2011 Tour of France
 
The tour de France is now days the most important cycling competition around the world, that gathers the most prestigious cyclists from different countries and also the most important cycling teams from more than 20 countries worldwide.
Astana which is the most important team now has a predominant presence at the competition. This year the predictions are leaning that way. Here are all the teams that will participate this year at the 2011 Tour de France Competition.
The Tour de France is characterized for its variety of stages that include High Mountain stages to Time Trial Stages in which the responsibility for a good result does not depend on one single cyclist but on the whole team. Click here for the entire schedule of the route for the 2011 edition of this tour.
Besides the information for the competition, here we can see the previous results of this famous competition including the results for this edition.
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The route
Running from Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 24th 2011, the 98th 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
- le 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 (Belgium).
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