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Tour de France 2017 Route

Tour de France 2017, the 104th edition of the French Grand Tour ‘s route has been revealed by the ASO, the organizer of the race.

This year, there will be fewer time trials (no team trial and a short 13.8 km ITT on the opening day and another 23 km on the penultimate stage, a total of 33.8 km, see notes 1) and many famous climbs not included the route, for example there will be no Alpe d’Huez , no Mount Ventoux, etc.

Instead, the race organizers introduced many new climbs. Like the ones in the Vuelta a España, some of the climbs will be short-but-steep, and the mountain stages’ lengths are reduced.

These short stages are probably inspired by Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España – these grand tours have had many short mountain stages in recent years, which were full of action from the start (remember the 118.5 km stage 15 of Vuelta 2016, where Contador and Quintana joined the breakaway where Froome got isolated and lost 2:37 to Quintana).

The shortest stage of the last 30 editions of Tour (except the time trials and the prologues), the 13th stage between Saint-Girons and Foix, which is 100 km (62 mi) is another interesting aspect of this year’s race. There will be only four (or three? if we count the stage eight, four) mountaintop finishes. Many mountain stages are finishing with long downhill and/or flat sections.

Tour de France 2017 Stage List

• Saturday, July 1: Dusseldorf – Dusseldorf (ITT), 13 km
• Sunday, July 2: Dusseldorf – Liege, 202 km
• Monday, July 3: Verviers – Longwy, 202 km
• Tuesday, July 4: Mondorf-Les-Bains – Vittel, 203 km
• Wednesday, July 5: Vittel – Planche des Belles Filles, 160 km (Summit finish)

• Thursday, July 6: Vesoul – Troyes, 216 km
• Friday, July 7:Troyes – Nuit-Saint-Georges, 214 km
• Saturday, July 8: Dole – Station des Tousses, 187 km (Summit finish)

• Sunday, July 9: Nantua – Chambery, 181 km

Rest day 1, Monday, July 10

• Tuesday, July 11: Perigueux – Bergerac, 178 km
• Wednesday, July 12: Eymet – Pau, 202 km
• Thursday, July 13: Pau – Peyragudes, 214 km (Summit finish)

• Friday, July 14: Saint-Girons – Foix, 100 km

• Saturday, July 15: Blagnac – Rodez, 181 km
• Sunday, July 16: Laissac-Severac L’Eglise – Le Puy-en-Velay

Rest day 2, Monday, July 17

• Tuesday, July 18: Le Puy-en-Velay – Romans-Sur-Isere, 165 km
• Wednesday, July 19: La Mure – Serre-Chevalier, 183 km

• Thursday, July 20: Briancon – Izoard, 178 km

• Friday, July 21: Embrun – Salon-de-Provence, 220 km
• Saturday, July 22: Marseille – Marseille (ITT), 23 km
• Sunday, July 23: Montgeron – Paris Champs-Élysées, 105 km

• 2006: No Team Time Trial, a 7.1 km (4.41 mi) prologue, two individual time trial stages: 52 km (32.31 mi) and 57 km (35.42 mi), Total: 116.1 km (72.14 mi)
• 2007: No Team Time Trial, a 7.9 km (4.91 mi) prologue, two individual time trial stages: 54 km (33.55 mi) and 55.5 km (34.49 mi), Total: 117.4 km (72.95 mi)
• 2008: No Team Time Trial, two individual time trial stages: 29.5 km (18.33 mi) and 53 km (32.93 mi), Total: 82.5 km (51.26 mi)
• 2009: A 39 km (24.23 mi) Team Time Trial, two individual time trial stages: 15.5 km (9.63 mi) and 40.5 km (25.17 mi), Total: 95 km (59.03 mi)
• 2010: No Team Time Trial, a 8.9 km (5.53 mi) prologue, an individual time trial stage: 52 km (32.31 mi), Total: 60.9 km (37.84 mi)
• 2011: A 23 km (14.29 mi) Team Time Trial, an individual time trial stage: 42.5 km (26.41 mi), Total: 65.5 km (40.70 mi)
• 2012: No Team Time Trial, a 6.4 km (3.98 mi) prologue, two individual time trial stages: 41.5 km (25.79 mi) and 53.5 km (33.24 mi), Total: 101.4 km (63 mi)
• 2013: A 25 km (15.53 mi) Team Time Trial, two individual time trial stages: 33 km (20.51 mi) and 32 km (19.88 mi), Total: 90 km (55.92 mi)
• 2014: No Team Time Trial, an individual time trial stage: 54 km (33.55 mi), Total: 54 km (33.55 mi)
• 2015: A 28 km (17.40 mi) Team Time Trial, an individual time trial stage: 13.8 km (8.57 mi), Total: 41.8 km (25.97 mi)
• 2016: No Team Time Trial, two individual time trial stages: 37.5 km (23.30 mi) and 17 km (10.56 mi) (mountain), Total: 54.5 km (33.86 mi)
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The Stages of the 2017 Tour de France

