Tour de France 2009: route map, stages, schedule Tour de France

Looking for the 2009 Tour de France route map, or this year’s stages and schedule perhaps? The Tour de France 2009 rolls off from Monaco on July 4 beginning with a 15 kilometer individual time trial that includes a section of the famous Circuit de Monaco. It will be another grueling three weeks on the road for these world-class cyclists as they compete for the most famous of all cycling world races. The total length of the race this year is 3,445 kilometers, including 93 in time-trials. There will be seven mountain stages for 2009 with three uphill finishes, and one medium-mountain stage. There are also some
changes in the Tour de France this year, with a team time trial for the first time since 2005, the shortest distance in individual time trials since 1967, and the first penultimate day mountain stage in the Tour’s history.

Favorites for the 2009 race include 2008 winner Carlos Sastre, 2009 Giro d’Italia winner Denis Menchov, 2007 winner Alberto Contador and two time runner-up Cadel Evans. One notable entry this year is American Lance Armstrong, the seven-time winner from 1999 to 2005, who has come out of retirement for another shot at glory. Armstrong was embroiled in a drug scandal during his final year with the race though nothing was proven. However, race officials this year have announced that they will be very strict in testing for doping as this has gradually eroded the prestige of the race. French media have a sterner warning for Armstrong who they felt should have been caught for doping during his time.

For more details about the Tour, here are the route map for this year as well as the Tour de France 2009 schedule and stages.

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Km	Type		Stage winner	Yellow Jersey
1	4 July	Monaco  Monaco	Monaco  Monaco	15		Individual Time Trial	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara
2	5 July	Monaco  Monaco	France  Brignoles	182		Flat Stage	Mark Cavendish	Fabian Cancellara
3	6 July	France  Marseille	France  La Grande-Motte	196		Flat Stage	Mark Cavendish	Fabian Cancellara
4	7 July	France  Montpellier	France  Montpellier	38		Team Time Trial	Astana	Fabian Cancellara
5	8 July	France  Le Cap d’Agde	France  Perpignan	197		Flat Stage	Thomas Voeckler	Fabian Cancellara
6	9 July	Spain  Girona	Spain  Barcelona	175		Flat Stage	Thor Hushovd	Fabian Cancellara
7	10 July	Spain  Barcelona	Andorra  Andorra	224		Mountain Stage	Brice Feillu	Rinaldo Nocentini
8	11 July	Andorra  Andorra la Vella	France  Saint-Girons	176		Mountain Stage	Luis Leon Sanchez	Rinaldo Nocentini
9	12 July	France  Saint-Gaudens	France  Tarbes	160		Mountain Stage	Pierrick Fedrigo	Rinaldo Nocentini
R	13 July	N/A	N/A	N/A	Rest Day
10	14 July	France  Limoges	France  Issoudun	193		Flat Stage	Mark Cavendish	Rinaldo Nocentini
11	15 July	France  Vatan	France  Saint-Fargeau	192		Flat Stage	Mark Cavendish	Rinaldo Nocentini
12	16 July	France  Tonnerre	France  Vittel	200		Flat Stage	Nicki Sorensen	Rinaldo Nocentini
13	17 July	France  Vittel	France  Colmar	200		Intermediate Stage	Heinrich Haussler	Rinaldo Nocentini
14	18 July	France  Colmar	France  Besançon	199		Flat Stage	Serguei Ivanov	Rinaldo Nocentini
15	19 July	France  Pontarlier	Switzerland  Verbier	207		Mountain Stage	Alberto Contador	Alberto Contador
R	20 July	N/A	N/A	N/A	Rest Day
16	21 July	Switzerland  Martigny	France  Bourg-Saint-Maurice	160		Mountain Stage	Mikel Astarloza	Alberto Contador
17	22 July	France  Bourg-Saint-Maurice	France  Le Grand-Bornand	169		Mountain Stage	Frank Schleck	Alberto Contador
18	23 July	France  Annecy	France  Annecy	gn="center">40		Individual Time Trial	Alberto Contador	Alberto Contador
19	24 July	France  Bourgoin-Jallieu	France  Aubenas	195		Flat Stage	Mark Cavendish	Alberto Contador
20	25 July	France  Montélimar	France  Mont Ventoux	167		Mountain Stage	Juan Man. Garate	Alberto Contador
21	26 July	France  Montereau-Fault-Yonne	France  Paris Champs-Élysées	160		Flat Stage	Mark Cavendish	Alberto Contador

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