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2018 Tour de France Route
Tour de France 2018
| STAGE | TYPE | DATE | START AND FINISH | DISTANCE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On line | Saturday, July 7, 2018 | Noirmoutier en l’ile / Fontenay-le-Comte | 189 km | STAGE 1 |
| 2 | On line | Sunday, July 8, 2018 | Mouilleron-Saint-Germain / La Roche-sur-Yon | 183 km | STAGE 2 |
| 3 | Team Time-Trial | Monday, July 9, 2018 | Cholet / Cholet | 35 km | STAGE 3 |
| 4 | On line | Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | La Baule / Sarzeau | 192 km | STAGE 4 |
| 5 | On line | Wednesday, July 11, 2018 | Lorient / Quimper | 203 km | STAGE 5 |
| 6 | On line | Thursday, July 12, 2018 | Brest / Mûr-de-Bretagne | 181 km | STAGE 6 |
| 7 | On line | Friday, July 13, 2018 | Fougères / Chartres | 231 km | STAGE 7 |
| 8 | On line | Saturday, July 14, 2018 | Dreux / Amiens Métropole | 181 km | STAGE 8 |
| 9 | On line | Sunday, July 15, 2018 | Arras / Roubaix | 154 km | STAGE 9 |
| – | Rest Day | Monday, July 16, 2018 | Annecy / Annecy | REST 1 | |
| 10 | On line | Tuesday, July 17, 2018 | Annecy / Le Grand-Bornand | 159 km | STAGE 10 |
| 11 | On line | Wednesday, July 18, 2018 | Albertville / La Rosière Espace San Bernardo | 108 km | STAGE 11 |
| 12 | On line | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs / Alpe-d’Huez | 175 km | STAGE 12 |
| 13 | On line | Friday, July 20, 2018 | Bourg d’Oisans / Valence | 169 km | STAGE 13 |
| 14 | On line | Saturday, July 21, 2018 | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux / Mende | 187 km | STAGE 14 |
| 15 | On line | Sunday, July 22, 2018 | Millau / Carcassonne | 181 km | STAGE 15 |
| – | Rest Day | Monday, July 23, 2018 | Carcassonne / Carcassonne | REST 2 | |
| 16 | On line | Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | Carcassonne / Bagnères-de-Luchon | 218 km | STAGE 16 |
| 17 | On line | Wednesday, July 25, 2018 | Bagnères-de-Luchon / Saint-Lary-Soulan | 65 km | STAGE 17 |
| 18 | On line | Thursday, July 26, 2018 | Trie-sur-Baïse / Pau | 172 km | STAGE 18 |
| 19 | On line | Friday, July 27, 2018 | Lourdes / Laruns | 200 km | STAGE 19 |
| 20 | Individual Time-Trial | Saturday, July 28, 2018 | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle / Espelette | 31 km | STAGE 20 |
| 21 | On line | Sunday, July 29, 2018 | Houilles / Paris Champs-Élysées | 115 km | STAGE 21 |
The route
Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2018, the 105th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,329 kilometres.
- 8 flat stages
- 5 hilly stages
- 6 mountain stages and 3 altitude finishes
(La Rosière, Alpe d’Huez, Saint-Lary-Soulan col de Portet) - 1 individual time-trial
- 1 team time-trial
- 2 rest days
The 2018 Tour de France will include a total of 25 mountain climbs or hills and altitude finishes ranked in second, first of HC class.
The geographic distribution will be as follows:
- 11 in the Alps
- 4 in the Massif central
- 10 in the Pyrenees
On the last three editions of the race, the total was as follows:
25 in 2015, 28 in 2016 et 23 in 2017.
Distinctive aspects of the race
ALMOST 100 % FRENCH
Except for a short visit of around 15 kilometres in Spain during stage 16 between Carcassonne and Bagnères-de-Luchon, the 105th Tour de France will never go out of the borders of France. 36“départements†will be travelled through and the Basque country that hadn’t been visited since 2006 will once again be on the map of the Tour.
THE COBBLES RETURN
During the 9th stage, Arras > Roubaix, there will be 21.7 kilometres of cobbled roads. The riders will take on a total of 15 sectors with lengths varying from 500m to 2.7 kilometres.
