Cycling Tour de France 2006

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Tour de France 2006 - Across France, Provence and Alpes-de-Provence

This Beyond page shows you where you can see the 2006 Tour de France, scheduled for 1-23 July, 2006. click the map to zoom in to Beyond's 2006 Tour de France map. Some of the towns below link to Beyond's Hotels pages, with location information; hotel-town links display in a separate window.

Stage	Day	From	To	Distance
	Thur 27 Oct	Paris: unveiling the Tour de France route for 2006
	Thur 29 June	Opening of the Tour headquarters in Strasbourg.
	Sat 1 July	Strasbourg		7.5   km	Prologue, time trial
1	Sun 2 July	Strasbourg	Strasbourg	183    km
2	Mon 3 July	Obernai	Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)	223    km
3	Tue 4 July	Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)	Valkenburg (Netherlands)	216 km
4	Wed 5 July	Huy (Belgium)	Saint Quentin	215 km
5	Thur 6 July	Beauvais	Caen	219 km
6	Fri 7 July	Lisieux	Vitré	184 km
7	Sat 8 July	St Gregoire	Rennes	52 km	individual time trial
8	Sun 9 July	St Meen-le-Grand	Lorient	177 km
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R	Mon 10 July	Rest day in Bordeaux
9	Tue 11 July	Bordeaux	Dax	170 km
10	Wed 12 July	Cambo-les-Bains	Pau	193 km
		km 50; Col d'Osquich; 500 m; 6 km at 5.3 pct   km 101.5; Col du Soudet; 1,540 m; 14.7 km at 7.3 pct   km 148; Co de Marie Blanque; 1,035 m; 9.3 km at 7.7 pct
11	Thur 13 July	Tarbes	Val-d'Aran Pla-de-Beret (Spain)	208 km
		km 76 :Col du Tourmalet; 2,115 m; 18.4 km at 7.7 pct   km 106; Col d'Aspin; 1,489 m; 12.3 km at 5.2 pct   km 137; Col de Peyresourde; 1,569 m; 9.5 km a6 7.1 pct   km 162; Col du Portillon; 1,320 m; 7.9 km at 8.4 pct   km 205; Pla-de-Beret; 1,860 m; 13.5 km at 5.4 pct
12	Fri 14 July	Luchon	Carcassonne	211 km
13	Sat 15 July	Béziers	Montélimar	231 km
14	Sun 16 July	Montélimar	Gap	181 km
R	Mon 17 July	Rest Day
15	Tue 18 July	Gap	Alpe d'Huez	187 km
		km 86; Col d'Izoard; 2,360 m; 14.2 km at 7.0 pct   km 134; Col du Lautaret; 1,058 m; 12.1 km at 4.4 pct   km 187; L'Alpe-d'Huez; 1,860 m; 13.9 km at 7.9 pct
16	Wed 19 July	Bourg d'Oisans	La Toussuire	182 km
		km 45.5; Col du Galibier; 2,645 m; 42.8 km at 4.5 pct   km 127.5; Col de la Croix-de-Fer; 2,067 m; 22.7 km at 7.0 pct   km 147.5; Col du Mollard; 1,638 m; 5.8 km at 7.0 pct   km 182.5; La Toussuire; 1,690 m; 18.4 km at 6.0 pct
17	Thur 20 July	St-Jean-de-Maurienne	Morzine	199 km
		km 82; Col des Saisies; 1,650 m; 14.9 km at 6.4 pct   km 108.5; Col des Aravis; 1,498 m; 5.9 km at 7.3 pct   km 133.5; Col de la Colombière; 1,618 m; 11.8 km at 5.9 pct   km 160.5; Côte de Châtillon; 735 m; 5.1 km at 4.9 pct   km 187; Col de Joux-Plane; 1,700 m; 11.7 km at 8.7 pct
18	Fri 21 July	Morzine	Mâcon	193 km
19	Sat 22 July	Le Creusot	Montceau-les-Mines	56 km	time trial
20	Sun 23 July	Antony Parc de Sceaux	Paris	152 km

Our route information came from these sites:
 •  LeTour
 •  Cycling News
 •  www.ariege.com/tourdefrance/

Other excellent websites for cycling:
 •  Velo101 (French)
 •  TdFBlog