Cycling: With the Tour de France 2017, organizer ASO dares some exciting changes and gives the world's largest cycling race a fresh cell cure. With tendentially shorter stages, more difficult climbs and a lot of unfamiliar terrain, one is guided by the developments of the other two Grand Tours: the Giro and the Vuelta. From a German point of view, the highlight is certainly the Grand Départ in Düsseldorf.
Tour de France 2017: The route at a glance
Date | stage # | Place | Length | Type |
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01.07.16 | 1. | Dusseldorf - Dusseldorf | 13km | individual time trial |
02.07.16 | 2. | Dusseldorf - Liege | 202km | flat stage |
03.07.16 | 3. | Verviers-Longwy | 202km | Wavy |
04.07.16 | 4. | Mondorf Les Bains - Vittel | 203km | flat stage |
05.07.16 | 5. | Vittel - La Plance des Belles Filles | 160km | Wavy |
06.07.16 | 6. | Vesoul-Troyes | 216km | Wavy |
07.07.16 | 7. | Troyes - Nuits Saint Georges | 214km | flat stage |
08.07.16 | 8. | Dole - Stations des Rousses | 187km | Mountain Stage |
09.07.16 | 9. | Nantua-Chambery | 181km | Mountain Stage |
10.07.16 | - | Day off #1 | - | - |
11.07.16 | 10. | Perigieux-Bergerac | 179km | flat stage |
12.07.16 | 11. | Eymet-Pau | 202km | flat stage |
13.07.16 | 12. | Pau-Peryragudes | 214km | Mountain Stage |
14.07.16 | 13. | Saint Girons - Roix | 100km | Mountain Stage |
15.07.16 | 14. | Blagnac-Rodez | 181km | Wavy |
16.07.16 | 15. | Laissac-Sévérac L'Église - Le Puy-en-Velay | 189km | Wavy |
17.07.16 | - | Day off #2 | - | - |
18.07.16 | 16. | Le Puy-en-Velay - Romans-sur-Isere | 165km | Mountain Stage |
19.07.16 | 17. | La Mure - Serre Chevalier | 183km | Mountain Stage |
20.07.16 | 18. | Briancon-Izoard | 178km | Mountain Stage |
21.07.16 | 19. | Embrun - Salon de Provence | 220km | Wavy |
22.07.16 | 20. | Marseilles - Marseilles | 23km | individual time trial |
23.07.16 | 21. | Montgeron-Paris | 105km | flat stage |
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Tour de France 2017: All stages in detail
Stage #1: Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf
Cycling news: Tour de France 2017: individual time trial at the Grand Départ in Düsseldorf
Cycling: A few weeks ago it finally became official – the Tour de France 2017 will start in Germany for the fourth time in its history. Today the first information about the Grand Départ 2017 in Düsseldorf became known. As already suspected, an individual time trial through the streets of the Rhine metropolis forms the prelude - before the drivers [...]
Date: Saturday 1st July
Length: 13km
Type: Individual Time Trial
The Grand Départ in Düsseldorf was announced in the spring of this year and caused a lot of cheering among German cycling fans. At the start of the 2017 Tour de France, the riders will be faced with a rather short 13km individual time trial in the metropolis on the Rhine. The start is reminiscent of the 2015 tour, when you started with a similar time trial in Utrecht.
Stage #2: Düsseldorf – Liège
Date: Sunday 2 July
Length: 202km
Type: flat stage
The racing action on the second day in Düsseldorf starts on the Kaiserstraße and on the Grafenberg there are already the first points to collect in the mountain classification. After a detour to the east, it goes back through the city center and west to the stage destination in Liège. A few hills and typical Belgian roads should probably lie in between and call the classic drivers on the plan.
Stage #3: Verviers – Longwy
Date: Monday 3 July
Length: 202km
Type: Wavy
As on the day before, the third stage should also be a case for the classic specialists in the peloton. Above all, the finale in Longwy, which is not too difficult but quite demanding, could possibly cause the first attacks from the classification drivers.
Stage #4: Mondorf-Les-Bains - Vittel
Date: Tuesday 4th July
Length: 203km
Type: flat stage
On the fourth day, the hour of the sprinters finally comes - with a flat profile, it's a little more than 200km to Vittel in Lorraine.
Stage #5: Vittel – La Planche des Belles Filles
Date: Wednesday 5 July
Length: 160km
Type: Wavy / Mountain Stage
Already in the middle of the first week, the drivers face their first major endurance test. The mountain finish in La Planche des Belles Filles in the Vosges shouldn't pose too many problems for a fit driver, but those who haven't found their way into the tour here could lose valuable time. By the way: A certain Chris Froome celebrated his first stage win here in 2012.
