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The route
Running from Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 24th 2005, the 92nd Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3607 kilometres.
These 21 stages have the following profiles:
* 9 flat stages,
* 3 medium mountain stages,
* 6 mountain stages,
* 2 individual time-trial stages,
* 1 team time-trial stage.
Distinctive aspects of the race
* 3 mountain finishes,
* 2 rest days,
* 74 kilometres of individual time-trials,
* 66 kilometres of team time-trials,
* 1 transfer by plane and one by train,
* 20 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed,
* 9 new stop-over towns: Fromentine, Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile, Les Essarts, La Châtaigneraie, Chambord, Gérardmer, Miramas, Agde et Lézat-sur-Lèze.
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The 2005 Tour de France will coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Jacques Goddet (1905-2000), former director of the competition and of L'Equipe newspaper. It will also coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the first Ballon d'Alsace ascent.
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| The Stages |
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| The towns |
| 1 |
Saturday, July 2 |
19 km |
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Fromentine > Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile |
(TT) |
| 2 |
Sunday, July 3 |
181,5 km |
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Challans > Les Essarts |
| 3 |
Monday, July 4 |
212,5 km |
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La Châtaigneraie > Tours |
| 4 |
Tuesday, July 5 |
67,5 km |
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Tours > Blois |
(team / TT) |
| 5 |
Wednesday, July 6 |
183 km |
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Chambord > Montargis |
| 6 |
Thursday, July 7 |
199 km |
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Troyes > Nancy |
| 7 |
Friday, July 8 |
228,5 km |
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Lunéville > Karlsruhe |
| 8 |
Saturday, July 9 |
231,5 km |
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Pforzheim > Gérardmer |
| 9 |
Sunday, July 10 |
171 km |
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Gérardmer > Mulhouse |
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Monday, July 11 |
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Rest day - Grenoble |
| 10 |
Tuesday, July 12 |
192,5 km |
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Grenoble > Courchevel * |
| 11 |
Wednesday, July 13 |
173 km |
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Courchevel > Briançon |
| 12 |
Thursday, July 14 |
187 km |
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Briançon > Digne-les-Bains |
| 13 |
Friday, July 15 |
173,5 km |
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Miramas > Montpellier |
| 14 |
Saturday, July 16 |
220,5 km |
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Agde > Ax-3 Domaines * |
| 15 |
Sunday, July 17 |
205,5 km |
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Lézat-sur-Lèze > Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet) * |
| R |
Monday, July 18 |
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Rest day - Pau |
| 16 |
Tuesday, July 19 |
180,5 km |
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Mourenx > Pau |
| 17 |
Wednesday, July 20 |
239,5 km |
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Pau > Revel |
| 18 |
Thursday, July 21 |
189 km |
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Albi > Mende |
| 19 |
Friday, July 22 |
153,5 km |
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Issoire > Le Puy-en-Velay |
| 20 |
Saturday, July 23 |
55 km |
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Saint-Etienne > Saint-Etienne |
(TT) |
| 21 |
Sunday, July 24 |
144 km |
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Corbeil-Essonnes > Paris Champs-Élysées |
| TOTAL |
3 607 km |
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*Arrival at high altitude
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