Overall, this is one of the most wide-open Tour de France routes we’ve seen in decades—here's what makes it so (and what we can expect)

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Stage 1 - Düsseldorf to Düsseldorf, 13km - July 1

For the third time in the last four years, the Grand Depart of the Tour takes place outside of France. This year’s race begins in Düsseldorf, Germany with a short individual time trial. The stage looks tailor-made for the home favorite, Tony Martin , a four-time world time trial champion who’s also won four time trials at the Tour throughout his career. He’ll face stiff competition from men like Rohan Dennis and Tom Dumoulin, both of whom finished ahead of Martin when a similar stage opened the 2015 Tour in the Netherlands. And don’t be surprised if Chris Froome’s name appears near the top of the results. With only two short time trials in this year’s Tour, the Briton will use Stage 1 to try and gain an early advantage over his General Classification (GC) rivals.

Stage 2 - Düsseldorf to Liège, 202 km - July 2

Stage 2 spends most of the day in Germany, but bids Auf Wiedersehen! to the country on its long ride to Belgium. Liège sits in the middle of the Belgian Ardennes, a hilly region that traditionally suits climbers and attack-happy puncheurs. But Stage 2 has a flat finale, which means the Tour’s field sprinters will get their first chance to shine. Look for Germans Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel to try and fight-off their homesickness by winning the first road stage of the 2017 Tour.

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Stage 3 - Verviers to Longwy, 202 km - July 3

Stage 3 starts in the Belgian town of Verviers, but finally brings the Tour into France. Expect the sprinters to take a backseat at the end of this 202km stage, as a short, steep climb to the finish at the Longwy Citadel should determine the day’s winner. Expect riders who excel in the Ardennes Classics to shine, men like Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde and Quick Step’s Dan Martin. GC contenders will need to pay attention as well: Froome finished second on a stage with a similar finish in 2015. The time bonus he received was enough to give him his first yellow jersey of that year’s Tour.

Stage 4 - Mondorf-les-Bains to Vittel, 203 km - July 4

After three straight 200+km days and with a summit finish on tap tomorrow, Stage 3 could be a day in which the peloton decides to take it easy.  Soon after the start in Luxembourg, expect a breakaway to gain a large gap before the sprinter’s teams—who could care less about the next day’s finish atop la Planche des Belles Filles—bring it all back together for a field sprint in Vittel, the home of the Tour’s bottled water sponsor. Wind could also play a role late in the race, so teams will need to be attentive in case crosswinds break the race into echelons.

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Stage 5 - Vittel to La Planche de Belles Filles, 160 km - July 5, 2017

Perhaps in a bid to shake things up a bit earlier than usual, the first major summit finish of the 2017 Tour comes only five days into the race. La Planche des Belles Filles first made its appearance in 2012, and it made an immediate impact by giving Froome’s first Tour stage victory and Bradley Wiggins his first yellow jersey. But with the climb coming so early this year, tactics will play a major role. Defending the yellow jersey takes a toll on a rider and his team. So with two-and-a-half weeks still to race, don’t be surprised if the team that wears yellow by the end of Stage 5 tries to hand it over to a non-contender in the days to come. By doing so they’ll save themselves for what’s still to come.

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Stage 6 - Vesoul to Troyes, 216 km - July 6, 2017

Stage 6’s gentler profile should give the peloton a bit of a rest after Stage 5’s showdown on La Planche des Belles Filles. A breakaway will certainly establish itself it early, but expect teams with sprinters to ensure that any escapees are caught before the stage finish in Troyes. With more mountains on tap for the weekend, this is the first of two chances for the sprinters to win another stage, so expect to see men like Kittel, Greipel, and Mark Cavendish giving it everything they have.

Stage 7 - Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges, 214 km - July 7, 2017

Another day for the sprinters, Stage 7 takes the Tour through the vineyards of Burgundy. Crosswinds could be an issue in the final hour of racing as the course changes direction five times before the finish in Nuits-Saint-Georges. If the winds breaks the race apart, a small, select group could battle for the stage win, making this a perfect stage for Peter Sagan .

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Stage 8 - Dole to Station des Rousses, 187 km - July 8, 2017

The first of two hard stages in the mountainous Jura region of eastern France, Stage 8 doesn’t count as a true summit finish, but it might as well. The summit of the Category 1 Montée de la Combe de Laisia Les Molunes comes only 12km from the finish line at the Station des Rousses ski resort, and the roads the riders will take to get there are rolling. So any gaps by the top of the climb will be tough to close before the line. It’s a good day for a breakaway to go the distance, especially if it’s filled with riders who lost a lot of time during the Tour’s opening week. But this could also be a key GC battle in a Tour that favors risk-taking opportunists. 

