Spanish stroll to Barcelona
Sprint to most southerly Tour finish
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Stage 115.5km | Monaco - Monaco (ITT)
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Stage 2187km | Monaco - Brignoles
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Stage 3196.5km | Marseille - La Grande-Motte
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Stage 439km | Montpellier - Montpellier (TTT)
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Stage 5196.5km | Le Cap d'Agde - Perpignan
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Stage 6181.5km | Gérone - Barcelone
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Stage 7224km | Barcelone - Andorre Arcalis
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Stage 8176.5km | Andorre-la-Vieille - Saint-Girons
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Stage 9160.5km | Saint-Gaudens - Tarbes
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Stage 10194.5km | Limoges - Issoudun
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Stage 11192km | Vatan - Saint-Fargeau
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Stage 12211.5km | Tonnerre - Vittel
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Stage 13200km | Vittel - Colmar
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Stage 14199km | Colmar - Besançon
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Stage 15207.5km | Pontarlier - Verbier
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Stage 16159km | Martigny - Bourg-Saint-Maurice
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Stage 17169.5km | Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Le Grand-Bornand
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Stage 1840.5km | Annecy - Annecy (ITT)
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Stage 19178km | Bourgoin-Jallieu - Aubenas
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Stage 20167km | Montélimar - Mont Ventoux
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Stage 21164km | Montereau-Fault-Yonne - Paris Champs-Élysées
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After Monaco and Marseille, the 2009 Tour visits a third 'great beacon' of the Mediterranean, Barcelona. The Spanish capital of Catalonia, the southernmost destination in Tour history, has hosted the Tour de France twice in the past. This year, the peloton will come from Girona, a small Spanish town which became famous in the cycling community when Lance Armstrong made it his Spanish home. The ride over the rugged coastal hills of the Costa Brava will surely see a breakaway go clear.
In the city of famous architect Antoni Gaudi, crowds will be huge and Spanish riders may be particularly eager to break away from the peloton on the uphill finish at the Montjuic mountain, which hosts the Escalada a Montjuic each year in October. Look for a strong puncher to finish the stage in style.
Vaughters' views
The finish is a tricky one with the final run up Monjuich. If the stage plays to script, I just see a big battle between three super uphill sprinters, Thor Hushovd, Oscar Friere, and Heinrich Hausler.
Dark horse Kim Kirchen could play in this day as well, and maybe take the jersey?
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