0
The number of kilometers taking stony paths.
No ribins (symbolic passages from Tro Bro Leon) on the menu.
In 2020, the Tour made a remarkable comeback in the ascent of the Plateau des Glières.
1.6 km
The final straight at Pontivy (3rd stage), the longest of the Tour 2021.
2
Nîmes and Carcassonne are the only two cities on the route to be both arrival and departure cities.
2
Rest days in Tignes (July 4), then Andorra la Vella (July 12).
3
Arrivals at altitude.
4th
... great start in the history of Brest, after 1952, 1974 and 2008. And 4 100% Breton stages on the menu: “a 100% Finistère stage, a 100% Côtes d'Armor stage, a 100% Morbihan stage and a 100% Ille et Vilaine stage ”, summarizes Christian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour.
5
Days in the Pyrenees.
5
In 5 years on the Tour routes, road improvements have doubled, for example with the stage between Nîmes and Carcassonne which will be 28 km longer than in 2004 (in the opposite direction).
10
New stopover towns (Landerneau, Pontivy, Changé, Vierzon, Sorgues, Malaucène, Quillan, Céret, Pas de la Case, Chatou).
58 km
Individual time trial (27 km between Changé and Laval, then 31 km between Libourne and Saint-Emilion).
With 27 km between Changé and Laval, since 2008 this time has been the longest guest during the 1st week.
108th
edition of the Tour de France.
144 km
Between Tours and Châteauroux, the shortest stage of the edition.
Other plain stages also display a shortened format: Redon-Fougères (152 km) and Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux-Nîmes (161 km).
248 km
From Vierzon to Creuzot (7th stage), the longest stage of this Tour 2021 (the longest on the Tour de France since 2000 (Belfort-Troyes; 250 km).
2408 m
The highest point of the Tour, the Envalira pass in Andorra.
4500 m
of altitude difference during the Sorgues-Malaucène stage, with 2 passages in the Ventoux.
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General classification of the Tour de France 2020
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