Stage 9 - Nantua to Chambéry, 181 km - July 9, 2017

With six categorized climbs including three Hors Categorie or “Beyond Category” summits, Stage 9 is a monster. In past Tours, a stage like this would have been the focal point of a weekend in the Pyrenees or Alps, but in the Tour’s modern era, anything goes. So the race stays in the Jura for this climb-fest, the first of which summits only 3.5km after the race begins in Nantua. Riders hoping to get into the day’s long breakaway will warm-up on trainers before the start, readying themselves to attack from the gun in what could easily be the most exciting stage of the Tour’s first week. With so much climbing on tap, this could be a day for someone to try and build an early lead in the Tour’s King of the Mountains competition. And if the Tour’s GC favorites reopen their fight, expect it to take place on the final climb of the day, the steep Mont du Chat, whose summit comes about 25km from the finish line.

Rest Day 1 - Dordogne to July 10, 2017

Stage 10 Périgueux to Bergerac, 178 km - July 11, 2017

After a plane ride and a Rest Day, the Tour resumes in Périgueux with a stage whose profile favors the sprinters . That said, the last time a stage finished Bergerac (in 2014), a breakaway succeeded when Garmin’s Raimunas Navardauskas held-off a chasing bunch to take a thrilling stage victory. But that stage came late in the race and was much longer, giving Navardauskas a better chance to stay away from an weary peloton. This year’s stage is much shorter and comes right out of a Rest Day, so the sprinters’ teams will be fresh and ready to make the most of the opportunity.

Stage 11 - Eymet to Pau, 202 km - July 12, 2017

Stage 11 brings the Tour to the foot of the Pyrenees with a stage finishing in Pau, a town that’s hosted the Tour 68 times, third to only Paris and Bordeaux. Sprinters will certainly be licking their lips at the stage’s gentle profile, but they need to be careful as breakaways do succeed here. In 2012 France’s Pierrick Fedrigo won Stage 19 in downtown Pau by out-sprinting his breakaway companion, American Christian Vandevelde. And with a tough day in the mountains coming tomorrow, many teams might be content to just sit back and let a breakaway go the distance.

Stage 12 - Pau to Peyragudes, 214 km - July 13, 2017

Of the Tour’s two days in the Pyrenees this year, the first is definitely the toughest. A long stage that starts in Pau and doesn’t hit its first climb until about halfway through the day, it’s a stage that could see a breakaway of out-of-contention climbers fight for the stage win while the GC battle wages behind them. While “only” finishing atop a Category 2 summit, it’s what comes before that matters most: the Hors Categorie Port de Balès and the Category 1 Col de Peyresourde. That’s three summits in a span of only 45km. If men like Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador, and Richie Porte want to test the strength of Froome and Team Sky, today’s the day to do it.

Stage 13 - Saint Girons to Foix, 100 km - July 14, 2017

Stage 13 is an interesting one that could produce some of the most exciting racing we’ve seen so far this Tour. First of all, it takes place on Bastille Day, France’s Independence Day, which this year falls on a Friday (so the route should be packed with vacationing fans). Secondly, it’s incredibly short (101km) which means fast, aggressive racing from start to finish. Lastly, it features three Category 1 climbs including the vicious Mur de Peguere, a climb whose final 3.5km are some of the steepest in this year’s race. It’s the perfect stage for someone like last-year’s runner-up Romain Bardet . The Frenchman will love both the climbs and the descents, and could provide an early start to the Bastille Day fireworks. 

Stage 14 - Blagnac to Rodez, 181 km - July 15, 2017

The first half of Stage 14 is bone-flat. But after the intermediate sprint in Rabastens, the going gets much more difficult, as a relentless series of hills and valleys will keep the pack from getting into a good rhythm. This could make it hard for the peloton to catch any breakaways. If it does, expect a reduced bunch to fight for the win on the uphill finish in Rodez. It’s a perfect day for men like Peter Sagan, Michael Matthews, and Greg Van Avermaet , who took his first Tour stage victory here in 2015.

Stage 15 - Laissac-Sévérac l’Église to Le Puy-en-Velay, 189 km - July 16, 2017

Like many stages in the 2017 Tour de France, Stage 15 offers a profile that’s hard to characterize. It begins with a tough Category 1 climb up to the Aubrac Plateau, which should provide the perfect launchpad for a breakaway to escape. It then undulates across the top of the plateau before descending back down to the town of Prades. Then it’s back up again—this time to the summit of the Category 1 Col de Peyra Taillade. The Tour’s organizers put this stage on a Sunday for good reason: it will be aggressive, tough, and unpredictable. The riders will be thankful for Monday’s Rest Day .   Rest Day 2 - Le Puy-en-Velay - July 17, 2017 

Stage 16 - Le Puy-en-Velay to Romans sur Isère, 165 km - July 18, 2017

Coming out of the Tour’s second Rest Day and looking ahead to the Alps, the sprinters’ teams will be eager to try and take advantage of this stage’s relatively flat run to the finish in Romans. But the day begins with 20km of climbing followed by another 50km of undulating roads. A breakaway might establish a lead that’s too big to close, which could leave men like Kittel, Greipel, and Cavendish waiting until Paris for their last chance to win a stage.

