96th Tour de France - GT

France, July 4-26, 2009

Photography

Presentation

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• Monaco welcomed in 2009: Tour Director Christian Prudhomme and Prince Albert II of Monaco at the 2009 Tour de France launch, l-r.
• Tour Director Christian Prudhomme speaks at the 2009 Tour de France launch.
• France's Christian Prudhomme presents the 2009 Tour de France.
• Crowd gathered for the 2009 Tour de France launch.
• Britain's David Millar gives his comment on the 2009 Tour route.
• Former French cycling champion Raymond Poulidor, r, sits next to Dutch champion Jopp Zoetemelk at the 2009 Tour de France route launch.
• Tour Director Christian Prudhomme presents the 2009 Tour de France launch.
• President Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO), Jean-Etienne Amaury at the 2009 Tour presentation.

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• 2008 Tour champion Carlos Sastre
• Carlos Sastre speaks with 2007 Tour champion Alberto Contador, l-r.
• Spaniards Carlos Sastre and Alberto Contador at the 2009 Tour route presentation.
• 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, r, chats with Carlos Sastre.
• Astana Team Manager Johan Bruyneel at the 2009 Tour launch.
• Belgian Johan Bruyneel looks on at the 2009 Tour launch.
• The 2009 Tour parcours.
• Spain's Alberto Contador at the 2009 Tour route launch.
• Carlos Sastre is the 2008 Tour de France champion.
• A view of the Tourmalet that the Tour will cover in 2009.
• The Mont Ventoux is back for 2009.
• The famed Mont Ventoux will come on the Tour's penultimate day.
• Crowds gathered for the 2009 Tour de France launch.
• Tour director Christian Prudhomme addresses the crowd.
• Carlos Sastre, Alberto Contador and Oscar Pereiro, l-r, all past winners and all at the 2009 Tour de France launch.
• Sprinter Mark Cavendish watches for sprint stages
• The Grand Départ in Monaco.
• Paris marks the end of the 2009 parcours.
• The time trial around Monaco.
• Stage two's parcours.
• A look at stage five.
• Stage six will head into Spain.
• A mountain top finish for stage seven to Andorra.
• Stage 17 will be another mountain day.
• The final time trial.
• Mount Ventoux appears on the penultimate day of the 2009 Tour.