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TOUR DE FRANCE 2007: STAGES
PROLOGUE
Compiled by Edward Pickering, Nigel Wynn
When: Saturday, July 7
Where: London
Length: 7.9km
DESCRIPTION
The London prologue is a purist's course. It's not as technical as most
Tour prologues, with wide sweeping corners and flat roads. There are a
couple of tight corners, after 1.8 and 5.1km, but the final 2.8km are
an all-out, slightly downhill sprint to the line.
The route climbs out of Hyde Park, but the gradient is so shallow it won't
slow the top riders much, although the road back down, with a summer tailwind,
is going to be super-fast.
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CW STAGE RATING
Scenery: 8/10
Difficulty: 1/10
Impact on overall: 1/10
ROUTE DETAILS
Km, Location, ETA, Feature
0, WHITEHALL, 15:00 (first rider) 18:10 (last rider), START
1.9, Queen Victoria Memorial, 15:02 (first rider) 18:12 (last rider)
2.8, Hyde Park entrance, 15:03 (first rider) 18:13 (last rider)
5.1, Serpentine Road, 15:06 (first rider) 18:16 (last rider)
6.7, Hyde Park Corner, 15:08 (first rider) 18:18 (last rider)
7.9, THE MALL, 15:09 (first rider) 18:19 (last rider), FINISH
TOUR DE FRANCE 2007: STAGES
Saturday July 7, Prologue, London, 7.9km
Sunday July 8, Stage 1, London-Canterbury, 203km
Monday July 9, Stage 2, Dunkirk-Ghent, 167km
Tuesday July 10, Stage 3, Waregem-Compiegne, 236km
Wednesday July 11, Stage 4, Vilers-cotterets-Joigny,
190km
Thursday July 12, Stage 5, Chablis-Auten, 184km
Friday July 13, Stage 6, Semur-en-Auxois-Bourg-en-Bresse,
200km
Saturday July 14, Stage 7, Bourg-en-Bresse-Le Grand-Bornand,
197km
Sunday July 15, Stage 8, Le Grand-Bornand-Tignes,
165km
Monday July 16, Rest Day
Tuesday July 17, Stage 9, Val-d'Isere-Briancon, 161km
Wednesday July 18, Stage 10, Tallard-Marseille,
229km
Thursday July 19, Stage 11, Marseille-Montpellier,
180km
Friday July 20, Stage 12, Montpellier-Castres, 179km
Saturday July 21, Stage 13, Albi-Albi, 54km ITT
Sunday July 22, Stage 14, Mazamet-Plateau-de-Beille,
197km
Monday July 23, Stage 15, Foix-Loudenvielle-Le Louron,
196km
Tuesday July 24, Rest day
Wednesday July 25, Stage 16, Orthez-Col d'Aubisque,
218km
Thursday July 26, Stage 17, Pau-Castelsarrasin,
188km
Friday July 27, Stage 18, Cahors-Angouleme, 210km
Saturday July 28, Stage 19, Cognac-Angouleme, 55km
ITT
Sunday July 28, Stage 20, Marcoussis-Champs-ƒlysees,
130km
TOTAL: 3,550km
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