Stage 17 - Le Murre to Serre Chevalier, 183 km - July 19, 2017

Stage 17 may not be a summit finish, but with four categorized climbs on tap including the infamous Col du Galibier, it doesn’t have to be in order to shape the outcome of the Tour. This should turn out to be a typical Alpine slugfest with the Tour’s GC favorites doing everything they can to separate themselves on the Galibier. A 28km descent to the finish ends the stage but the Galibier is long enough and hard enough that riders might not rejoin the leaders if they’re dropped. It’s the third week, so we could see a group of out-of-contention climbers escape to fight for the stage and points in the King of the Mountains competition. Poland’s Rafal Majka has won three mountain stages and two polka dot jerseys in the last three Tours—he’s probably had this stage marked since the Tour route was announced last year.

Stage 18 - Briançon to Izoard, 178 km - July 20, 2017

The Tour’s last day in the Alps brings the race’s final summit finish—and it’s a doozy. The Izoard isn’t as long as the Galibier, but it features a steeper average gradient. As the riders climb higher the road gets steeper, and the landscape takes on an eerie, desert-like quality. If the race is close, expect to see deeper teams—like Movistar—try and send riders on the attack on the Category 1 Col de Vars, the penultimate climb of the day, in an attempt to put pressure on whichever team is leading the race and perhaps isolate the rider wearing the yellow jersey. On the Izoard it will be every man for himself as the Tour’s climbers try and capitalize on their last chance to gain time before the Tour’s final time trial. If Froome ends the day in yellow, it’s game over. As the strongest time trialist of the Tour’s GC favorites, if he avoids losing time here, the Tour will be his. 

Stage 19 - Embrun to Salon de Provence, 220 km -  July 21, 2017

Imagine being one of the 150 or so riders left in the Tour. You’re two days away from finishing the race. You’ve survived five mountain ranges. Yesterday’s stage ended with one of the most fearsome climbs in the Alps. So what does the Tour give you? The longest stage of the race. And it’s not easy. The tired peloton won’t see a flat road until about Kilometer 200. By then it might be too late for the sprinters’ team to reel in the day’s long breakaway.

Stage 20 - Marseille (ITT), 23 km - July 22, 2017

The past few Tours have ended in the mountains , but this year’s concludes with a short individual time trial in downtown Marseille. Tour organizers hope that the the Tour’s unpredictable parcours will mean a few riders start this stage with a chance to win the Tour. Anyone who hopes to be successful will have to have at least a minute or two on Froome, the fastest of the Tour’s remaining GC contenders.

Stage 21 - Montgeron to Paris Champs-Élysées, 105 km - July 23, 2017

The final stage of the 2017 Tour de France begins in Montgeron, the town that hosted the start of the first Tour de France way back in 1903. Back then, the stage covered an incredible 467km from the outskirts of Paris all the way down to Lyon. This year, the riders face only 105km, most of which take place on the traditional finishing circuit along the Champs-Élysées. The stage opens with champagne toasts and photo opportunities, but ends with the most intense field sprint of the Tour.

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Stage 12, thursday, july 13: pau - peyragudes.

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Thursday, July 13: Stage 12, Pau - Peyragudes, 214.5 km

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Stage winner Romain Bardet looks back at Fabio Aru and Rigoberto Uran.

Weather at the finish city of Peyragudes at 2 PM, local time: 23C (74F), partly cloudy with the wind from the NW at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain. It was raining in Pau at the start of the stage.

Rated ascents:

• Km 64.0: Côte de Capvern, 7.7 km @ 3.1% - cat. 4
• Km 111.5:  Col des Ares, 7.4 km @ 4.6% - cat. 2
• Km 139.5: Col de Menté, 6.9 km @ 8.1% - cat. 1
• Km 184.0: Port de Balès, 11.7 km @ 7.7% - cat. H
• Km 209.5:  Col de Peyresourde, 9.7 km @ 7.8% - cat. 1
• Km 214.5 – Peyragudes, 2.4 km @ 8.4% - cat. 2

The race: 179 riders began stage 12 at 11:11 AM. There was a flurry of attacks from the gun, but around 18 kilometers into the stage, 12 riders got clear: Cyril Gautier (AG2R-La Mondiale), Imañol Erviti (Movistar), Koen De Kort (Trek-Segafredo), Stefan Küng (BMC), Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates), Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data), Marcel Kittel and Jack Bauer (Quick-Step Floors), Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Michael Matthews (Sunweb) and Julien Simon (Cofidis).

