Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2009, the 96th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.
These 21 stages have the following profiles:
- 10 flat stages,
- 7 mountain stages,
- 1 medium mountain stage,
- 2 individual time-trial stages,
- 1 team time-trial stage.
Distinctive aspects of the race
- 3 mountain finishes,
- 2 rest days,
- 55 kilometres of individual time-trials,
- 20 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.
8 new stop-over towns
Brignoles, Gérone (Espagne), Issoudun, Martigny (Suisse), Saint-Fargeau, Tonnerre, vatan, Verbier (Suisse).
| 15 | High Mountains | Sunday 19 July | Pontarlier Verbier |
Pontarlier > Verbier | 207 km | |
| R | Rest Day | Monday 20 July | Verbier | Verbier | ||
| 16 | High Mountains | Tuesday 21 July | MartignyBourg-Saint-Maurice |
Martigny > Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 160 km |
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For accommodation in Verbier Click Here or email your requirements at claire_v@independentmountain.com
