The route
Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2015, the 102th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,344 kilometres (before ratification).
• 9 flat stages
• 3 hilly stages
• 7 mountain stages including 5 summit finishes
• 1 individual time trial
• 1 team time trial
• 2 rest days
21 and 6
This 21st Grand Départ from abroad will also be the 6th from the Netherlands which is a record. The Tour will then spend two days in Belgium before reaching France.
A MINI PARIS – ROUBAIX
Like in 2014, the peloton will have its share of cobbled portions during stage 4 between Seraing and Cambrai. There will be seven sectors over a distance of 13.3 kilometres.
MUR AND MÛR
Two final climbs will spice up the first week of racing. First of all, the climb up the Mur de Huy (1.3 km at 9.6%), which is the traditionnal finish of the Flèche Wallonne, where stage 3 will end. Then, the climb up the Côte de Mûr de Bretagne (2 km at 6.9% with some passages at 15%), known as the Alpe-d’Huez of Britanny and already on the course in 2011, where the finish of stage 8 will take place.
L’ALPE-D’HUEZ ON THE PENULTIMATE DAY With its 13.8-km ascent and its famous 21 bends, the real Alpe-d’Huez will be the final showdown of the 2015 Tour with the summit finish of stage 20. A mountain top finish on the eve of the finish on the Champs-Élysées had already occurred in 2009 with the Mont Ventoux and in 2013 at Annecy-Semnoz.
6 new stage cities
• Utrecht (start of stages 1 and 2)
• Zélande (finish of stage 2)
• Livarot (start of stage 7)
• La Pierre-Saint-Martin(finish of stage 10)
• Muret (start of stage 13)
• Sèvres – Grand Paris Seine Ouest(start of stage 21)
The stages
STAGE TYPE DATE START AND FINISH DISTANCE DETAILS
1 Time-trial Saturday, July 4th Utrecht / Utrecht 14 km
2 On-line Sunday, July 5th Utrecht / Zélande 166 km
3 On-line Monday, July 6th Anvers / Huy 154 km
4 On-line Tuesday, July 7th Seraing / Cambrai 221 km
5 On-line Wednesday, July 8th Arras / Amiens Métropole 189 km
6 On-line Thursday, July 9th Abbeville / Le Havre 191 km
7 On-line Friday, July 10th Livarot / Fougères 190 km
8 On-line Saturday, July 11th Rennes / Mûr de Bretagne 179 km
9 Time-trial Sunday, July 12th Vannes / Plumelec 28 km
– Rest day Monday, July 13th Pau
10 On-line Tuesday, July 14th Tarbes / La Pierre-Saint-Martin 167 km
11 On-line Wednesday, July 15th Pau / Cauterets – Vallée de Saint-Savin 188 km
12 On-line Thursday, July 16th Lannemezan / Plateau de Beille 195 km
13 On-line Friday, July 17th Muret / Rodez 200 km
14 On-line Saturday, July 18th Rodez / Mende 178 km
15 On-line Sunday, July 19th Mende / Valence 182 km
16 On-line Monday, July 20th Bourg-de-Péage / Gap 201 km
– Rest day Tuesday, July 21st Gap
17 On-line Wednesday, July 22nd Digne-les-Bains / Pra-Loup 161 km
18 On-line Thursday, July 23rd Gap / Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 185 km
19 On-line Friday, July 24th Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne / La Toussuire – Les Sybelles 138 km
20 On-line Saturday, July 25th Modane Valfréjus / Alpe-d’Huez 110 km
21 On-line Sunday, July 26th Sèvres – Grand Paris Seine Ouest / Paris Champs-Élysées 107 km