Though it is sunny at the finish town of Peyragudes, it was raining at the start and the racers have been racing in the rain for more than two hours.

Km 112: The twelve riders in the break have a lead of about 6 minutes. It is still raining. Michael Matthews won the intermediate sprint with Marcel Kittel second. Team Sky is leading the peloton with Astana just behind them.

Km 126: Thomas de Gendt was first over the Col de Ares, followed by Michael Matthews and Koen de Kort. Marcel Kittel was still in the break. But as the break started on the first-category Col de Menté, Kittel was dropped. He'll surely ride economically and carefully, making sure he finishes within the cutoff time.

The now 11 riders in the lead have a gap of 6min 20sec

Km 132: The Sky-led peloton has started the Col de Menté. This is the Tour's 20th visit to the mountain, the first time being in 1966. Gap from the break to the peloton is 5min 50sec. Looks like it isn't raining, but there is wet fog.

Km 150: Michael Matthews blasted away from the break to be first over the top of the Col de Menté. De Gendt was second. Matthews was defending teammate Warren Barguil in the KOM competition by depriving De Gendt of the max KOM points. Marcel Kittel has been caught by the peloton.

The break is 4min 20sec ahead of the Sky-led pack.

Km 168: Coming up to the big Col de Balès, the 11 leading riders are 4min 19sec ahead of the pack.

Km 174: On the slopes of the Col de Balès, Michael Matthews has been dropped by the break. Two riders have escaped from the peloton, Brice Feillu and Maxime Bouet, who happen to be brothers-in-law. The duo are 2min 10sec behind the break while the peloton is 3min 20sec behind the front group.

Km 177: Near the top of the Balés, Steve Cummings and Thomas de Gendt are at the front.

Bam! Cummings drops de Gendt and is alone and in the front in the mountain's thick fog. He's going up a very narrow mountain road past clapping and cheering spectators.

Double Bam! Back in the yellow jersey group Alberto Contador goes. He's reeled back in by the Sky-led yellow jersey group.

Jakob Fuglsang, who has two small bone fractures after crashing yesterday, has been dropped.

Km 184: Steve Cummings was first over the Balés. Thomas de Gendt was next, followed by Cyril Gautier and then current KOM Warren Barguil. The yellow jersey group is just two minutes behind Cummings, who is descending with frightining speed and skill.

Gautier crashed on the descent. He has remounted.

Km 195: Steve Cummings continues to descend alone. There are no riders between Cummings and the 19-man yellow jersey group, which is 2min behind Cummings.

Km 197: Kwiatkowski-led Sky overcooked a corner on the descent, causing Froome and Aru to go off road. They have rejoined their group. Cummings is 2min up the road.

Nairo Quintana has been dropped by the Froome group. He rode the Giro in May and it looks like he couldn't recover in time for the Tour.

10 km to go: On the Peyresourde, Cumming's lead is down to a bit over a minute. Froome still has three teammates. Sky rider Kwiatkowski has done his work and dropped off the Froome group. Fabio Aru is shadowing Froome.

8 km to go: Cummings has been caught before the Peyresourde's summit.

The riders in the yellow jersey group: Froome, Nieve and Mikel Landa (Sky), Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale), Fabio Aru (Astana), Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo), Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac), George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo), Dan Martin (Quick-Step), Louis Meintjes (UAE) and Simon Yates (Orica-Scott). From the top 10 on GC, only Quintana and injured rider Fuglsang are missing.

4 km to go: Contador has been dropped near the top of the Peyresourde. Now the leaders, ten strong, go over the top of the mountain and head to the steep finish.

2 km to go: They are on the final ascent to the finish. Looks like Fabio Aru, just sitting Froome's wheel, is waiting, waiting to attack. Dan Martin is moving up.

The Finish: George Bennett tried an attack with 500 meters to go.

Aru attacked with Martin in his wheel. Then Bardet went to the front and took the stage. Froome could not stay with the leaders.

Aru is in yellow!

Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing:

The overall classification of the 104th Tour de France was shaken up in the last 300 metres of the “marathon-stage” in the Pyrenees. After Team Sky controlled it all, Chris Froome lost contact to Romain Bardet who won his third stage in three years and Fabio Aru who moved into the lead three years after his compatriot Vincenzo Nibali won the Tour as the reigning Italian champion.

