Le Tour de France 2020

[mimo_100]

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2020 Route

STAGE TYPE DATE START AND FINISH DISTANCE DETAILS
1 Flat Saturday, august 29, 2020 Nice Moyen Pays > Nice 156 km STAGE 1
2 Mountain Sunday, august 30, 2020 Nice Haut Pays > Nice 187 km STAGE 2
3 Flat Monday, august 31, 2020 Nice > Sisteron 198 km STAGE 3
4 Hilly Tuesday, september 1, 2020 Sisteron > Orcières-Merlette 157 km STAGE 4
5 Flat Wednesday, september 2, 2020 Gap > Privas 183 km STAGE 5
6 Hilly Thursday, september 3, 2020 Le Teil > Mont Aigoual 191 km STAGE 6
7 Flat Friday, september 4, 2020 Millau > Lavaur 168 km STAGE 7
8 Mountain Saturday, september 5, 2020 Cazères-sur-Garonne > Loudenvielle 140 km STAGE 8
9 Mountain Sunday, september 6, 2020 Pau > Laruns 154 km STAGE 9
- Rest Day Monday, september 7, 2020 La Charente-Maritime REST 1
10 Flat Tuesday, september 8, 2020 Île d'Oléron Le Château-d'Oléron > Île de Ré Saint-Martin-de-Ré 170 km STAGE 10
11 Flat Wednesday, september 9, 2020 Châtelaillon-Plage > Poitiers 167 km STAGE 11
12 Hilly Thursday, september 10, 2020 Chauvigny > Sarran Corrèze 218 km STAGE 12
13 Mountain Friday, september 11, 2020 Châtel-Guyon > Puy Mary Cantal 191 km STAGE 13
14 Flat Saturday, september 12, 2020 Clermont-Ferrand > Lyon 197 km STAGE 14
15 Mountain Sunday, september 13, 2020 Lyon > Grand Colombier 175 km STAGE 15
- Rest Day Monday, september 14, 2020 Isère REST 2
16 Mountain Tuesday, september 15, 2020 La Tour-du-Pin > Villard-de-Lans 164 km STAGE 16
17 Mountain Wednesday, september 16, 2020 Grenoble > Méribel Col de la Loze 168 km STAGE 17
18 Mountain Thursday, september 17, 2020 Méribel > La Roche-sur-Foron 168 km STAGE 18
19 Flat Friday, september 18, 2020 Bourg-en-Bresse > Champagnole 160 km STAGE 19
20 Individual time-trial Saturday, september 19, 2020 Lure > La Planche des Belles Filles 36 km STAGE 20
21 Flat Sunday, september 20, 2020 Mantes-la-Jolie > Paris Champs-Élysées 122 km STAGE 21
RULES OF PLAY
Map
From Nice to Paris, the course of the 2020 Tour de France will never cross any border of France. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through.

Stages
9 flat stages
3 hilly stages
8 mountain stages with mountain-top finishes (Orcières-Merlette, Puy Mary, Grand Colombier, Méribel Col de la Loze)
1 individual time-trial stage
2 rest days
Novelties
12 new stage cities or sites will appear on the map of the 2020 Tour, that’s over one third out of a total of 35:

Le Teil (start of stage 6)
Mont Aigoual (finish of stage 6)
Cazères-sur-Garonne (start of stage
Île de Ré Saint-Martin-de-Ré (finish of stage 10)
Châtelaillon-Plage (start of stage 11)
Chauvigny (start of stage 12)
Châtel-Guyon (start of stage 13)
Puy Mary Cantal (finish of stage 13)
Grand Colombier (finish of stage 15)
La Roche-sur-Foron (finish of stage 1
Lure (start of stage 20)
Mantes-la-Jolie (start of stage 21)
Mountains
The five mountain ranges of France will be on the menu of the 107th Tour de France. In the following order of appearance: Alps, Massif central, Pyrenees, Jura and Vosges. There will be four new climbs: Col de la Lusette and Suc au May in the Massif central, Col de la Hourcère in the Pyrenees and Col de la Loze in the Alps as well as the one to the Col de la Madeleine by a sinuous road.

Time-trial
In 2020, there will only be one time-trial that will be covered individually. It will take place on the penultimate stage between Lure La Planche des Belles Filles on a distance of 36 kilometres.

Bonus seconds
They will be distributed at the finish of each normal stage and will offer respectively 10, 6 and 4 seconds to the first three.

