Tour de France delayed to a later date due to COVID-19

19 Apr 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tour de France organizers in agreement with the Union Cyclists International (UCI) rescheduled their epic 116-year-old event to 29 August. The three-week, 21-stage race usually begins during the first week of July.

Events where people have gathered in large numbers have been banned in France until mid-July as a part of the fight against the spread of COVID-19. The race will run the same route, beginning with stage 1 at Nice, France.

Recap of Stages

Stage 1: Nice Moyen Pays > Nice, 29 Aug 2020 - Stage 1 - 156 km (97 miles) - Flat

Stage 2: Nice Haut Pays > Nice, 30 Aug 2020 - Stage 2 - 187 km (116 miles) - Mountain

Stage 3: Nice > Sisteron, 31 Aug 2020 - Stage 3 - 198 km (123 miles) - Flat

Stage 4: Sisteron > Orcières-Merlette, 1 Sep 2020 - Stage 4 - 157 km (98 miles) - Hilly

Stage 5: Gap > Privas, 2 Sep 2020 - Stage 5 - 183 km (114 miles) - Flat

Stage 6: Le Teil > Mont Aigoual, 3 Sep 2020 - Stage 6 - 191 km (119 miles) - Hilly

Stage 7: Millau > Lavaur, 4 Sep 2020 - Stage 7 - 168 km (104 miles) - Flat

Stage 8: Cazères-sur-Garonne > Loudenvielle, 5 Sep 2020 - Stage 8 - 140 km (87 miles) - Mountain

Stage 9: Pau > Laruns, 6 Sep 2020 - Stage 9 - 154 km (96 miles) - Mountain

Rest day - La Charente-Maritime, 7 Sep 2020

Stage 10: Île d'Oléron Le Château-d'Oléron > Île de Ré Saint-Martin-de-Ré, 8 Seo 2020 - Stage 10 - 170 km (106 miles) - Flat

Stage 11: Châtelaillon-Plage > Poitiers, 9 Sep 2020 - Stage 11 - 167 km (104 miles) - Flat

Stage 12: Chauvigny > Sarran Corrèze, 10 Sep 2020 - Stage 12 - 218 km (135 miles) - Hilly

Stage 13: Châtel-Guyon > Puy Mary Cantal, 11 Sep 2020 - Stage 13 - 191 km (119 miles) - Mountain

Stage 14: Clermont-Ferrand > Lyon, 12 Sep 2020 - Stage 14 - 197 km (122 miles) - Flat

Stage 15: Lyon > Grand Colombier, 13 Sep 2020 - Stage 15 - 175 km (109 miles) - Mountain

Rest day - Isère, 14 Sep 2020

Stage 16: La Tour-du-Pin > Villard-de-Lans, 15 Sep 2020 - Stage 16 - 164 km (102 miles) - Mountain

Stage 17: Grenoble > Méribel Col de la Loze, 16 Sep 2020 - Stage 17 - 168 km (104 miles) - Mountain

Stage 18: Méribel > La Roche-sur-Foron, 17 Sep 2020 - Stage 18 - 168 km (104 miles) - Mountain

Stage 19: Bourg-en-Bresse > Champagnole, 18 Sep 2020 - Stage 19 - 160 km (99 miles) - Flat

Stage 20: Lure > La Planche des Belles Filles, 19 Sep 2020 - Stage 20 - 36 km (22 miles) - Individual time-trial

Stage 21: Mantes-la-Jolie > Paris Champs-Élysées, 20 Seo 2020 - Stage 21 - 122 km (76 miles) - Flat