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Tour de France 2011

Date range:
July 2-24, 2011
  • Tour de France, France, HIS (Historical Calendar)
  • Stages Expand the race menu

    • Stage 1

      Distance:
      191km
      Start location:
      Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts
      End location:
      Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers

    • Stage 2

      Distance:
      23km
      Location
      Les Essarts (TTT)

    • Stage 3

      Distance:
      198km
      Start location:
      Olonne-sur-Mer
      End location:
      Redon

    • Stage 4

      Distance:
      172km
      Start location:
      Lorient
      End location:
      Mûr-de-Bretagne

    • Stage 5

      Distance:
      158km
      Start location:
      Carhaix
      End location:
      Cap Fréhel

    • Stage 6

      Distance:
      226km
      Start location:
      Dinan
      End location:
      Lisieux

    • Stage 7

      Distance:
      215km
      Start location:
      Le Mans
      End location:
      Châteauroux

    • Stage 8

      Distance:
      190km
      Start location:
      Aigurande
      End location:
      Super-Besse Sancy

    • Stage 9

      Distance:
      208km
      Start location:
      Issoire
      End location:
      Saint-Flour

    • Rest Day 1

      Start location:
      End location:

    • Stage 10

      Distance:
      161km
      Start location:
      Aurillac
      End location:
      Carmaux

    • Stage 11

      Distance:
      168km
      Start location:
      Blaye-les-Mines
      End location:
      Lavaur

    • Stage 12

      Distance:
      209km
      Start location:
      Cugnaux
      End location:
      Luz-Ardiden

    • Stage 13

      Distance:
      156km
      Start location:
      Pau
      End location:
      Lourdes

    • Stage 14

      Distance:
      168km
      Start location:
      Saint-Gaudens
      End location:
      Plateau de Beille

    • Stage 15

      Distance:
      187km
      Start location:
      Limoux
      End location:
      Montpellier

    • Rest Day 2

      Start location:
      End location:

    • Stage 16

      Distance:
      163km
      Start location:
      Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
      End location:
      Gap

    • Stage 17

      Distance:
      179km
      Start location:
      Gap
      End location:
      Pinerolo

    • Stage 18

      Distance:
      200.5km
      Start location:
      Pinerolo
      End location:
      Galibier Serre-Chevalier

    • Stage 19

      Distance:
      109km
      Start location:
      Modane
      End location:
      Alpe-d’Huez

    • Stage 20

      Distance:
      42.5km
      Location
      Grenoble (ITT)

    • Stage 21

      Distance:
      160km
      Start location:
      Créteil
      End location:
      Paris Champs-Élysées
  • Race history

July 02, Stage 1: Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts - Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers 191km

By:
Cycling News
Published:
June 21, 2011, 1:45 BST,
Updated:
June 30, 2011, 18:39 BST

Passage du Gois – Mont des Alouettes

All change on day one

The Tour starts with a road stage rather than the traditional prologue time trial and with an uphill finish too. The day starts in unusual fashion as well, with the riders parading over the Passage du Gois, which disappears under the high tide. When underway, the riders initially follow the coast, where the wind could have an impact, before heading inland to Les Herbiers and the finish on the Mont des Alouettes, where classics powerhouses such as Tom Boonen and Thor Hushovd will be pitted against puncheurs like Philippe Gilbert.

Details -
Distance: 191.5 km
Highest point: 257m
Category: Flat

Bernhard Eisel says...
"A causeway – what a crazy place to start the Tour! Crosswinds along the coast, big chance of echelons, let the madness begin! Everybody will say 'I've never seen so many crashes' but of course we have – every year during the first week at the Tour."

Matt White says...
"A tricky start to what is always a stressful week. Hard to go past the big powerhouses such as Hushovd, Sagan and Boasson Hagen."

Stage map

2011 TdF stage 1 map

Stage profile

2011 TdF stage 1 profile