TIME-TRIALS: TTT AND ITT
Like it was the case last summer in Marseille, the winner of the 105th edition should be crowned after the 20th and penultimate stage, a time-trial between Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle and Espelette on a distance of 31 kilometres. After a three-year absence, a team time-trial of 35 kilometres will also be on the menu during stage 3 in Cholet.
176 AT THE START
Based on a decision taken by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), each one of the 22 teams taking part in the Tour will, in 2018, be formed of 8 riders. There will therefore be a total of 176 riders present at the Grand Départ in Vendée Pays de la Loire.
3, 2, 1 BONUS …
It’ll be an innovation: from the Grand Départ until and including the 9th stage, 3, 2 and 1 bonus seconds will be awarded to the first three who reach a specific kilometre of the course determined in advance. It will have no incidence however on the points classification.
… AND 10, 6, 4 EXTRA BONUS
More conventional: 10, 6 and 4 bonus seconds will be taken off the overall times of the first three of each normal stage of the Tour (except for time-trials).
There will be 9 locations or stage cities visited for the first time out of 39:
- Fontenay-le-Comte (finish of stage 1)
- Mouilleron-Saint-Germain (start of stage 2)
- Sarzeau (finish of stage 4)
- Dreux (start of stage 8)
- La Rosière (finish of stage 11)
- Trie-sur-Baïse (start of stage 18)
- Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (start of stage 20)
- Espelette (finish of stage 20)
- Houilles (start of stage 21)
2018 Tour de France Route Rumours.
The 2018 Tour de France will start in the Vendée region in western France. The race should then proceed north to Brittany, where it will use some of the dirt roads featured in Tro-Bro Léon. There should also be an uphill finish on Mûr-de-Bretagne.  It will then cross France towards Roubaix where some pava will be encountered. Than a transfer to the Alps for week 2 and the Pyrenées in the last week, finishing in Paris on Sunday 29th July 2018.
 Stage |
 Date |
 Start |
 Finish |
 Stage Type |
 Notes |
 1 |
 Saturday 7th July 2018 | Noirmoutier | Fontenay le comte | ||
 2 |
Sunday 8th July 2018 | Mouillerons | La Roche sur Yon | ||
 3 |
 Monday 9th July 2018 | Cholet | Cholet |  TTT 35 km | |
 4 |
 Tuesday 10th July 2018 | La Baule | Sarzeau | ||
 5 |
 Wednesday 11th July 2018 |  Lorient |  La Pointe du Raz | ||
 6 |
 Thursday 12th July 2018 |  Brest |  Mûr-de-Bretagne | ||
 7 |
 Friday 13th July 2018 |  Fougères | Alençon | ||
 8 |
 Saturday 14th July 2018 |  Dreux | Amiens | ||
 9 |
 Sunday 15th July 2018 | Arras | Roubaix | ||
 Rest-Day |
 Monday 16th July 2018 |  Aix-les-Bains |  Aix-les-Bains | ||
 10 |
Tuesday 17th July 2018 |  Annacy |  Le Grand-Bornard | ||
 11 |
 Wednesday 18th July 2018 |  Albertville |  La Rosière | ||
 12 |
 Thursday 19th July 2018 |  Bourg-Saint-Maurice |  L’alpe d’Huez | ||
 13 |
 Friday 20th July 2018 |  Bourg d’Oisans |  Valence | ||
 14 |
 Saturday 21st July 2018 |  Valence |  Mende | ||
 15 |
 Sunday 22nd July 2018 |  Millau |  Carcassonne | ||
 Rest-Day |
 Monday 23rd July 2018 |  Carcassonne |  Carcassonne | ||
 16 |
  Tuesday 24th July 2018 | Carcassonne |  Luchon | ||
 17 |
 Wednesday 25th July 2018 |  Luchon | Pla d’Adet ??? | ||
 18 |
 Thursday 26th July 2018 |  Pau | Col de Courduque or Gavernie | ||
 19 |
 Friday 27th July 2018 |  Lourdes |  Laruns-Artouste | ||
 20 |
 Saturday 28th July 2018 | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle | Espelette |  ITT | |
 21 |
 Sunday 29th July 2018 |  Rethondes – Wagon de l’Armistice | Paris |
Vendée and Brittany
http://www.letelegramme.fr/cyclisme/tour-de-france-2018-le-puy-du-fou-avant-la-bretagne-12-02-2017-11398240.php
Your dates are a little out of whack. You have two 5th July which means that Bastille Day is on the wrong day and you miss 21st July!
