导出博客文章Five stages to watch in the 21-leg Tour de France, which starts on Saturday at
Mont-Saint-Michel and ends on July 24 in Paris:---STAGE 1, July 2, 188
kilometers (117 miles) from Mont-Saint-Michel to Utah Beach
(Sainte-Marie-du-Mont) in the Normandy region:The Mont-Saint-Michel, a World
Heritage Benedictine abbey perched on a rock off the Normandy coast, will
provide a picture-postcard start for the race as the Grand Depart returns to
home roads after visits to Britain and the Netherlands in the last two years.The
first stage ends at Utah Beach, where Allied troops landed on D-Day in
1944.Following the coastline for long stretches, wind could play a big role,
with the possibility of splitting the peleton. In the end, though, sprinters are
expected to vie for the stage win and the honor of wearing the first yellow
jersey.Germanys Marcel Kittel and Britains Mark Cavendish are the pick of the
bunch.---STAGE 5, July 6, 216 kilometers (134 miles) from Limoges to Le Lioran
in the Massif Central:After the sprinters have the spotlight in the opening four
legs, this should be the stage where the race really starts.Featuring five
climbs in a constant up-and-down finish, including the 1,589-meter (5,213-foot)
Pas de Peyrol, it will mark the first time that the Tour has gone above 1,500
meters this early in the race since the leg-breaking start in 1979, when there
were three stages in the Pyrenees over the first four days.Look for overall
contenders Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador to spring into
action for the first time.The Tour wont be won here but it could be
lost.---STAGE 8, July 9, 183 kilometers (114 miles) from Pau to
Bagneres-de-Luchon in the Pyrenees:The most difficult stage on paper, featuring
the legendary Col du Tourmalet plus three more serious climbs in quick
succession -- the Hourquette dAncizan, the Val Louron-Azet and the Col de
Peyresourde.After hours in the saddle, the leaders will be pleased to take on
the high-speed descent from the Peyresourde into the finish in Luchon, which is
not highly technical.Whoever holds the yellow jersey after this stage will have
taken a major step toward overall victory.---STAGE 12, July 14, 184 kilometers
(114 miles) from Montpellier to Mont Ventoux in the Provence region:French
climbing specialists Romain Bardet and Thibaut Pinot surely have circled this
stage for special attention. Besides containing one of the races most famous
climbs, the stage will be held on Bastille Day.Defending champion Chris Froome
was the stage winner when the Tour last scaled Ventouxs barren, 1,909-meter
(6,263-foot) peak in 2013.Ventoux was also the site of an epic contest between
Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani in 2000, and where British rider Tom Simpson
died in 1967 after he used a lethal cocktail of amphetamines and alcohol.Heat is
usually a factor on the grueling climb up Ventoux and there will be the added
factor of wanting to keep something in reserve for the races first -- and
longest -- time trial a day later.---STAGE 18, July 21, 17-kilometer individual
time trial from Sallanches to Megeve in the Rhone-Alps region:Its the Tours
first mountain time trial since the 2004 race against the clock up lAlpe
dHuez.Besides the flat opening four kilometers (2 1/2 miles) and a short descent
at the finish, its entirely uphill.While there will still be two more stages in
the Alps, this leg could be decisive for overall victory.
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