Prologue - Saturday, July 3 2010, Rotterdam, 8 km
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The Tour's Dutch opener
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Prologue8.9km | Rotterdam - Rotterdam
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Stage 1223.5km | Rotterdam - Brussels
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Stage 2201km | Brussels - Spa
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Stage 3213km | Wanze - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut
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Stage 4153.5km | Cambrai - Reims
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Stage 5187.5km | Epernay - Montargis
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Stage 6227.5km | Montargis - Gueugnon
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Stage 7165.5km | Tournus - Station des Rousses
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Stage 8189km | Station des Rousses - Morzine-Avoriaz
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Rest day oneMorzine-Avoriaz -
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Stage 9204.5km | Morzine-Avoriaz - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
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Stage 10179km | Chambery - Gap
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Stage 11184.5km | Sisteron - Bourg-les-Valence
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Stage 12210.5km | Bourg-de-Peage - Mende
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Stage 13196km | Rodez - Revel
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Stage 14184.5km | Revel - Ax-3 Domaines
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Stage 15187.5km | Pamiers - Bagneres-de-Luchon
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Stage 16199.5km | Bagneres-de-Luchon - Pau
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Stage 17174km | Pau - Col du Tourmalet
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Stage 18198km | Salies-de-Bearn - Bordeaux
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Stage 1952km | Bordeaux - Pauillac
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Stage 20102.5km | Longjumeau - Paris
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After an opening road stage in 2008 and a very hilly time trial of more than double the usual prologue distance last year in Monaco, the 97th Tour de France starts with a more traditional prologue TT both in terms of length and profile.
With fewer than a dozen bends, most quite sweeping, and no climbing, this is for time trial specialists. The only significant difficulty will be the wind that sweeps across the Erasmus Bridge. Otherwise, there are plenty of straights that might result in Chris Boardman’s 55.152km/h average from the 1994 prologue being bettered.
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