179 riders started stage 12 in Pau. After several skirmishes, Cyril Gautier (AG2R-La Mondiale), Imañol Erviti (Movistar), Koen De Kort (Trek-Segafredo), Stefan Küng (BMC), Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates), Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data), Marcel Kittel and Jack Bauer (Quick-Step Floors), Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Michael Matthews (Sunweb) and Julien Simon (Cofidis) formed a 12-man after 15km of racing. Matthews preceded Kittel on the line of the intermediate sprint at Loures-Barousse (km 94) where the peloton led by Team Sky under the rain was timed 5.45 behind.

Kittel was the first rider dropped from the front group but only in the ascent to col de Menté with 84km to go while the peloton led by Team Sky was timed 6.20 behind. Maxime Bouet and Brice Feillu (Fortuneo-Oscaro) rode away from the bunch before the ascent to Port de Balès with just over 40km to go. The time difference was reduced by Team Sky to 4 minutes. 5.5km before the top of the only Hors-Category climb of the day, De Gendt attacked, soon rejoined by Cummings who went solo 3km away from the summit.

As Team Sky didn't give everything to catch Cummings, the British rider started climbing to col de Peyresourde with a two-minute lead. Following Mikel Nieve in the last curve before the hill, Chris Froome followed Mikel Nieve who went off road in a caravan park. Fabio Aru (Astana) also had to stop. They didn't crash and the chasing group was quickly reunited before Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was the first of the favourites to lose contact. It was game over for Cummings 3km before the top of Peyresourde while eleven riders composed the yellow jersey group: Froome, Nieve and Mikel Landa (Sky), Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale), Fabio Aru (Astana), Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo), Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac), George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo), Dan Martin (Quick-Step), Louis Meintjes (UAE) and Simon Yates (Orica-Scott). Contador was dropped in the last kilometer of the climb.

Team Sky kept the race under control until the super steep final stretch. But Froome cracked as Aru gave it all in the hardest part of the climb to Peyragudes. Bardet passed the Italian champion to win a Tour de France stage like in 2015 at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and in 2016 at St-Gervais-Mont-Blanc. Third on the line, Aru kept enough lead over Froome to take the yellow jersey over from the Brit ahead of the short but brutal second Pyrenean stage. It's the first time Froome loses the yellow jersey in the mountains since he first took it in 2013.

Stage 12 video summary:

Complete Results:

Note: Originally the judges had assessed Rigoberto Uran, Serge Pauwels and George Bennett 20sec penalties for illegal feeds. They were reversed on Friday. The GCs below reflect that reversal and are correct.

Stage 12 photos

214.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.810 km/hr

GC after stage 12:

• GC leader: Fabio Aru (Astana)
• Points classification leader: Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors)
• Mountains classification leader: Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb)
• Best young rider: Simon Yates (Orica-Scott)
• Team classification leader: Team Sky

2,192.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.47 km/hr

Stage 12 map and profile:

Stage 12 map

Stage 12 profile

Stage 12 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

View of Peyragudes in the Pyrenees

Mikel Landa leads Chris Froome with Fabio Aru right next to him. At this point Froome and Sky still looked invincible.

Though a superb rider, I think the Giro-Tour double is too much for Nairo Quintana. He seems to be running out of suds as the Tour progresses. Today he finished 11th on a day that should have suited him perfectly.

Though beat up from crashes, Contador rode aggressively today. He finished 14th, 2min 15sec after Aru.

Rigoberto Uran was second today and is fourth in the GC, 55sec behind Fabio Aru.

A brilliant stage win for Romain Bardet. Fabio Aru in the Italian Champion's jersey is chasing hard.

Uran and Aru look back at the carnage behind them. Did Aru take enough time out of Froome to take the lead?

Head down, Chris Froome drives for the line, trying to limit his loss.

Stage winner Romain Bardet

Steve Cummings earned a well-deserved red number for being the day's most aggressive rider.

Fabio Aru has his own stuffed lion now.

Organizer's stage 12 preview:

Following sprint finishes won by Marcel Kittel in the south west of France, the Tour hits the Pyrenees with a so-called “marathon stage” that includes four major climbs in a 214.5km long race finishing uphill at Peyragudes. Col des Ares, col de Menté, Port de Balès and col de Peyresourde are on the menu in the last 100km. Peyragudes hosted a stage finish for the first time five years ago. Alejandro Valverde won up there, so did Alexandre Geniez at the 2013 Vuelta a España, but it's a different finale this time around. The winner will be crowned at the altiport of the French Pyrenees.

The movie Tomorrow Never Dies in the James Bond series was filmed in this location before going on screen twenty years ago. The last kilometer has sections with a gradient of 16%! It'll be a crucial stage for the climbers with opportunities for the likes of Fabio Aru, Romain Bardet and Rigoberto Uran to attack race leader Chris Froome. It's also an occasion for Alberto Contador and Nairo Quintana to remind how good they are as climbers. And Warren Barguil is extremely excited by the polka dot jersey…

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Tour de France 2017: 5 key stages

Summit finishes, penultimate-day TT, extreme gradients and a compact mountain thriller

Whereas the Alps stood out starkly on the route of this year's Tour de France , with four demanding back-to-back days in the mountains, it is rather more difficult to ascertain the decisive portion of the 2017 route .

