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Tour of Britain 2020
Cornwall announced as the Grand Depart for the 2020 Tour of Britain
Cornwall is the setting for the Grand Depart of the 2020 Tour of Britain which takes place on 6 September with a 175km stage from Penzance to Bodmin. This Southwest extremity of the British Isles is both beautiful and rugged and the route will trace a zig-zag through some of its most iconic sites and places made famous by TV series like Poldark will form the backdrop for a different type of drama.
From Cornwall the race will make its way north to finish eight days later in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire on Sunday 13 September. So far race organisers, who are yet to reveal a title sponsor after OVO Energy pulled out after three years in the role, have unveiled just three stages, the Grand Depart, Stage two from Sherford to Exeter in Devon and the finale in Aberdeen.
Official Tour of Britain website here
Tour de France 2020 Route Unveiled
Packed with mountains the 2020 Tour de France is aimed to leave the peloton shaken and stirred.
The route of the 2020 Tour de France was unveiled today in Paris in front of a packed auditorium at the Palais des Congrés.
With the usual rumours doing the rounds the course was expected to be designed to further create uncertainty and disrupt the dominance of the GC teams. The presentation certainly proved that was exactly what the organisers had in mind – starting on the French Riviera in Nice it includes 3470km, 29 cols, bookended with mountain stages, the latter an altitude finish TT.
Stages of the Tour de France 2020
| Date | Etape | Km |
|---|---|---|
| 27/06 | 1. Nice Moyen Pays – Nice | 156 |
| 28/06 | 2. Nice Haut Pays – Nice | 187 |
| 29/06 | 3. Nice-Sisteron | 198 |
| 30/06 | 4. Sisteron – Orcières-Merlette | 157 |
| 01/07 | 5. Gap-Privas | 183 |
| 02/07 | 6. Le Teil – Mont Aigoual | 191 |
| 03/07 | 7. Millau-Lavaur | 168 |
| 04/07 | 8. Cazères-sur-Garonne – Loudenvielle | 140 |
| 05/07 | 9. Pau-Laruns | 154 |
| 06/07 | Charente-Maritimes (jour de repos) | |
| 07/07 | 10. Le Château d’Oléron – Saint-Martin-de-Ré | 170 |
| 08/07 | 11. Châtelaillon-Plage – Poitiers | 167 |
| 09/07 | 12. Chauvigny-Sarran | 218 |
| 10/07 | 13. Châtel-Guyon – Puy-Mary | 191 |
| 11/07 | 14. Clermont-Ferrand – Lyon | 197 |
| 12/07 | 15. Lyon – Grand Colombier | 175 |
| 13/07 | Isère (jour de repos) | |
| 14/07 | 16. La Tour-du-Pin – Villard-de-Lans | 164 |
| 15/07 | 17. Grenoble-Col de la Loze | 168 |
| 16/07 | 18. Méribel – La-Roche-sur-Foron | 168 |
| 17/07 | 19. Bourg-en-Bresse – Champagnole | 160 |
| 18/07 | 20. Lure – La Planche des belles filles (clm) | 36 |
| 19/07 | 21. Mantes-la-Jolie – Paris | 122 |