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The Puy de Dôme is located about 15 kilometers from Clermont-Ferrand in central France
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The 110th Tour de France runs from July 1 to 23, 2023 over 3404 kilometers from Bilbao to Paris.
On the route there is only a short individual time trial over 22 kilometers and a total of four mountain top finishes as the greatest difficulties for the top stars around the Danish title defender Jonas Vingegaard.
This time, the sprinters can look forward to eight flat finishes, including in Bordeaux and finally, as is traditional, on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Of the famous climbs, the Col du Tourmalet is part of the programme, but Alpe d'Huez or Mont Ventoux are not visited.
This became known on Thursday at the route presentation in Paris.
The starting signal will be given, as was already known, after Copenhagen 2022 again outside of France.
The Grand Depart consists of three stages around Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria-Gasteiz, all challenging.
A highlight on the second Sunday (9 July) is the ascent to the Puy de Dôme, an inactive volcano in the Massif Central in Auvergne, the scene of legendary Tour battles between 1952 and 1988, such as the duel between Raymond Poulidor and Jacques Anquetil in 1964 when both chased side by side up the steep ascent, which overcomes a good 1000 meters in altitude over 14 kilometers.
The drivers are also back at the start
Afterwards it goes over the difficult Grand Colombier in the Jura and the Alps to Paris.
There, the Great Loop traditionally ends on July 23 on the Champs Élysées.
On the same day, the week-long women's tour, which includes eight stages with a total of 956 kilometers, starts in Clermont-Ferrand for the second time after returning last year.
The winner will be chosen a week later in Pau.
The riders also have to conquer the Col du Tourmalet.
The stages
of the 110th
Tour
de
France at a glance:
Stage 1 (Saturday, July 1st): Bilbao/Spain - Bilbao (182 km)
Stage 2 (Sunday, July 2nd): Vitoria-Gasteiz/Spain - San Sebastian/Spain (209 km)
Stage 3 (Monday, July 3rd): Amorebieta-Etxano/Spain - Bayonne/France (185 km)
Stage 4 (Tuesday, July 4): Dax - Nogaro (182 km)
Stage 5 (Wednesday, July 5): Pau - Laruns (165 km)
Stage 6 (Thursday 6 July): Tarbes - Cauterets-Cambasque (145 km)
7th stage (Friday 7 July): Mont-de-Marsan - Bordeaux (170 km)
Stage 8: (Saturday 8 July): Libourne - Limoges (201km)
9th stage: (Sunday 9 July): St-Leonard-de-Noblat - Puy de Dôme (184 km)
1st rest day in Clermont-Ferrand (Monday 10 July)
Stage 10: (Tuesday 11 July): Vulcania - Issoire (167 km)
Stage 11: (Wednesday 12 July): Clermont-Ferrand - Moulins (180km)
Stage 12: (Thursday 13 July): Roanne - Belleville-en-Beaujolais
Stage 13: (Friday 14 July): Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne - Grand Colombier (138 km)
Stage 14: (Saturday 15 July): Annemasse - Morzine Les Portes du Soleil (152km)
Stage 15: (Sunday 16 July): Morzine Les Portes du Soleil - Saint Gervais Mont Blanc (180km)
2nd rest day in Saint Gervais Mont Blanc (Monday 17 July)
Stage 16: (Tuesday 18 July): Passy - Combloux (22km/Individual Time Trial)
Stage 17: (Wednesday 19 July): Saint Gervais Mont Blanc - Courchevel (166 km)
Stage 18: (Thursday 20 July): Moutiers - Bourg-en-Bresse (186 km)
Stage 19: (Friday 21 July): Moirans-en-Montagne - Poligny (173 km)
Stage 20: (Saturday 22 July): Belfort - Le Markstein Fellering (133 km)
Stage 21: (Sunday 23 July): Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - Paris Champs-Elysees (115 km)
The stages of the second Tour de Femmes at a glance:
Stage 1 (Sunday 23 July): Clermont Ferrand - Clermont Ferrand (124km)
Stage 2 (Monday 24 July): Clermont Ferrand - Mauriac (148km)
Stage 3 (Tuesday 25 July): Collonges La Rouge - Montignac Lascaux (147km)
Stage 4 (Wednesday, July 26th): Cahors - Rodez (177km)
Stage 5 (Thursday 27 July): Onet Le Chateau - Albi (126km)
Stage 6 (Friday 28 July): Albi - Blagnac (122km)
Stage 7 (Saturday 29 July): Lannemezan - Tourmalet (90km)
Stage 8 (Sunday, July 30th): Pau - Pau (22km)
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