Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 kilometres.

These stages have the following profiles:

• 1 prologue
• 9 flat stages
• 6 mountain stages and 3 summit finishes
• 4 medium mountain stages
• 1 individual time-trial stage (51 km)

Distinctive aspects of the race

• Tourmalet climbed twice
• a hint of the Classics and cobblestones
• 2 rest days
• 23 level 1, level 2 and highest level mountain passes

11 new stage towns
Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, Bourg-de-Péage, Bourg-lès-Valence, Gueugnon, Longjumeau, Pamiers, Pauillac, Sisteron, Station des Rousses, Tournus, Wanze (Belgique).

Tour de France stages 2010

Saturday, July 3rd - Rotterdam> Rotterdam - 8 km (prologue)
Sunday, July 4 - Rotterdam> Brussels - 224 km
Monday, July 5 - Brussels> Spa - 192 km
Tuesday, July 6 - Wanze> Arenberg Porte du Hainaut - 207 km
Wednesday, July 7 - Cambrai> Reims - 150 km
Thursday, July 8 - Epernay> Montargis - 185 km
Friday, July 9 - Montargis> Gueugnon - 225 km
Saturday, July 10 - Tournus> Redheads Station - 161 km
Sunday, July 11 - Station des Rousses> Morzine-Avoriaz - 189 km
Monday, July 12 - Morzine-Avoriaz (rest)
Tuesday, July 13 - Morzine-Avoriaz> Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - 204 km
Wednesday, July 14 - Chambéry> Gap - 179 km
Thursday, July 15 - Sisteron> Bourg-les-Valence - 180 km
Friday, July 16 - Bourg-de-Toll> Mende - 210 km
Saturday, July 17 - Rodez> Revel - 195 km
Sunday, July 18 - Revel> Ax-3 Domaines - 184 km
Monday, July 19 - Pamiers> Bagneres-de-Luchon - 187 km
Tuesday, July 20 - Bagneres-de-Luchon> Pau - 196 km
Wednesday, July 21 - Pau (Rest)
Thursday, July 22 - Pau> Col du Tourmalet - 174 km
Friday, July 23 - Salies-de-Bearn> Bordeaux - 190 km
Saturday, July 24 - Bordeaux> Pauillac - 51 km (Against the clock Solo)
Sunday, July 25 - Longjumeau> Paris Champs-Elysees - 105 km