2011 Tour de France

The Tour de France has announced the depart for the 2011 race.  It will start about 150 meters off the continent near Noirmoutier on July 2.  Ile Noirmoutier was the start of the 2005 race.  They will finish with a climb on Mont des Alouettes near Les Herbiers.  Stage 2 will be a team time trial around Les Essarts and stage 3 will leave from Olonne-sur-Mer in the Vendee region on the west coast of France.