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Tour de France 2009

Date range:
July 4-26, 2009
  • Tour de France, France, GT
  • Stages. Expand the race menu

    • Stage 1

      Distance:
      15.5km
      Start location:
      Monaco
      End location:
      Monaco (ITT)

    • Stage 2

      Distance:
      187km
      Start location:
      Monaco
      End location:
      Brignoles

    • Stage 3

      Distance:
      196.5km
      Start location:
      Marseille
      End location:
      La Grande-Motte

    • Stage 4

      Distance:
      39km
      Start location:
      Montpellier
      End location:
      Montpellier (TTT)

    • Stage 5

      Distance:
      196.5km
      Start location:
      Le Cap d'Agde
      End location:
      Perpignan

    • Stage 6

      Distance:
      181.5km
      Start location:
      Gérone
      End location:
      Barcelone

    • Stage 7

      Distance:
      224km
      Start location:
      Barcelone
      End location:
      Andorre Arcalis

    • Stage 8

      Distance:
      176.5km
      Start location:
      Andorre-la-Vieille
      End location:
      Saint-Girons

    • Stage 9

      Distance:
      160.5km
      Start location:
      Saint-Gaudens
      End location:
      Tarbes

    • Rest day

      Location
      Limoges

    • Stage 10

      Distance:
      194.5km
      Start location:
      Limoges
      End location:
      Issoudun

    • Stage 11

      Distance:
      192km
      Start location:
      Vatan
      End location:
      Saint-Fargeau

    • Stage 12

      Distance:
      211.5km
      Start location:
      Tonnerre
      End location:
      Vittel

    • Stage 13

      Distance:
      200km
      Start location:
      Vittel
      End location:
      Colmar

    • Stage 14

      Distance:
      199km
      Start location:
      Colmar
      End location:
      Besançon

    • Stage 15

      Distance:
      207.5km
      Start location:
      Pontarlier
      End location:
      Verbier

    • Rest day

      Location
      Verbier

    • Stage 16

      Distance:
      159km
      Start location:
      Martigny
      End location:
      Bourg-Saint-Maurice

    • Stage 17

      Distance:
      169.5km
      Start location:
      Bourg-Saint-Maurice
      End location:
      Le Grand-Bornand

    • Stage 18

      Distance:
      40.5km
      Start location:
      Annecy
      End location:
      Annecy (ITT)

    • Stage 19

      Distance:
      178km
      Start location:
      Bourgoin-Jallieu
      End location:
      Aubenas

    • Stage 20

      Distance:
      167km
      Start location:
      Montélimar
      End location:
      Mont Ventoux

    • Stage 21

      Distance:
      164km
      Start location:
      Montereau-Fault-Yonne
      End location:
      Paris Champs-Élysées
  • Race history

Elaborate and audacious, topsy-turvy Tour should be wide open to the wire

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By: Ben Atkins

After the so-called modest parcours of the previous edition, the 2009 Tour de France will be anything but. From the longer-than-usual 15km opening time trial around the streets of the millionaires' paradise of Monte Carlo, the final destination of the maillot jaune ought to be wide open right up to the final day thanks to a sting in the tail the like of which has not been seen in the Tour before. "Beyond the prestige associated with the Principality," reflected Tour Director Christian ...