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Unveiling the parcours in Paris on Tuesday, race director Christian Prudhomme outlined his desire to break free from the 'catenaccio' of recent editions and achieve "an unpredictable Tour de France, where the race can be at stake on any given day".

To that end he has offered relatively light smatterings of summit finishes (three) and time trial kilometres (36), while introducing steeper climbs and spreading them across the three weeks and all five of France's mountain ranges.

Despite the emphasis on subtlety and balance, there are some key stages that stand out, and Cyclingnews  picks out the ones that could see fireworks in Prudhomme's desired open' battle for the yellow jersey.

Stage 5: Vittel to La Planche des Belles Filles (160km)

The short opening-day time trial will have established an initial hierarchy, but the first true blows in the battle between the overall favourites will be traded on La Planche des Belles Filles, the race's first summit finish. 

The climb holds good memories for 2016 champion Chris Froome, who took the first Tour stage of his career there in 2012, while Vincenzo Nibali was triumphant on the only other visit in 2014. There's not much to worry about ahead of the final climb but the double-digit gradients, which turn to 20 per cent near the top, are an example of the emphasis on steeper slopes in the 2017 Tour.

With an average gradient of 8.5 per cent over 5.9km, it should provide us with the first reliable general classification sort-out as well as an indication of the true form of the favourites.

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Stage 9: Nantua to Chambéry (181km)

More evidence of the steeper gradients here, as the Tour packs Alpine/Pyrenean helpings of elevation gain into a stage through the Jura mountains and towards the Alps.

This is probably the toughest collection of climbs to be found in next year’s Tour, with three hors-categorie ascents in the form of La Biche, the Grand-Colombier, and the Mont du Chat ahead of the hair-raising descent to Chambéry. The stage also starts on a climb, meaning there'll be little chance to ease in to proceedings. Altogether, there are 4,600 metres of elevation gain – equivalent to the Andorra stage of this year’s Tour.

The Col de la Biche is the first big test of the day – 10.5km long at an average of 9 per cent – and it’s soon followed by the Grand Colombier, which was scaled twice in a stage of this year's Tour, won by Jarlinson Pantano. In 2017, however, the riders will, for the first time, scale the climb from the toughest of its four faces, where the gradients ramp up to over 20 per cent in an absolutely brutal middle section.

Thirty kilometres or so separate the Colombier and the Mont du Chat, scene of a memorable tussle between Eddy Merckx and Raymond Poulidor when it last featured back in 1974. After the opening kilometre, the climb barely drops below double digits, and it's steep going down, too, with a tough 12km descent preceding a 10km run-in to the line.

With fewer climbs and summit finishes on the menu this year, along with a penultimate-day time trial to think about, this represents a big opportunity for the pure climbers to impose themselves.

Stage 13: Saint-Girons to Foix (100km)

As Alberto Contador and Nairo Quintana successfully ambushed Chris Froome at this year's Vuelta a Espana, the status of the 'short mountain stage' as cycling's hottest trend was enshrined.

Such parcours, another example of which was the action-packed stage 16 of this year's Giro d'Italia, can make for explosiveness and excitement that's increasingly hard to find on the mammoth slogs. The 2017 Tour is embracing that trend with stage 13, the second in a Pyrenean double-header, which also continues the recent theme of descent finishes.

With just 100km on the menu, and 24km ahead of the first of the day’s three climbs, team mechanics will undoubtedly be unpacking the rollers in Saint-Girons for the riders to get warmed up. There's barely a metre of flat all day, with descents separating the three climbs on the menu – the Col de Latrape, Cold d'Agnes, and the Mur de Péguère.

While the Mur has a lesser average gradient than Agnes (7.9 per cent versus 8.2 per cent), it's the most fearsome prospect on the route. It's average gradient is mitigated by a gentle opening section, but the final 3.3km are exclusively made up of double-digit gradients, with pitches of nearly 20 per cent.

The run to Foix from the top of the climb is a long one (27km) and the descent becomes less steep as it goes along. That means those who go on the attack over the top will have their work cut out, but, as Dan Martin pointed out, anyone on a jours sans – and let's not forget there's a 214km Pyrenean stage and summit finish the day before – could pay heavily.

Stage 19: Briançon to Izoard (178km)

One of the three summit finishes of the race, this was one of the most headline-grabbing stages when the route was unveiled on Tuesday.

