DEWYSTONE FROM VENUS

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,
17 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 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 167.5 km 
12 Plain Thursday 17 July Lavelanet > Narbonne 168.5 km 
13 Plain Friday 18 July Narbonne > Nîmes 182 km 
14 Plain Saturday 19 July Nîmes > Digne-les-Bains 194.5 km 
15 High Mountains Sunday 20 July Embrun > Prato Nevoso 183 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   210.5 km 
18 Medium mountains   Thursday 24 July   Bourg-d’Oisans > Saint-Étienne   196.5 km 
19 Plain   Friday 25 July   Roanne > Montluçon   165.5 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