Tour de France, Grand Tour

France, July 3-25, 1999


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The Stages:

July 3Prologue Puy du Fou 8 kms:
July 4Stage 1 Montaigu - Challans 209 kms:
July 5Stage 2 Challans - Saint-Nazaire 202 kms:
July 6Stage 3 Nantes - Laval 194 kms:
July 7Stage 4 Laval - Blois 191 kms:
July 8Stage 5 Bonneval - Amiens 228 kms:
July 9Stage 6 Amiens - Maubeuge 169 kms:
July 10Stage 7 Avesnes-sur-Helpe - Thionville 223 kms:
July 11Stage 8 Metz - Metz ITT 56 kms:
July 12Rest day  
July 13Stage 9 Le Grand Bornand - Sestrières (Italy) 215 kms:
July 14Stage 10 Sestrières - L'Alpe d'Huez 218 kms:
July 15Stage 11 Le Bourg d'Oisans - Saint-Etienne 199 kms:
July 16Stage 12 Saint-Galmier - Saint-Flour 197 kms:
July 17Stage 13 Saint-Flour - Albi 237 kms:
July 18Stage 14 Castres - Saint-Gaudens 189 kms:
July 19Rest day  
July 20Stage 15 Saint-Gaudens - Piau-Engaly 174 kms:
July 21Stage 16 Lannemezan - Pau 192 kms:
July 22Stage 17 Mourenx - Bordeaux 184 kms:
July 23Stage 18 Jonzac - Futuroscope 182 kms:
July 24Stage 19 Futuroscope ITT 54.5 kms:
July 25Stage 20 Arpajon - Paris Champs-Elysées 160 kms:

The difficulties:

Stage 9, Le Grand Bornand - Sestrières:
Col du Marais843 m7.7 kms2.7%
Col de Tamié907 m10.5 kms3.8%
Col du Télégraphe1566 m11.7 kms6.8%
Col du Galibier2645 m18.3 kms6.8%
Col de Montgenèvre1850 m12.2 kms4.3%
Sestrières2033 m11.2 kms5.8%
 
Stage 10, Sestrières - L’Alpe d’Huez:
Col du Mont-Cenis2083 m25.5 kms6.1%
Col de la Croix de Fer2067 m31.5 kms4.7%
L’Alpe d’Huez1860 m13.8 kms7.9%
 
Stage 11, Le Bourg d’Oisans - Saint Etienne:
Col de Parménie571 m7.6 kms4.4%
Côte des Barges372 m2.7 kms5.3%
Col de la Croix de Chaubouret1200 m14.5 kms3.1%
 
Stage 12, Saint-Galmier - Saint-Flour:
Col de la Croix de l’Homme Mort1163 m14.5 kms5.1%
Col des Pradeaux1196 m7.7 kms3.4%
Côte de la Chaise-Dieu1013 m7.8 kms4.2%
Col de Fix Saint-Geneys1116 m7.4 kms2.8%
Côte de Lestival963 m7.7 kms5.2%
Côte de Védrines-Saint-Loup1117 m4.1 kms4.5%
 
Stage 15, Saint-Gaudens - Piau-Engaly:
Col des Ares797 m7.3 kms4.7%
Col de Buret600 m3.5 kms3.2%
Col de Menté1349 m11 kms6.5%
Col du Portillon1298 m8.4 kms6.9%
Col de Peyresourde1569 m13.1 kms7.1%
Col de Val Louron-Azet1580 m7.5 kms8.4%
Piau-Engaly1810 m11.5 kms6.3%
 
Stage 16, Lannemezan - Pau:
Col d’Aspin1489 m12 kms6.6%
Col du Tourmalet2115 m13.8 kms8.3%
Col du Soulor1474 m18.5 kms5.2%
Col d’Aubisque1709 m7.5 kms4.5%