Tour de France

TDF: Key information

2013-06-18 11:19
TDF peloton (File)
Paris - Running from Saturday, June 29 to Sunday, July 21, 2013, the 100th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3 479 kilometres.

These stages have the following profiles:


7 flat stages
5 hilly stages
6 mountain stages with 4 summit finishes
2 individual time trial stages
1 team time trial stage
2 rest days

Ten new stage towns:

Porto-Vecchio, Bastia, Ajaccio, Calvi, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Givors, Chorges, Annecy-Semnoz

The jerseys:


Yellow jersey for the General Time Classification.
Green jersey for the General Points Classification.
Red polka-dotted jersey for the Best Climber Classification
White jersey for the Best Young Rider, for riders no more than 25-years-old on January 1 of the year of the race

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