2016 Tour de France

2016 Tour de France
2016 UCI World Tour
Race details
Dates 2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)–24 July 2016 (2016-07-24)
Stages 21
Distance 3,519 km (2,187 mi)
Palmares

The 2016 Tour de France will be the 103rd edition of the cycle race Tour de France. On 24 November 2014 Amaury Sport Organisation announced that it will start in the French department of Manche for the first time in the history of the Tour de France.[1][2] The race is also scheduled to have a stage finish in Andorra.[3]

The official announcement of the final route took place on Tuesday 20 October at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.[4] The defending champion Chris Froome said after the event that he expected the course to suit him better than last year's course. "I think it's going to take a complete cyclist – but the stage that certainly stands out for me is Mont Ventoux." he added.[4]

Teams

Twenty-two teams will participate in the 2016 edition of the Tour de France. All of the eighteen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited, and obliged, to attend the race.[5] On 2 March 2016, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations: Bora–Argon 18, Cofidis, Direct Énergie, and Fortuneo–Vital Concept. The four wildcard teams also received invitations to the 2015 Tour de France.[6]

The teams entering the race are:[6]

World Tour teams

Professional Continental teams

Route and stages

The route for the 2016 Tour de France was unveiled by race director Christian Prudhomme on 20 October 2015 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. It contained two time trial events, both of which were individual. The organizers divide the remaining nineteen stages into three categories: flat stages, medium mountain stages, and mountain stages. There are five mountain stages, four of which have summit finishes: stage 9, to Andorra-Arcalis; stage 12, to Mont Ventoux; stage 17, to Finhaut Émosson and stage 19, to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race is 158.7 km (99 mi) longer, contains the same number of rest days, one additional individual time trial and no longer includes a team time trial.

List of stages[4]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 2 July Mont Saint-Michel – Utah Beach, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont 188 km (117 mi) Flat stage
2 3 July Saint-Lô – Cherbourg-Octeville 182 km (113 mi) Hilly stage
3 4 July Granville – Angers 222 km (138 mi) Flat stage
4 5 July Saumur – Limoges 232 km (144 mi) Flat stage
5 6 July Limoges – Le Lioran 216 km (134 mi) Medium-mountain stage
6 7 July Arpajon-sur-Cère – Montauban 187 km (116 mi) Flat stage
7 8 July L'Isle-Jourdain – Lac de Payolle 162 km (101 mi) Medium-mountain stage
8 9 July Pau – Bagnères-de-Luchon 183 km (114 mi) Mountain stage
9 10 July Vielha Val d'Aran – Andorra-Arcalis 184 km (114 mi) Mountain stage
11 July Andorra Rest day
10 12 July Escaldes-Engordany – Revel 198 km (123 mi) Medium-mountain stage
11 13 July Carcassonne – Montpellier 164 km (102 mi) Flat stage
12 14 July Montpellier – Mont Ventoux 185 km (115 mi) Mountain stage
13 15 July Bourg-Saint-Andéol – La Caverne du Pont-d'Arc 37 km (23 mi) Individual time trial
14 16 July Montélimar – Villars-les-Dombes - Parc des Oiseaux 208 km (129 mi) Flat stage
15 17 July Bourg-en-Bresse – Culoz 159 km (99 mi) Medium-mountain stage
16 18 July Moirans-en-Montagne – Bern 206 km (128 mi) Medium-mountain stage
19 July Bern Rest day
17 20 July Bern – Finhaut Émosson 184 km (114 mi) Mountain stage
18 21 July Sallanches – Megève 17 km (11 mi) Individual time trial
19 22 July Albertville – Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 146 km (91 mi) Mountain stage
20 23 July Megève – Morzine 146 km (91 mi) Mountain stage
21 24 July Chantilly – Paris 113 km (70 mi) Flat stage

References

  1. ↑ "Tour de France 2016 to start from Manche". Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  2. ↑ "2016 Tour de France to start in Manche". Cycling News. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  3. ↑ "Tour de France: 2016 race to visit mountainous Andorra". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Tour de France 2016: Chris Froome delight at 'great course'". BBC News (BBC News). 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "UCI Cycling Regulations: Part 2: Road Races page 121 article 2.15.127" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 "ASO presses repeat button for 2016 Tour de France invites". Retrieved 2 March 2016.

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