Tour Stages
2008
- Jul. 42008 Pre-Race
- Jul. 5STAGE 1: Brest—Plumelec (197.5km)
Because there is no prologue this year (for the first time since 1966), the Tour begins with this nasty-looking stage through the green ...
- Jul. 6STAGE 2: Auray—St. Brieuc (164.5km)
Heading north from the granite-and-slate cottages of Auray (population 12,000) to the port town of St. Brieuc (population 46,700), this ...
- Jul. 7STAGE 3: St. Malo—Nantes (208km)
After an opening two stages with plenty of climbing and uphill finishes, stage 3 is one that will please the flatlanders. There are no ...
- Jul. 8STAGE 4: Cholet—Cholet TT (29.5km)
This first race against the clock is shorter and less technical than a typical Tour time trial. The course starts and finishes in Cholet, a ...
- Jul. 9STAGE 5: Cholet—Châteauroux (232km)
Despite this being the longest stage of the Tour in distance, the peloton will likely be racing for only five hours on a course that has no ...
- Jul. 10STAGE 6: Aigurande—Super-Besse (195.5km)
It’s only Thursday in the first week of the Tour, a yawning 17 days before the finish in Paris, but the race is already starting two days ...
- Jul. 11STAGE 7: Brioude—Aurillac (159km)
There aren’t very many stretches of flat road on this short, tortuous trek across the hills and valleys of the Cantal region between the ...
- Jul. 12STAGE 8: Figeac—Toulouse (172.5km)
This is what race organizers call a transitional stage, one linking two days of climbing. The sprinters will be hoping that this one could ...
- Jul. 13STAGE 9: Toulouse—Bagnères-de-Bigorre (224km)
This is the first major mountain stage of the 2008 Tour, but it won’t be decisive like those that have mountaintop finishes. It is a ...
- Jul. 14STAGE 10: Pau—Hautacam (156km)
This short stage starting in Pau (population 82,000) has a double bite at the end and will likely decide the final contenders for overall ...
- Jul. 15Rest Day 1
- Jul. 16STAGE 11: Lannemezan—Foix (167.5km)
With the GC placings firmed up at Hautacam, and the Pau rest day having given riders time to recover, the attacks are sure to come thick ...
- Jul. 17STAGE 12: Lavelanet—Narbonne (168.5km)
On leaving Lavelanet (population 7,500), this stage stays in the foothills of the Pyrenees, with a few easy uphills for the first 75km. ...
- Jul. 18STAGE 13: Narbonne—Nîmes (182km)
Though labeled a flat stage, this is likely to be a hot, tiring day in the saddle on mostly back roads between Narbonne and Nîmes ...
- Jul. 19STAGE 14: Nîmes—Digne-les-Bains (194.5km)
At almost 200km, stage 14 might seem long enough to favor a breakaway, but it is virtually devoid of climbs, other than two gentle Cat. 4s. ...
- Jul. 20STAGE 15: Embrun—Prato Nevoso (185km)
Because of the risk of rockfalls on 4km of the original route over the Col de Larche from Digne-les-Bains, the start of stage 15 was moved ...
- Jul. 21Rest Day 2
- Jul. 22STAGE 16: Cuneo—Jausiers (157km)
Following a flat 50km warm up from their rest day city of Cuneo (population 55,000), the riders face one of the most intense stretches of ...
- Jul. 23STAGE 17: Embrun—L’Alpe d’Huez (210.5km)
With almost 15,000 feet of climbing over three hors categorie mountains, stage 17 is, on paper, the toughest of the Tour. It starts in ...
- Jul. 24STAGE 18: Bourg d’Oisans—St. Étienne (196.5km)
This transitional stage links the Alps with the Massif Central between the tourist town of Bourg d’Oisans (population 3,350) and the ...
- Jul. 25STAGE 19: Roanne—Montluçon (165.5km)
Except for two short climbs in the Monts de la Madeleine range during the opening hour of racing out of Roanne (population 39,000), there ...
- Jul. 26STAGE 20: Cérilly—St. Amand-Montrond TT (53km)
Unlike the 2008 Tour’s first time trial back in Cholet, this 53km stage 20 is more like a typical Tour time trial. It starts from the ...
- Jul. 27STAGE 21: Étampes—Paris (Champs-Élysées) (143km)
Following the only long transfer this year (about 240km), the final stage starts south of Paris in the country town of Étampes (population ...
- Jul. 28Post-Race