Stage #6: Vesoul – Troyes
Date: Thursday 6 July
Length: 216km
Type: Wavy
At the end of the first week of the tour, there will be two typical transfer stages that will take the field from the Vosges to the French Jura mountains near the Swiss border. No details are known yet, but the sprinters or the punchers in the field could calculate something here again. These stages are also predestined for a strong breakaway group.
Stage #7: Troyes - Nuits-Saint-Georges
Date: Friday 7 July
Length: 214km
Type: flat stage
Like the day before, we continue south - the final seems to be a bit easier and we're betting on a bunch sprint here.
Stage #8: Dole – Stations des Rousses
Date: Saturday 8st July
Length: 187km
Type: mountain stage
Two categorized climbs, the last one leads up to the plateau on which the day's destination is also located. Possibly a day for a surprise attack among the classification riders, but a strong breakaway could also fight for victory today.
Stage #9: Nantua – Chambery
Date: Sunday 9 July
Length: 181km
Type: mountain stage
A brutal mountain stage at the end of the first week of the tour. Four categorized climbs, the notorious Colombier waits about halfway through the 181km to be completed and the winner of the day will probably be determined on the extremely steep Mont du Chat.
Stage #10: Périgieux – Bergerac
Date: Tuesday 11th July
Length: 179km
Type: flat stage
After the first day of rest, there are two flat transfer stages to the Pyrenees. Opportunity for the class riders to rest their tired legs and for the sprinters to collect valuable points in the fight for the green jersey.
Stage #11: Eymet - Pau
Date: Wednesday 12 July
Length: 202km
Type: flat stage
Stage #12: Pau – Peryragudes
Date: Thursday 13 July
Length: 214km
Type: mountain stage
Once again it goes from Pau into the Pyrenees. On the Col de Peyresourde in 2016, Chris Froome surprised everyone when he suddenly attacked on the descent and thus secured the day's victory and decisive seconds for the overall victory.
Stage #13: Saint Girons – Roix
Date: Friday 14 July
Length: 100km
Type: mountain stage
With a length of only 100km, but extremely difficult and crisp climbs, the 13th stage on the French national holiday exudes a bit of Vuelta feeling.
Stage #14: Blagnac – Rodez
Date: Saturday 15st July
Length: 181km
Type: Wavy
A varied stage up to Rodez awaits at the end of the second week. With the constant ups and downs, a breakaway could celebrate victory today, but drivers like Greg van Avermaet or Peter Sagan are also predestined for the day's success.
Stage #15: Laissac-Sévérac L'Église - Le Puy-en-Velay
Date: Sunday 16 July
Length: 189km
Type: mountain stage
A difficult and exhausting mountain stage is slowly preparing the riders for the grand finale in the Alps. Today there will probably still be a truce between the class riders and they will lick their wounds and save their grains - because after the last day of rest tomorrow it will be really difficult again.
Stage #16: Le Puy-en-Velay - Romans-sur-Isère
Date: Tuesday 18th July
Length: 165km
Type: mountain stage
The calm before the storm - the 165km from Le Puy-en-Velay to Romans-sur-Isère offers another chance after the rest day to find the right rhythm before the final of the Tour de France 2o17 will be held in the Alps.
Stage #17: La Mure - Serre-Chevalier
Date: Wednesday 19 July
Length: 183km
Type: mountain stage
Today it counts for those who reckon they have a chance of getting the yellow jersey: With the Col de la Croix de Fer and the Galibier, two extremely tough tests await you that will not forgive any weakness.
Stage #18: Briancon - Izoard
Date: Thursday 20 July
Length: 178km
Type: mountain stage
For the first time in the history of the Tour de France there will be a mountain finish at the Col d'Izoard in 2017 - although the notorious Alpine peak has been crossed more than 30 times, the stage destination has never been at the summit.
Stage #19: Embrun - Salon-de-Provence
Date: Friday 21 July
Length: 220km
Type: Wavy
A rather wavy, not too difficult stage gives the riders the chance to rest their muscles a little after the exertions of the two previous days and to prepare themselves physically and mentally for the individual time trial on the following day.
Stage #20: Marseille – Marseille
Date: Saturday 22st July
Length: 23km
Type: Individual Time Trial
How much excitement the concluding individual time trial on the penultimate day of the tour still holds will depend decisively on how things look at the top of the overall classification. The course, which is only around 23 km long, shouldn't be enough to make up for larger distances.
Stage #21: Montgeron – Paris
Date: Sunday 23 July
Length: 105km
Type: flat stage
The classic, traditional conclusion on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, where the sprinters will compete one last time.
Update June 2017: The entire route and all stages in detail
Cycling news: Tour de France 2017: The route and all stages in detail
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