By Cyclingnews 29 August 2020. The route includes:Given the unusual – and prolonged – build-up to the 2020 race, riders will need to be even more on their guard than usual from the very first stage in Nice.Here are five stages that could define the 2020 race.This was always going to be a unique stage, at least for the Tour de France, whose currency is usually point-to-point routes. From Nice to Paris, the course of the 2020 Tour de France will never cross any border of France. Already have an account with us? Subscribe today and get the next 3 issues of your favourite cycling magazine for just £5! Entering the Massif Central, this is mostly unfamiliar Tour de France country, the first and last time a stage ascended Mont Aigoual being 1987, when Roche was en route to winning the Tour… That is even more the case now, given the season to date.Stage one features three loops of a circuit in and close to the city, including one to be covered twice, with three passages of the Promenade des Anglais along the seafront and two of the 5.8km, 5.1 per cent Côte de Rimiez, up through the suburbs north of Nice.There’s nothing here that will lead to anything other than one of the sprinters bagging the first yellow jersey of the race, but it’s the pent-up energy in the peloton after such a long pause in racing in 2020 that will electrify this opening stage.Stage one is always a skittish affair, with fresh legs and high hopes for the Tour ahead, and general classification riders are always aware of the well-worn adage that while they can’t win the race today, they sure can lose it with so much as a misplaced front wheel.So for the teams with designs on yellow come Paris, keeping their leader out of harm’s way will be the name of the game – a game complicated by those teams with more immediate eyes on the maillot jaune.There are just five summit finishes this year – and this is the first. You've been subscribed to our newsletter. When you have reset your password, you can A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through.12 new stage cities or sites will appear on the map of the 2020 Tour, that’s over one third out of a total of 35:The five mountain ranges of France will be on the menu of the 107th Tour de France.

Reviews In the following order of appearance: Alps, Massif central, Pyrenees, Jura and Vosges. ET on NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold.The Tour started amid the coronavirus “gaining ground” in France, France’s prime minister said Thursday.The government announced 21 of its 101 administrative regions, including Nice, were now in the “red zone” where the virus is actively circulating and authorities can impose stricter rules on gatherings. To comment you must now be an Irish Times subscriber. Hot on its heels comes the stinging final climb, up through the Méribel ski resort and onto the Col de la Loze; not just a new climb for the race but a new climb full stop.It’s not every day that new, paved mountain-top roads are opened in the Alps, but that’s the case with the Col de la Loze. Stage one is always a skittish affair, with fresh legs and high hopes for the Tour ahead. Teams must be tested on Tour rest days Sept. 7 and Sept. 14.There are 22 squads of eight riders competing at the Tour, but a total of 30 members per team when staff are included.Tour organizers set up a mobile coronavirus lab that can produce results in two hours and handle 50 tests a day on race days.“It’s a first miracle that we are able to start this race, but we want a second miracle to happen, which is the Tour de France to arrive in Paris,” UCI president

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