2014 Route
- Leaders
- Caravan
- Start town
- Finish town
- Feeding zone
- Checkpoints
- Sprint
- Last kilometre
- Hors catégorie climb
- Points of interest
- Cobblestones sectors
Sporting aspects
The route
Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2014, the 101th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,664 kilometres.
- 9 flat stages
- 5 hill stages
- 6 mountain stages with 5 altitude finishes
- 1 individual time trial stage
- 2 rest days
Distinctive aspects of the race
Beyond the borders
After taking off from the United Kingdom for a 20th Grand Départ abroad, the Tour de France will also go through Belgium and Spain.
A taste of Paris-Roubaix
Before crossing the finishing line of the fifth stage in Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, the riders will have covered 15.4 kilometres of cobbled-stone sectors that are on the course of the Queen of Classics every spring.
9 new stage cities
- Leeds (start of stage 1)
- Harrogate (finish of stage 1)
- York (start of stage 2)
- Sheffield (finish of stage 2)
- Cambridge (start of stage 3)
- Ypres (finish of stage 5)
- Oyonnax (finish of stage 11)
- Risoul (finish of stage 14)
- Maubourguet Pays du Val d’Adour (start of stage 19)
The stages
Key moments
- 07/06Summary
- 07/06Shark attack in Sheffield
- 07/06Medical news
- 07/06Inside the race
- 07/06Alberto Contador - You had to test...
- 07/06Blel Kadri: "I let the others fight...
- 07/06Chris Froome: "I'm tired"
- 07/06Peter Sagan: "I'm happy for myself......
- 07/06Cyril Lemoine: "It's magic!"
- 07/06Vincenzo Nibali: "The Tour doesn't...
- 07/06At the bus
- 07/06Stage Analysis by Bernard Hinault
- 07/06Everybody's taking about it
- 07/06See you at kilometer 143.5
- 07/05First timers
- 07/05Focus on a team
- 07/05It's Liège-Bastogne-Liège made in...
- 05/05Avoid being caught napping
Fan Parks
Sponsorship and Environment
Since it was founded, Amaury Sport Organisation has been involved in various sponsorship and philanthropy activities. It is the generosity of sport that can be found in a certain number of initiatives aiming to invest in the workings of the disciplines themselves (sponsorship of the French Federation of Cycling), in a humanitarian and social framework, (Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque, Actions Dakar, Un Techo Para Mi Pais) or in the environmental sphere (Madre De Dios, selective sorting, etc.). Read more
A.S.O. is committed to integrating environmental considerations into the organisation of its races: Limiting CO2 emissions; A quality waste management policy for the spectators but also for the organisers and the riders; The promotion of cycling as an alternative, environmentally-friendly means of transport. Read more
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