The route for the 101st edition of the world's greatest cycle race - The Tour De France was unveiled in Paris this morning.
Leeds will host the Grand Depart on Saturday July 5th with a 191km stage for the sprinters finishing in Harrogate. Then, it is straight into the climbs with the second stage which is 198kms long from York to Sheffield.
Moving south and the sprinters will be tests on a 159km stage from Cambridge to The Mall in London
With the riders, the caravan and everyone involved in this wonderful spectacle making it over or under the Channel, stage four starts on Le Torquet Paris with a 164km stage to Lille.
The race moves into Belgium in order to commemorate the First World War on a 156km stage from Ypres in Belgium to Arenberg in France which will subject the riders to nine sections of pave cobbles.
The Alps are next with three mountain top finishes at the ski stations of La Planches des Belles Filles (Stage 10), Chamrousse (Stage 13) and Risoul (Stage 14) and then it’s the Pyrenees for two more ski station finishes at Plat d’Adet (stage 17) and Hautacam (stage 18) after taking in the Col du Tourmalet.
There is only one time trial in the 2014 race and that comes with a 54km individual time trial on stage twenty from Bergerac to Perigueux before the final run in to Paris on Sunday July 27th.
2014 Tour de France route
Stage 1: Saturday, July 5 - Leeds to Harrogate - 191km
Stage 2: Sunday, July 6 - York to Sheffield - 198km
Stage 3: Monday, July 7 - Cambridge to London - 159km
Stage 4: Tuesday, July 8 - Le Touquet Paris-Plage to Lille - 164km
Stage 5: Wednesday, July 9 - Ypres to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut - 156km
Stage 6: Thursday, July 10 - Arras to Reims - 194km
Stage 7: Friday, July 11 - Epernay to Nancy - 233km
Stage 8: Saturday, July 12 - Tomblaine to Gerardmer - 161km
Stage 9: Sunday, July 13 - Gerardmer to Mulhouse - 166km
Stage 10: Monday, July 14 - Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles - 161km
Tuesday, July 15 – Rest Day 1
Stage 11: Wednesday, July 16 - Besancon to Oyonnax - 186km
Stage 12: Thursday, July 17 - Bourg-en-Bresse to Saint-Etienne - 183km
Stage 13: Friday, July 18 - Saint-Etienne to Chamrousse - 200km
Stage 14: Saturday, July 19 - Grenoble to Risoul - 177km
Stage 15: Sunday, July 20 - Tallard to Nimes - 222km
Monday, July 21 – Rest Day 2
Stage 16: Tuesday, July 22 - Carcassone to Bagneres-de-Luchon - 237km
Stage 17: Wednesday, July 23 - Saint-Gaudens to Saint-Lary-Soulan Plat d'Adet - 125km
Stage 18: Thursday, July 24 - Pau to Hautacam - 145km
Stage 19: Friday, July 25 -Maubourguet Pays du Val d'Adour to Bergerac - 208km
Stage 20: Saturday, July 26 - Bergerac to Perigueux - 54km individual time trial
Stage 21: Sunday, July 27 - Evry to Paris - 136km