TdF 2020 Route | Tour de France Route

Tour de France 2020

Next year’s TdF is a sneaky all-France affair with no detours into foreign countries. We also see the removal of the Team Time Trial, which I quite liked.

For those of you with a vague interest in the TdF and more of an interest in a French holiday, I can definitely recommend the Ile de Re (Stage 10) on the West coast which other family members will thank you for choosing. Although you might not like the flat windy cycling on offer for your rides.

Unsurprisingly there are numerous stages in both the Alps and Pyrenees. Yet what is mildly surprising is the start a week earlier than usual to fit in with the riders’ Olympics scheduling  and also unusual is Mont Aigoual in Stage 6 which I’ve never seen before (edit: 1987? apparently)

When does the 2020 Tour de France start?

The 2020 Tour de France start in Nice on the 27th of June 2020. Here are the summary stage dates and details

Tour de France 2020 route, TdF

• Saturday, June 27 – stage one: Nice – Nice (170km)
• Sunday, June 28 – stage two: Nice – Nice (190km)
• Monday, June 29 – stage three: Nice – Sisteron (198km)
• Tuesday, June 30 – stage four: Sisteron – Orcieres-Merlette 1,850 (157km, summit finish)
• Wednesday, July 1 – stage five: Gap – Privas (183km)
• Thursday, July 2 – stage six: Le Teil – Mont Aigoual (191km, summit finish)
• Friday, July 3 – stage seven: Millau – Lavaur (168km)
• Saturday, July 4 – stage eight: Cazeres – Loudenvielle (140km)
• Sunday, July 5 – stage nine: Pau – Laruns (154km)
• Monday, July 6 – rest day one
• Tuesday, July 7 – stage ten: Il d’Oleron – Ile de Re (170km)
• Wednesday, July 8 – stage 11: Chatelaillon-Plage – Poitiers (167km)
• Thursday, July 9 – stage 12: Chavigny – Sarran (218km)
• Friday, July 10 – stage 13: Chatel-Guyon – Puy Mary (191km, summit finish)
• Saturday, July 11 – stage 14: Clermont-Ferrand – Lyon (197km)
• Sunday, July 12 – stage 15: Lyon – Grand Colombier (175km, summit finish)
• Monday, July 13 – rest day two
• Tuesday, July 14 – stage 16: Tour du Pin – Villard-de-Lans (164km, summit finish)
• Wednesday, July 15 – stage 17: Grenoble – Meribel (168km, summit finish)
• Thursday, July 16 – stage 18: Meribel – La Roche-sur-Foron (168km)
• Friday, July 17 – stage 19: Bourg-en-Bresse – Champagnole (160km)
• Saturday, July 18 – stage 20: Lure – La Planche des Belles Filles (individual time trial, 36km)
• Sunday, July 19 – stage 21: Mantes-la-Jolie – Paris (122km)

Resources

Official Site: https://www.letour.fr/en/the-race/grands-departs/grand-depart-2020

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Tour_de_France

Chris Froome’s Opinion on the 2020 route: Brutal