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 8)
- 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 18)
- 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.
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