1- Sam 2/ Noirmoutiers - Mont des Alouettes
2- Dim 3/ C.L.M. aux Essarts
3- Lun 4/ Olonnes - Redon
4- Mar 5/ Lorient - Chateaulin
5- Mer 6/ L'Aber Vrach' - Saint-Brieuc
6- Jeu 7/ Dinan - Lisieux
7- Ven 8/ Alençon - Tours
8- Sam 9/ Tours - Limoges
9- Dim 10/ C.L.M. au lac de Vassivière
10- Lun 11/ Limoges - Saint Flour avec Néronne (2C), Pas de Peyrol (1C),
Perthus (2C), Lioran (3C), Prat de Bouc (2C)
Mar 12/ repos au Lioran
11- Mer 13/ Aurillac - Lavaur
12- Jeu 14/ Toulouse - Luz-Ardiden avec Aspin (1C), Tourmalet (HC),
Luz-Ardiden (HC)
13- Ven 15/ St Gaudens - Limoux avec Larrieu (3C), Port (2C), Montségur (2C),
Saint-Benoit (3C)
14- Sam 16/ Carcassonne - Nimes
15- Dim 17/ Nimes - Dignes
Lun 18/ repos
16- Mar 19/ Dignes - Risoul avec Allos (1C), Vars (1C), Risoul (1C)
17- Mer 20/ Embrun - Pinerollo avec Izoard (HC), Montgenèvre (2C), Sestrière (1C),
PraMartino (2C)
18- Jeu 21/ Pinerollo - Col du Lautaret avec Mont-Cenis (HC),
Télégraphe (1C), Galibier (HC)
19- Ven 22/ Bourg d'Oisans - L'Alpe d'Huez avec Grand Cucheron (2C), Glandon (HC),
L'Alpe d'Huez (HC)
20- Sam 23/ C.L.M. Grenoble - Chamrousse (HC)
21- Dim 24/ Provins – Paris
Really like the Chamrousse ITT.
First rumours of next years course.
Edited by kissaha on 06-09-2010 22:21
No Châteaulin finish, as mentioned in previous messages, and no Aber Wrac'h ("Wrac'h" sounds like "vrak" if you ask) start. It'll finish in Mûr-de-Bretagne, and start the next day in Carhaix.
I like the idea of having a long TT before the mountains in order to "force" climbers to attack and gain time.
Then maybe put a TTT after the mountains, when several riders have already dropped out. Not a long or very difficult TTT as last year, but long enough to have it pay off to still have a full squad. Maybe even drectly following a hard mountain stage, so that teams would think twice, when using their teammates on that stage