Bonus points
They will be given out at the top of the 8 summits of the following climbs at strategic places on the course and will award respectively 8,5 and 2 seconds (subject to the approval of the Union cycliste internationale) to the first three ranked riders:

Stage 2 | Col des Quatre Chemins
Stage 6 | Col de la Lusette
Stage 8 | Col de Peyresourde
Stage 9 | Col de Marie Blanque
Stage 12 | Suc au May
Stage 13 | Col de Neronne
Stage 16 | Montée de Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte
Stage 18 | Montée du plateau des Glières
These bonus points will have no influence on the points classification.

[Louetta]

Good summary. Can't wait.

[billyjoe]

Shortage of high end bikes and even low end bikes. https://www.latimes.com/california/s...9-will-it-last

---------------billy

[Louetta]

Shortage of high end bikes and even low end bikes. https://www.latimes.com/california/s...9-will-it-last

---------------billy

One of my friends who does serious riding says it's hard to even get parts these days.

[Louetta]

Une semaine, Mon Dieu. Was able to sign up for DVR. Can't do that unless it's reasonably close.

[mimo_100]

All live coverage on NBC and NBCSN. Pre-race coverage starts today at 7:00 AM Eastern.

[Louetta]

All live coverage on NBC and NBCSN. Pre-race coverage starts today at 7:00 AM Eastern.

What a blast.

[billyjoe]

An American Tour you don't hear mentioned any more: https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...ke-race-213801

------------------billy

[mimo_100]

Lots of crashes today due to the rain and slippery roads. It was an amazing first day. 5 miles to go.

[Louetta]

Decent weather today, methinks. Just turned on my recording.

[mimo_100]

Tour de France 2020 route

Tour de France 2020 route
Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Distance	Terrain
1	Sat August 29	Nice Moyen Pays	Nice	156km	Flat
2	Sun August 30	Nice Haut Pays	Nice	187km	Mountain
3	Mon August 31	Nice	Sisteron	198km	Flat
4	Tues Sept 1	Sisteron	Orcières-Merlette	157km	Hilly
5	Weds Sept 2	Gap	Privas	183km	Flat
6	Thurs Sept 3	Le Teil	Mount Aigoual	191km	Hilly
7	Fri Sept 4	Millau	Lavaur	168km	Hilly
8	Sat Sept 5	Cazères-sur-Garonne	Loudenvielle	140km	Mountain
9	Sun Sept 6	Pau	Laruns	154km	Mountain
Rest day	Mon Sept 7	Charente-Maritimes
10	Tues Sept 8	The Château d’Oleron	Saint-Martin-de-Ré	170km	Flat
11	Weds Sept 9	Châtelaillon-Plage	Poitiers	167km	Flat
12	Thurs Sept 10	Chauvigny	Sarran Corrèze	218km	Hilly
13	Fri Sept 11	Châtel-Guyon	Puy Mary Cantal	191km	Mountain
14	Sat Sept 12	Clermont-Ferrand	Lyon	197km	Flat
15	Sun Sept 13	Lyon	Grand Colombier	175km	Mountain
Rest day	Mon Sept 14	Isère
16	Tues Sept 15	La Tour-du-Pin	Villard-de-Lans	164km	Mountain
17	Weds Sept 16	Grenoble	Col de la Loze	168km	Mountain
18	Thurs Sept 17	Méribel	La-Roche-sur-Foron	168km	Mountain
19	Fri Sept 18	Bourg-en-Bresse	Champagnole	160km	Flat
20	Sat Sept 19	Lure	Planche de Belles Filles	36km	Time trial
21	Sun Sept 20	Mantes-la-Jolie	Paris (Champs-Élysées)	122km	Flat

[Louetta]

Hmm. Your schedule shows seven flat stages (not including the last day which is not really a race). I thought they were saying only five sprint stages. Perhaps I'm wrong in equating flat with sprint. Anyway, the less sprints the better, I think. I don't care so much when they go 150km and then some guys wins it by getting a clever draft from teammates and sprinting the last 200m.

[mimo_100]

Hmm. Your schedule shows seven flat stages (not including the last day which is not really a race). I thought they were saying only five sprint stages. Perhaps I'm wrong in equating flat with sprint. Anyway, the less sprints the better, I think. I don't care so much when they go 150km and then some guys wins it by getting a clever draft from teammates and sprinting the last 200m.

I copied the schedule from Le Tour de France website

[Louetta]

We shall see. Makes some COVID sense maybe to stay in the mountains and out of larger towns.

[Louetta]

What a bitching race.