| Running from Saturday, July 2, to Sunday, July 24, the 92nd Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 2,175 miles. Among the 21 stages, nine will be flat, three will be medium mountain stages, six will be full mountain stages, two will be individual time-trial stages, and one will be a team time-trial stage. 2005 TOUR DE FRANCE SLIDESHOWS Lance's Road TIMELINES Armstrong Past Winners BACKGROUNDERS Tour Stages Tour Logistics INTERACTIVE Map The Tour The Stages Saturday, July 2: Fromentine to Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile (time trial), 11.8 miles Sunday, July 3: Challans to Les Essarts, 112.8 miles Monday, July 4: La Châtaigneraie to Tours, 132 miles Tuesday, July 5: Tours to Blois (team time trial), 41.9 miles Wednesday, July 6: Chambord to Montargis, 113.7 miles Thursday, July 7: Troyes to Nancy, 123.7 miles Friday, July 8: Lunéville to Karlsruhe, 142 miles Saturday, July 9: Pforzheim to Gérardmer, 143.9 miles Sunday, July 10: Gérardmer to Mulhouse, 106.3miles Monday, July 11: Rest day in Grenoble Tuesday, July 12: Grenoble to Courchevel, 119.3 miles Wednesday, July 13: Courchevel to Briançon, 107.5 miles Thursday, July 14:Briançon to Digne-les-Bains, 123.7 miles Friday, July 15: Miramas to Montpellier, 100.7 miles Saturday, July 16: Agde to Ax-3 Domaines, 136.7 miles Sunday, July 17: Lézat-sur-Lèze to Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet), 127.4 miles Monday, July 18: Rest day in Pau Tuesday, July 19: Mourenx to Pau, 110 miles Wednesday, July 20:Pau to Revel1, 48.5 miles Thursday, July 21: Albi to Mende, 107.2 miles Friday, July 22: Issoire to Le Puy-en-Velay, 95.7 miles Saturday, July 23: Saint-Etienne to Saint-Etienne (time trial), 34.2 miles Sunday, July 24: Corbeil-Essonnes to Paris Champs-Élysées, 99.4 Who Wears What Yellow Jersey: Leader in the general time classif http://www.click2houston.com/sports/4580333/detail.html
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