Tour de France 2010 Diary
Welcome to the much anticipated 2010 Tour de France diary, as told by Pete Kvist.
Note: This diary is completely fictional and any resemblance to any real person, either dead or alive is purely coincidental.
Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,642 kilometres. Join me for every bump, pothole, cobble, mountain, red zone and professional water bottle on my way to Paris.
2010 Objectives and Goals
Prologue
Saturday 3 July - Rotterdam –> Rotterdam - 8.9 km
Stage One
Sunday 4 July - Rotterdam –> Bruxelles - 223.5 km
Stage Two
Monday 5 July - Bruxelles –> Spa - 201 km
Stage Three
Tuesday 6 July - Wanze –> Arenberg Porte du Hainaut - 213 km
Stage Four
Wednesday 7 July - Cambrai –> Reims – 153.5 km
Stage Five
Thursday 8 July - Épernay –> Montargis - 187.5 km
Stage Six
Friday 9 July - Montargis –> Gueugnon - 227.5 km
Stage Seven
Saturday 10 July - Tournus –> Station des Rousses - 165.5 km
Stage Eight
Sunday 11 July - Station des Rousses –> Morzine-Avoriaz - 189 km
Rest Day 1
Monday 12 July - Morzine-Avoriaz
Stage Nine
Tuesday 13 July - Morzine-Avoriaz –> Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - 204.5 km
Stage Ten
Wednesday 14 July - Chambéry –> Gap - 179 km
Stage Eleven
Thursday 15 July - Sisteron –> Bourg-lès-Valence - 184.5 km
Stage Twelve
Friday 16 July - Bourg-de-Péage –> Mende - 210.5 km
Stage Thirteen
Saturday 17 July - Rodez –> Revel - 196 km
Stage Fourteen
Sunday 18 July - Revel –> Ax 3 Domaines - 184.5 km
Stage Fifteen
Monday 19 July - Pamiers –> Bagnères-de-Luchon - 187.5 km
Stage Sixteen
Tuesday 20 July - Bagnères-de-Luchon –> Pau – 199.5 km
Rest Day 2
Wednesday 21 July - Pau
Stage Seventeen
Thursday 22 July - Pau –> Col du Tourmalet - 174 km
Stage Eighteen
Friday 23 July - Salies-de-Béarn –> Bordeaux - 198 km
Stage Nineteen
Saturday 24 July - Bordeaux –> Pauillac - 52 km
Stage Twenty
Sunday 25 July - Longjumeau –> Paris Champs-Élysées - 102.5 km