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Tour de France Stages

  1. Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) heads to victory
    Stage 1Saturday, July 4 2009
    Location:
    Monaco - Monaco (ITT)
    Distance:
    15.5 km
  2. Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) wins stage two of the 2009 Tour de France.
    Stage 2Sunday, July 5 2009
    Location:
    Monaco - Brignoles
    Distance:
    187 km
  3. The peloton.
    Stage 3Monday, July 6 2009
    Location:
    Marseille - La Grande-Motte
    Distance:
    196.5 km
  4. Team Columbia en route to victory in the Giro d'Italia's opening stage.
    Stage 4Tuesday, July 7 2009
    Location:
    Montpellier - Montpellier (TTT)
    Distance:
    39 km
  5. Thomas Voeckler (BBOX Bouygues Telecom) wins stage five, just barely holding off the charging sprinters.
    Stage 5Wednesday, July 8 2009
    Location:
    Le Cap d'Agde - Perpignan
    Distance:
    196.5 km
  6. Garmin-Slipstream's David Millar and Quick Step's Sylvain Chavanel ride together.
    Stage 6Thursday, July 9 2009
    Location:
    Gérone - Barcelone
    Distance:
    181.5 km
  7. Alberto Contador on the attack in Tour de France stage seven to Arcalis
    Stage 7Friday, July 10 2009
    Location:
    Barcelone - Andorre Arcalis
    Distance:
    224 km
  8. Spain's Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) wins Tour de France stage eight in Saint-Girons.
    Stage 8Saturday, July 11 2009
    Location:
    Andorre-la-Vieille - Saint-Girons
    Distance:
    176.5 km
  9. Yellow Jersey wearer Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) was at the front of the peloton on the way up the Tourmalet
    Stage 9Sunday, July 12 2009
    Location:
    Saint-Gaudens - Tarbes
    Distance:
    160.5 km
  10. Stage three winner Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) at the Tour de France
    Rest dayMonday, July 13 2009
    Location:
    Limoges
  11. Mark Cavendish (Columbia-THC) wins stage 10, which ended in a bunch sprint.
    Stage 10Tuesday, July 14 2009
    Location:
    Limoges - Issoudun
    Distance:
    194.5 km
  12. Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) celebrates his fourth stage win at the 2009 Tour de France.
    Stage 11Wednesday, July 15 2009
    Location:
    Vatan - Saint-Fargeau
    Distance:
    192 km
  13. Nicki Sorensen (Saxo Bank) claims his first Tour stage win.
    Stage 12Thursday, July 16 2009
    Location:
    Tonnerre - Vittel
    Distance:
    211.5 km
  14. Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo) is overcome with emotion as he takes his first career Tour stage.
    Stage 13Friday, July 17 2009
    Location:
    Vittel - Colmar
    Distance:
    200 km
  15. Sergei Ivanov claims the stage win in Besancon
    Stage 14Saturday, July 18 2009
    Location:
    Colmar - Besançon
    Distance:
    199 km
  16. Astana leads the peloton on stage 15
    Stage 15Sunday, July 19 2009
    Location:
    Pontarlier - Verbier
    Distance:
    207.5 km
  17. Denmark's Nicki Sörensen (Team Saxo Bank) had plenty of time to celebrate his stage victory.
    Rest dayMonday, July 20 2009
    Location:
    Verbier
  18. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) wins the stage as the Tour returns to France.
    Stage 16Tuesday, July 21 2009
    Location:
    Martigny - Bourg-Saint-Maurice
    Distance:
    159 km
  19. Fränk Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) wins stage 17 ahead of race leader Alberto Contador (Astana) and brother Andy Schleck .
    Stage 17Wednesday, July 22 2009
    Location:
    Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Le Grand-Bornand
    Distance:
    169.5 km
  20. Alberto Contador (Astana) en route to victory in the stage 18 time trial.
    Stage 18Thursday, July 23 2009
    Location:
    Annecy - Annecy (ITT)
    Distance:
    40.5 km
  21. Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) wins his fifth stage of the Tour in Aubenas.
    Stage 19Friday, July 24 2009
    Location:
    Bourgoin-Jallieu - Aubenas
    Distance:
    178 km
  22. Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) claims victory at Mt Ventoux
    Stage 20Saturday, July 25 2009
    Location:
    Montélimar - Mont Ventoux
    Distance:
    167 km
  23. There was daylight to the rest as Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) claimed the final stage of the Tour de France in Paris
    Stage 21Sunday, July 26 2009
    Location:
    Montereau-Fault-Yonne - Paris Champs-Élysées
    Distance:
    164 km

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