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Tour de France 2010
Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 kilometres.
These stages have the following profiles:
- 1 prologue,
- 9 flat stages,
- 6 mountain stages and 3 summit finishes,
- 4 medium mountain stage,
- 1 individual time-trial stage (51 km).
Distinctive aspects of the race
- le Tourmalet climbed twice,
- a hint of the Classics and cobblestones,
- 2 rest days,
- 23 level 1, level 2 and highest level mountain passes.
Grand start
2010 - ROTTERDAM
The 2010 Tour will be launched from the south side of Rotterdam, for a prologue time-trial. The launching pad will actually be set up in Zuidplein, from where the riders will move north.
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Editorial
Christian PRUDHOMME
Director of Tour de France
A vivid, clear-cut image, like a vision: hundreds of thousands of jubilant spectators gathered in closed, uninterrupted ranks at the heart of Rotterdam, clapping and cheering at the Tour Start. An absolute certainty: at the beginning of July 2010, our Dutch friends will welcome the Tour de France with fervour and enthusiasm in a magnificent…
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