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The 2010 Tour de France route was unveiled in Paris this week.  The race starts in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on July 3 with a prologue.  Then the race will head over some cobblestones into Brussels, Belgium before crossing back into France.  The race will make its way through the north of France into the Alps with a rest day in Morzine.  Two more mountain stages through Saint Jean de Maurienne and then Chambery to Gap before heading into the Massif Central and then the Pyrenees.  There will be 4 high mountain stages in the Pyrenees, including the Tourmalet twice.  A long 51k time trial around Bordeaux before the final parade into Paris on the Champs Elysee.

2010 Tour de France

Stage 0:            Saturday, July 3 § Prologue  8k Rotterdam, Holland

Stage 1:            Sunday, July 4 § Rotterdam – Brussels 224 k

Stage 2:            Monday, July 5 § Brussels – Spa, Belgium 192k

Stage 3:            Tuesday, July 6 § Wanze – Arenberg Porte du Hainaut  270k

Stage 4:            Wednesday, July 7 § Cambrai – Reims  150k

Stage 5:            Thursday, July 8 § Epernay – Montargis  185k

Stage 6:            Friday, July 9 § Montargis – Gueugnon  225k

Stage 7:            Saturday, July 10 § Tournus – Station des Rousses  161k

Stage 8:            Sunday, July 11 § Station des Rousses – Morzine-Avoriaz 189k

                        (Col de Ramaz, Avoriaz)

                        Monday, July 12 § Rest Day in Morzine-Avoriaz

Stage 9:            Tuesday, July 13 § Morzine-Avoriaz – Saint Jean de Maurienne 204k

                        (Col de la Colombiere, Col des Aravis, Col des Saisies, Col de la Madeleine)

 Stage 10:          Wednesday, July 14 § Chambery – Gap 179k

Stage 11:           Thursday, July 15 § Sisteron – Bourg les Valence 180k

Stage 12:           Friday, July 16 § Bourg de Peage – Mende 210k

Stage 13:           Saturday, July 17 § Rodez – Revel 195k

Stage 14:           Sunday, July 18 § Revel – Ax 3 Domaines 184k

                         (Port de Pailheres, Ax 3 Domaines)

Stage 15:           Monday, July 19 § Pamiers – Bagnères-de-Luchon

                         (Port d’Aspet, Col des Ares, Port de Bales)

Stage 16:           Tuesday, July 20 § Bagnères-de-Luchon – Pau 196k

                         (Col de Peyresourde, Col d’Aspin, Col du Tourmalet, Col d’Aubisque)

                         Wednesday, July 21 § Rest Day Pau

Stage 17:           Thursday, July 22 § Pau – Col du Tourmalet 174k

                         (Col de Marie-Blanque, Col du Souloir, Col du Tourmalet)

Stage 18:           Friday, July 23 § Salies-de-Béarn – Bordeaux

Stage 19:           Saturday, July 24 § Bordeaux – Pauillac 51k Time Trial

Stage 20:           Sunday, July 25 § Longjumeau – Paris Champs Elysee 105k

Twenty five days before the start of the Tour de France on July 4, a joint announcement from the UCI, AFLD and ASO willl be made.  They will be announcing the names of the first riders to be convicted of doping based on their biological passport discrepancies.  The announcement will be made in Paris this coming Wednesday.  Pat McQuaid of the UCI said first the riders will be informed on Monday and then their teams and national federations.  Some will have disciplinary actions taken against them.

Stay tuned....