The Tour 2008

Map of the Tour

Carte du Tour 2008

Sporting aspects

The route

Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2008, the 95th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.

These 21 stages have the following profiles:

  • 10 flat stages,
  • 5 mountain stages,
  • 4 medium mountain stages,
  • 2 individual time-trial stages.

Distinctive aspects of the race

  • 4 mountain finishes,
  • 2 rest days,
  • 82 kilometres of individual time-trials,
  • 19 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.

10 new stop-over towns

Auray, Aigurande, Brioude, Prato Nevoso (Italy), Cuneo (Italy), Jausiers, Embrun, Roanne, Cérilly, Étampes.

The stages
Stage Type Date Start and Finish Distance Details
1 Plain Saturday 5 July Brest > Plumelec 197.5 km
2 Plain Sunday 6 July Auray > Saint-Brieuc 164.5 km
3 Plain Monday 7 July Saint-Malo > Nantes 208 km
4 Individual time-trial Tuesday 8 July Cholet > Cholet 29.5 km
5 Plain Wednesday 9 July Cholet > Châteauroux 232 km
6 Medium mountains Thursday 10 July Aigurande > Super-Besse 195.5 km
7 Medium mountains Friday 11 July Brioude > Aurillac 159 km
8 Plain Saturday 12 July Figeac > Toulouse 172.5 km
9 High Mountains Sunday 13 July Toulouse > Bagnères-de-Bigorre 224 km
10 High Mountains Monday 14 July Pau > Hautacam 156 km
R Rest Day Tuesday 15 July Pau
11 Medium mountains Wednesday 16 July Lannemezan > Foix 166 km
12 Plain Thursday 17 July Lavelanet > Narbonne 168 km
13 Plain Friday 18 July Narbonne > Nîmes 182 km
14 Plain Saturday 19 July Nîmes > Digne-les-Bains 182 km
15 High Mountains Sunday 20 July Embrun > Prato Nevoso 185 km
R Rest Day Monday 21 July Cuneo
16 High Mountains Tuesday 22 July Cuneo > Jausiers 157 km
17 High Mountains Wednesday 23 July Embrun > L’Alpe-d’Huez 210 km
18 Medium mountains Thursday 24 July Bourg-d’Oisans > Saint-Étienne 197 km
19 Plain Friday 25 July Roanne > Montluçon 163 km
20 Individual time-trial Saturday 26 July Cérilly > Saint-Amand-Montrond 53 km
21 Plain Sunday 27 July Étampes > Paris Champs-Élysées 143 km

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