![]() Stage 20/July 23: La Capelle-Marival-Rocamadour (25 miles) Quick Preview: A day for the sprinters who made it through the Alps and Pyrenees. Stage 19/July 22: Castelnau-Magnoac-Cahors (117 miles) Quick Preview: Finishes with a one-way climb to a ski resort with a mountain luge that was included in the race route in 2014. Stage 18/July 21: Lourdes-Hautacam (89 miles) Finishes at an airport featured in the James Bond movie, “Tomorrow Never Dies.” Quick Preview: The first of last two mountain stages (back-to-back summit finishes) that could decide the Tour. Stage 17/July 20: Saint Gaudens-Peyragudes (80 miles) Quick Preview: A transition stage after the last rest day takes the peloton to the foot of the Pyrenees. Stage 16/July 19: Carcassonne-Foix (110 miles) Quick Preview: Last year, Cavendish tied Eddy Merckx‘s record 34 Tour stage wins in Carcassone. Stage 15/July 17: Rodez-Carcassonne (125 miles) Quick Preview: Five categorized climbs, but none of the highest varieties. ![]() Stage 14/July 16: Saint-Etienne-Mende (119 miles) Quick Preview: After nine hilly or mountain stages, the sprinters get a flat stage for the first time in 12 days. Stage 13/July 15: Le Bourg D’Oisans-Saint-Etienne Quick Preview: On Bastille Day, the stage finishes with arguably the Tour’s most famous climb - the 21 switchbacks of Alpe d’Huez. Stage 12/July 14: Briancon-Alpe d’Huez (102 miles) Quick Preview: Starts in the 1992 Winter Olympic host village and finishes with the first two beyond category climbs of this Tour. Stage 11/July 13: Albertville-Col Du Granon Serre Chevalier (94 miles) At the 2020 Criterium du Dauphine, American Sepp Kuss won the last stage that started and finished in Megeve. Quick Preview: After a rest day, this Tour’s first taste of the Alps. Stage 10/July 12: Morzine Les Portes Du Soleil-Megeve (92 miles) Quick Preview: The lone mountain stage of the six total at this year’s Tour without a summit finish. Stage 9/July 10: Aigle-Chatel Les Portes Du Soleil (119 miles) Quick Preview: The peloton crosses into a fourth country, Switzerland, finishing at the home city of the International Olympic Committee. Stage 8/July 9: Dole-Lausanne (115 miles) The finishing climb, which translates to “The Plank of Beautiful Girls,” has become a Tour staple. Quick Preview: A day for the general classification contenders, including Tadej Pogacar. Stage 7/July 8: Tomblaine-La Super Planche des Belles Filles (109 miles) Quick Preview: The first uphill finish of the Tour on a stage that includes Belgium and France. Stage 6/July 7: Binche-Longwy (136 miles) As the saying goes, you can’t win the Tour on the cobblestones, but you can lose it. There are 11 sections totaling about 12 miles. Quick Preview: The Tour returns to the famed cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix for the first time in four years. Stage 5/July 6: Lille Metropole-Arenberg Porte Du Hainaut (95 miles) Quick Preview: The Tour visits Dunkirk, site of the largest evacuation in military history during World War II, for the first time in 15 years. Stage 4/July 5: Dunkirk-Calais (106 miles) ![]() Quick Preview: The last “flat” category stage until stage 13 and the last stage in Denmark before the rest day and a move to France. Stage 3/July 3: Vejle-Sonderborg (113 miles) With Mark Cavendish not selected for the Tour, look for Peter Sagan to began his bid for a record-extending eighth green jersey title. Quick Preview: The first sprinters’ stage. Stage 2/July 2: Roskilde-Nyborg (125 miles) Watch out for Italian Filippo Ganna, who won the last two world titles in the time trial. Quick Preview: The Grant Départ is held in Denmark for the first time with the first three stages being held there. Stage 1/July 1: Copenhagen-Copenhagen (8.2 miles) A stage-by-stage look at the 2022 Tour de France route with profiles, previews and estimated start and finish times (all times Eastern) …
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