I have good info that 2018 will feature Time trial on Alpe D Huez. You heard it here first!
Shaun,
Please cite your sources. APA format only.
Thanks
it starts 30th June so your dates are completely out
You better send an email to ASO and UCI as they seem to believe that their race starts on 7th July 2018.
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2017/us/grand-depart-2018.html
http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
The date was originally announced as 29th June but has been changed to 7th July.
https://twitter.com/_TUMULUS/status/889766811687936001/photo/1
Ah – hardly a day gone by and some one seems to have a strong idea
Interesting, but hardly accurate. The basic outline of the route is about right. Col du Béal I have heard mentioned several times. l’Alpe d’Huez, yes. Ventoux?
In the Pyrenees a return to Superbagnéres has been rumoured for the last 2 years. I think there is a lot of support for that from the local politicians who control the purse strings. After that, Luchon to Pau, a classic route followed by Pau to a mountain top finish in Vallee des Gaves (Hautacam, Luz Ardiden, Couraduque, Gavernie?).
Bordeaux will host the Tall Ships at the end of June 2018. The mayor has said there is no money for Le Tour but that he would like it in 2019 or 2020.
Mûr-de-Bretagne on 12th July.
http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/saint-brieuc-22000/cotes-d-armor-tour-de-france-un-retour-en-2018-5156417
Dreux on 14th July
http://www.lechorepublicain.fr/dreux/sports/cyclisme/2017/08/05/dreux-pourrait-accueillir-le-depart-de-la-8e-etape-du-tour-de-france-en-2018_12507726.html
Rethondes – Wagon de l’Armistice
http://www.courrier-picard.fr/47114/article/2017-08-01/rethondes-depart-de-la-derniere-etape
Hello. What’s your source for a stage in Verdun ?
No source. Like everything else on this page it is just rumour and should not be taken seriously.
Rethondes to Verdun is about 200km and Le Tour will be heading in that general direction.
Amiens to host finish on 14th July.
http://www.courrier-picard.fr/52738/article/2017-08-28/amiens-ville-arrivee-dune-etape-du-prochain-tour-de-france
Narbonne is mentioned for the second restday. It is likely that the stage starting from Millau will finish in the region.
Very possible.
Fougères
https://actu.fr/bretagne/fougeres_35115/le-tour-france-2018-se-rapproche-fougeres_11714955.html
Someone mentioned that the route would be near area 50 on Manche at some stage. This is Granville, Coutances, Avranche, Villedieu. The person said they would like to come over and stay with us. I cannot see it anywhere near this area, But then I am not good at reading maps.
Amis Paris roubaix announced tdf will go past on with july
Amis Paris roubaix announced tdf will go past on 15th july
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/219056/article/2017-09-16/le-tour-de-france-2018-passera-par-roubaix
Valence
http://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2017/09/19/valence-le-tour-de-france-de-france-de-retour-en-2018
Second rest day in Carcassonne on 23rd of July.
http://www.lindependant.fr/2017/09/19/trois-jours-de-tour-de-france-pour-carcassonne-pour-l-edition-2018,3053057.php
any clue as to where the Etape will be in 2018? It hasn’t been in the Pyrenees in almost 4 years.
pour les pyrenees carcassonne super bagneres puis val d aran loudenvielle puis pau le tourmalet pius saint pee sur nivelle banos en espagne piur finir arette oloron ste mari cm
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/cyclisme/le-tour-de-france-fera-etape-au-pays-basque-en-2018-1506958928
Luchon
https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/10/02/2657114-luchon-reve-arrivee-etape-tour-france-superbagneres.html
Finish on Alpe d’Huez possibly via Col de Sarenne and a start in Bourg d’Oisans the following day 19/20 July 2018
http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2017/10/09/tour-de-france-une-arrivee-a-l-alpe-d-huez-un-depart-du-bourg-d-oisans
Thank you
Laruns
http://www.larepubliquedespyrenees.fr/2017/10/12/tour-de-france-une-arrivee-a-laruns-en-2018,2195438.php
Pyrenees
https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/10/13/2664839-tour-france-2018-grand-cru-hautes-pyrenees.html
Does anyone know when the exact routes will be released? I am going and would like to know where to camp out for some of the stages.