At a Press Conference at the Palais des Congrès de Paris, whose attendees included Lance Armstrong and Mark Cavendish who won six stages in the 2009 race, the course for the 2010 event which starts in Rotterdam was announced.
Lance Armstrong
Mark Cavendish
The race starts in Rotterdam on July 3rd and takes in Belgium, Eastern France, The Alps and Pyranees before ending in the customary finish in Paris on July 25th.
Course details:
P, July 3, Rotterdam - Rotterdam, 8km
1, July 4, Rotterdam - Brussels, 224km
2, July 5, Brussels - Spa, 192km
3, July 6, Wanze - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, 207km
4, July 7, Cambrai - Reims, 150km
5, July 8, Épernay - Montargis, 185km
6, July 9, Montargis - Gueugnon, 225km
7, July 10, Tournus - Station des Rousses, 161km
8, July 11, Station des Rousses - Morzine-Avoriaz, 189km
9, July 13, Morzine-Avoriaz - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, 204km
10, July 14, Chambéry - Gap, 179km
11, July 15, Sisteron - Bourg-lès-Valence, 180km
12, July 16, Bourg-de-Péage - Mende, 210km
13, July 17, Rodez - Revel, 195km
14, July 18, Revel - Ax-3 Domaines, 184km
15, July 19, Pamiers - Bagnères-de-Luchon, 187km
16, July 20, Bagnères-de-Luchon - Pau, 196km
17, July 22, Pau - Col du Tourmalet, 174km
18, July 23, Salies-de-Béarn - Bordeaux, 190km
19, July 24, Bordeaux - Pauillac, 51km
20, July 25, Longjumeau - Paris Champs-Élysées, 105km
Rest days are: July 12, Morzine-Avoriaz & July 21, Pau.