OlympicTalk · Nov 1, 2020
2021 Tour de France route unveiled
The 2021 Tour de France will include two climbs up the iconic Mont Ventoux on one day, visiting the Beast of Provence for the first time since Chris Froome memorably ran without a bike in 2016.
The route for the Tour — June 26-July 18 — was unveiled on Sunday. It includes three summit finishes — the Mont Ventoux stage is not one of them — and two individual time trials for the fifth stage and 19 miles on the decisive 20th stage, the day before the ceremonial ride into Paris.
The 108th edition of the three-week stage race was moved back one week after the Olympics were postponed to 2021 so that there would remain a six-day break between the end of the Tour and the Olympic men’s road race.