A very regional Tour. Sunday evening November 1, the boss of the Tour de France unveiled on Stage 2 the full route of the 2021 edition. During six stages, the peloton will crisscross the roads of Occitanie, between Nîmes and the Pyrenees, via Carcassonne.
The Ventoux twice, the privileged Pyrenees, two individual time trials: the Tour de France 2021, which will leave from Brest on June 26, will be very different from the last edition which was the most mountainous in its recent history.
? Here is the official #TDF2021 route!
? Here is the official route of the #TDF2021 ! pic.twitter.com/MEoDFc2ph2
– Tour de France ™ (@LeTour) November 1, 2020
“You have to be pragmatic,” insisted its director Christian Prudhomme, who was forced to review his initial copy after the change of site for the Grand Départ after the postponements of major competitions due to the coronavirus. Initially planned for Copenhagen, it will finally be given in Brittany, the host region of the first four stages with in particular the first two arrivals, cut out for punchers.
The #TDF2021 it will be :
? 3 383 km
⛰ 27 2nd, 1st or Non-Category passes
⛰ 6 mountain stages
⏱ 2 individual CLMsThe #TDF2021 will consist of:
? 3 383 km
⛰ 27 2nd, 1st or HC climbs
⛰ 6 Mountain stages
⏱ 2 HERE pic.twitter.com/qa9KfKaGka– Tour de France ™ (@LeTour) November 1, 2020
Double climb of Ventoux
Great novelty of the Tour 2021, the Mont Chauve will be climbed for the first time from Sault, its lesser-known side (only once in the history of the Tour), then in its entirety on the southern slope from Bédoin after the descent from the north side.
The Tour will thus return to one of its emblematic climbs, in a year without any alpine climb of the same order. Two days, in Le Grand-Bornand and in Tignes, are planned in the Alps.
?♂️?#TDF2021 we project ourselves, we want? The Tour de France comes down to #Nîmes in July 2021:
➡️Thursday July 8, arrival? of stage N12? sprint in perspective!
➡️Friday 9/07 start of stage N13?@letour @mariechmaury @LLuyat # VilledeNîmes #CrocosTogether #TourdeFrance pic.twitter.com/GtNYYa6wRd– City of Nîmes (@nimes) November 1, 2020
The privileged Pyrenees
Five stages in the Pyrenees, including two typical backpackers to reach Quillan, after visiting the Cathar castles, and Saint-Gaudens: there are three major stages left for climbers, in Andorra la Vella for the only incursion abroad before the second day of rest, at the Col du Portet and Luz-Ardiden (after the Tourmalet), two long and spectacular climbs.
Stage 15 / Stage 15
? Céret – Andorra La Vella? 192 km #TDF2021
? The highest peak in #TDF2021 stands in front of the runners! / The highest summit of the #TDF2021 awaits the riders. pic.twitter.com/SP8XOSRJU7
– Tour de France ™ (@LeTour) November 1, 2020
Stage 14 / Stage 14
? Carcassonne – Quillan? 184 km #TDF2021The Pyrenees will first smile at the attackers! / The Pyrénées will welcome the first attackers with open arms! pic.twitter.com/ckym485JD4
– Tour de France ™ (@LeTour) November 1, 2020
Stage 13 / Stage 13
? @nimes – Carcassonne? 220 km #TDF2021
After Magnus Cort Nielsen on the # TDF2018, who will win at the foot of the towers of Carcassonne? / After Magnus Cort Nielsen on the # TDF2018, who’ll win in Carcassonne? pic.twitter.com/S7jwleqwd9
– Tour de France ™ (@LeTour) November 1, 2020
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The Tour revives its forgotten tradition of two individual time trials, the first in Laval on the fifth day (27km), the second between Libourne and Saint-Emilion (31km), on the eve of the finish.
