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This morning, the organisers of the Tour de l'Avenir unveiled the course of the 44^th edition that will be held from the 6^th to the 15^th of September. In the presence of Daniel Gilles, vice-president in charge of sports in the Brittany area, sporting director Jean-François Pescheux detailed the new stakes of the event that will once again be competed by national teams. For the return to this formula that had been abandoned back in 1980, the countries will be selected based on the results claimed in the Nations Cup, in which the Tour de l'Avenir will be a sort of Grande Finale.

The elite riders of under 23 years of age will for the occasion be invited to a prestigious start that will be held, like for the 2007 Tour de France, on an island: Belle-Ile-en-Mer. The pack including 22 teams of 6 riders will start with a 150.5 km stage on the island. For its return on the continent, nine stages will remain before reaching Saint-Flour, after a total of 1435 km of riding.

THE STAGES OF THE 44^TH TOUR DE L'AVENIR

• Thursday 6^th of September, 1^st stage : Belle-Ile-en-Mer (148,5 km)
• Friday 7^th of September, 2^nd stage : Quiberon - St-Jean-la-Poterie (164,5 km)
• Saturday 8^th of September, 3^rd stage : Pipriac - Cholet (138 km)
• Sunday 9^th of September, 4^th stage : Cholet - Contres (211,5 km)
• Monday 10^th of September, 5^th stage : Sassay - Sassay (clm-ind., 24 km)
• Tuesday 11^th of September, 6^th stage : Contres - St-Amand-Montrond (143,5 km)
• Wednesday 12^th of September, 7^th stage : Cérilly - Super-Besse (175 km)
• Thursday 13^th of September, 8^th stage : Besse et St-Anastaise - Brioude (134 km)
• Friday 14^th of September, 9^th stage : Chomelix - Craponne-sur-Arzon (148 km)
• Saturday 15^th of September, 10^th stage : Craponne-sur-Arzon - St-Flour (148 km)

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Le Tour de l'Avenir 2007 sera ouvert aux coureurs de 19 à 22 ans qui évolueront au sein de formations nationales. Il constituera la finale de la Coupe des Nations qui regroupera 7 courses disputées dans 6 pays.

Il s'agit pour la 44^e édition du Tour de l'Avenir, d'un retour aux sources puisque cette formule renouera avec l'esprit dans lequel ses premiers organisateurs avaient lancé l'épreuve en 1961.

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