The Col d’Izoard needs no introduction, but for first time in its relationship with the Tour, the finish line will be positioned at the lunar landscapes of its summit. It may involve quite a logistical headache, but Prudhomme promised it would provide some of the most spectacular imagery of the entire race. It should also provide some of the most spectacular racing.

"It never ends – it's infinite," Henri Desgrange once said of the 14.1km climb, while Jacques Goddet described it as "a terrible exigency that straddles the difficult and the terrifying."

The climb, which seen some legendary Tour exploits, including Andy Schleck's long solo in 2011, is preceded by the Col de Vars in a two-up set-piece, with both peaks taking riders into the oxygen-deprived heights of 2000+ metres of altitude.

With just three summit finishes on the route, riders can’t afford to wait around on days like this, and Izoard, comfortably the toughest proposition of the three, should see fireworks.

Stage 20: Marseille ITT (23km)

Racing against the clock rarely produces the drama of riders racing against one another but, after a two-year absence, the penultimate-day time trial makes its return, and this 23km Marseille course see the battle for yellow come down to the wire.

Time trials on the eve of Paris have been staple for the Tour in the last 30 years or so, but the format has appeared just once in the past four editions. The Marseille test, however, doesn’t offer the rouleurs the same chance to impose themselves as in years gone by, with the distance limited to just 23 kilometres – compared to an average of 52.5km across the 11 penultimate-day TT’s of the last 15 years.

Romain Bardet had some cheek when asked about the modest total of 36 time trial kilometres in the 2017 Tour and said it was "a lot". In fact, you can't help suspect it was planned that way in order to level the playing field between the 26-year-old, second overall this year, and Froome, as France looks for a first winner of the Tour since Bernard Hinault in 1985.

The course is city-based and starts and finishes in the Stade Vélodrome, home to the Marseille football team. The roads along the Cornice and Old Port are flat but towards the end there's a short punchy climb up to the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde cathedral that will disrupt the rhythm. It’s not a course that will lend itself to big time gaps, but if it's tight at the top the pressure will be on and it will be one of the most decisive stages of the race.

The length means that someone like Bardet could take yellow into the time trial and, unlike Andy Schleck in 2011, stand a good chance of holding onto it, but if Froome reaches this time trial in the lead, it's hard to not to see him celebrating a fourth title on the Champs Elysées the following day.

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Sprint | Massignieu-de-Rives (126.5 km)

Points at finish, youth day classification, kom sprint (2) côte des neyrolles (3.5 km), kom sprint (3) col de bérentin (11 km), kom sprint (3) côte de franclens (38 km), kom sprint (hc) col de la biche (croix de famban) (67.5 km), kom sprint (hc) grand colombier (91 km), kom sprint (4) côte de jongieux (134 km), kom sprint (hc) mont du chat (155.5 km), team day classification, race information.

• Date: 09 July 2017
• Start time: 11:55
• Avg. speed winner: 35.43 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 181.5 km
• Points scale: GT.A.Stage
• UCI scale: UCI.WR.GT.A.Stage - TM2022
• Parcours type:
• ProfileScore: 275
• Vert. meters: 4696
• Departure: Nantua
• Arrival: Chambéry
• Race ranking: 0
• Startlist quality score: 1791
• Won how: Sprint of small group
• Avg. temperature:

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• Col de Bérentin
• Côte de Franclens
• Col de la Biche (Croix de Famban)
• Grand Colombier
• Côte de Jongieux
• Mont du Chat

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Castiglione delle Stiviere - Desenzano del Garda TUDOR ITT

Giro d'Italia 2024

The second time trial test is predominantly flat with several undulations within it and an elevation gain of roughly 250 metres. The riders cross a few villages and a series of minor ups and downs. The road is almost constantly slightly downhill heading towards the shore of Lake Garda.

Manerba del Garda - Livigno (Mottolino)

Stage 15, arguably the hardest of the entire Giro, sees the start of a tough week of mountains. The route from Manerba del Garda to Livigno amounts to 220 kilometres and takes in an elevation gain of 5,700 metres.

Livigno - Santa Cristina Val Gardena/St. Christina in Gröden (Monte Pana)

A high mountain fraction broken up by the Adige and Isarco valleys, basically a 3-part stage: mountain, with Foscagno Stelvio (this year’s Cima Coppi, the highest point of the race); plain, from Prato allo Stevio until shortly after Bolzano; mountain, with the ascent of Passo Pinei and the finish in Val Gardena.

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Fiera di Primiero - Padova

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Mortegliano - Sappada

The stage begins by riding up the Tagliamento Valley, heading north and crossing the towns of San Daniele del Friuli, Forgaria nel Friuli and Peonis. After Tolmezzo, the succession of climbs leading to the finish line begins: Passo Duron, Sella Valcalda and Cima Sappada.

Alpago - Bassano del Grappa

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