ASO Launch 2013 Tour De France Route

Last updated : 24 October 2012 By Kev Monks

Amaury Sports Organisation unveiled the route for the 100th Tour De France at 11am UK time in Paris this morning.

The route is as follows

Stage 1 Saturday June 29th Porto-Vecchio Bastia 212kms

Stage 2 Sunday June 30 Bastia - Ajaccio 154kms 

Stage 3 Monday July 1  Ajaccio Calvi 145

Stage 4 Tuesday July 2 Nice -  Nice (Team Time Trial 25kms

Stage 5 Wednesday July 3 - Cagnes-sur-Mer Marseille 219kms

Stage 6 Thursday July 4  Aix-en-Provence - Montpellier 176kms

Stage 7 Friday July 5 Montpellier - Albi 205kms

Stage 8 Saturday July 6 Castres - Ax 3 Domaines 194kms

Stage 9 Sunday July 7 Saint-Girons Bagnères-de-Bigorre 165kms

Transfer on Monday July 8th from Saint-Nazaire to Loire-Atlantique

Stage 10 Tuesday July 9th Saint-Gildas-des-Bois - Saint-Malo 193km

Stage 11 Wednesday July 10 Avranches Mont-Saint-Michel (Individual Time Trial) 33kms

Stage 12 Thursday July 11 Fougères - Tours 218kms

Stage 13 Friday July 12 Tours Saint-Amand-Montrond 173km

Stage 14 Saturday July 13 Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule  - Lyon 191kms

Stage 15 Sunday July 14 Givors to Mont Ventoux 242km

Monday July 15 Rest Day 

Stage 16 Tuesday July 16 Vaison-la-Romaine - Gap 168kms

Stage 17 Wednesday July 17 Embrun Chorges (Individual time trial) 32kms

Stage 18 Thursday July 18 Gap Alpe-d’Huez 168km 

Stage 19 Friday July 19  Bourg-d’Oisans Le Grand-Bornand 204kms

Stage 20 Saturday July 20 Annecy Annecy - Semnoz 125kms

Stage 21 Sunday July 21 Versailles Paris Champs-Élysées 110kms

The 2013 Tour de France will include 28 mountain climbs
or altitude finishes ranked Cat2, Cat1 or HC.
They will be divided up geographically
in the following way:
✔ 4 in Corsica
✔ 2 in the Massif Central
✔ 7 in the Pyrenees
✔15 in the Alps

The final stage will finish in Paris at 9.45pm local time (8.45 UK time) in order to attract a big television audience.