The Tour for KiKa will start in Rotterdam on Friday the 2nd of July 2010 and will finish on Saturday the 24th of July in the Vélodrome de Vincennes in Paris. The Tour for KiKa covers 20 stages over a total of more than 2,200 miles.
Stages Tour for KiKa
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224 km |
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201 km |
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213 km |
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154 km |
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188 km |
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228 km |
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166 km |
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189 km |
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205 km |
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179 km |
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185 km |
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211 km |
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196 km |
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185 km |
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187 km |
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200 km |
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174 km |
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198 km |
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52 km |
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103 km |
P GRAND DÉPART ROTTERDAM
Details of the cours
2nd July, 2010
Type: Prologue
Distance: 9 km
In 2010 the Tour for KiKa will kick-off in Rotterdam. The itinerary through the city centre, crossing the Erasmus Bridge in both directions, is a flat straight, not too winding.
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1 ROTTERDAM » BRUXELLES
Detail of the stage
3rd July, 2010
Type: Plain
Distance: 224 km
After leaving Rotterdam, the Tour for KiKa riders will head for the Zeeland polders for the first part of the stage, with an itinerary sandwiched between land and sea. They will then cross Flanders and pass through Antwerp and Malines before arriving in Brussels via the town of Meise where Eddy Merckx lives.
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2 BRUXELLES » SPA
Detail of the stage:
Date: 4th July, 2010
Type: Hilly
Distance: 192 km
The first part of the stage will be flat before a more hilly final stretch. The ride will follow a portion of the route taken by the Ardennes Classics and notably the Rosier hill climb, which will be tackled in the opposite direction to that of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The final difficulty will be located twelve kilometers from the stage finish.
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3 WANZE » ARENBERG PORTE DU HAINAUT
5th July, 2010
This is unquestionably one of the highlights of the first week of the Tour for KiKa. Cobblestones haven’t been negotiated on the Tour since 2004. There will be 7 cobbled sectors over a total of 13,2 kilometers, including the Haveluy sector, only ten kilometers from the stage finish. The finish line will be located at the entrance to the notorious Arenberg Trench, the legendary backdrop to Paris-Roubaix.
Type: Plain
Distance: 207 km
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4 CAMBRAI » REIMS
6th July, 2010
A short 150 kilometer route will take us from the capital of the famous mint-flavoured sweets, known as “bêtises”, to the capital of champagne. There will be no major hurdles on this slightly undulating stage. Nevertheless, beware of the end of the stage in a plain buffeted by the wind.
Type: Plain
Distance: 150 km
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5 ÉPERNAY » MONTARGIS
Detail of the stage
Date: 7th July, 2010
Type: Plain
Distance: 185 km
Start: Rue General-Leclerc, Epernay
Finish: Rue Coquillet, Montargis
The finish of the Tour for KiKa is still a long way off - it’s not yet time to celebrate with champagne… Leaving Épernay, we will barely glimpse the surrounding hillsides of the Champagne region. The ride will then pass through Brie and Gâtinais and finish in Montargis.
Stage:
D11 Epernay – Cote d’Orbais-l’Abbaye – Vauchamps – D41 La Chaussee – D204 Courtacon – Donnemarie-Dorntilly –Ville-Saint-Jacques- D240 Nemours – d403 Ornmesson – Bruzelles – D40 Prefontains – Montargis
6 MONTARGIS » GUEUGNON
8th July, 2010
This will be the longest stage in the Tour for KiKa: 225 kilometers, from Loiret to Saône-et-Loire, from the Centre region to southern Bourgogne. A flat stage, with a few inclines in the landscape from time to time: a ride that should inspire fans of lengthy forays on the road to Gueugnon.
Type: Plain
Distance: 225 km
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7 TOURNUS » STATION DES ROUSSES
9th July, 2010
After a forty kilometer flat ride, the going gets tough with an unrelenting and rising succession of mountain climbs, and notably the ascension of the southern slopes of La Croix de la Serra (1,049 m). A final 14 kilometer climb will lead to the summit finish in Les Rousses.
Type: Medium Mountains
Distance: 161 km
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8 STATION DES ROUSSES » MORZINE-AVORIAZ
10th July, 2010
From the Jura to the Alps… From the start, and on the previous day in particular, the Tour for KiKa team has encountered some steep challenges, but this is the first real contact with high mountain peaks. Rarely climbed - twice only - the Ramaz pass sits forty kilometers from the high altitude finish in Avoriaz.
Type: High Mountains
Distance: 189 km
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RUSTDAG
11th July, 2010
Morzine Avoriaz
Type: Restday
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9 MORZINE-AVORIAZ » ST-JEAN-DE-MAURIENNE
12th July, 2010
With four climbs on the program, this will be the major alpine stage, following the first rest day. The stage will start in Haute-Savoie then, after a climb to the Colombière mountain pass, cross the border into Savoie and the Aravis pass, followed by the Saisies pass. The final and most gruelling challenge will be the Madeleine pass that lies thirty kilometers from the finish in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
Type: High Mountains
Distance: 204 km
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10 CHAMBÉRY » GAP
13th July, 2010
It is custom in France to hope for French fireworks at the finish line on Bastille Day, a hope that is evidently not shared by the rest of the Tour for KiKa team… After the start from Chambéry, which also hosts the Classique des Alpes Juniors every year, the Laffrey climb and the Noyer mountain pass will be the two major hurdles on the program before the stage finish in Gap, the county town of Hautes-Alpes.
Type: Medium Mountains
Distance: 179 km
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11 SISTERON » BOURG-LÉS-VALENCE
14th July, 2010
The stage start from Sisteron, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, towered over by its famous citadel, will finish in the neighboring county of Drôme. With the exception of the Cabre pass, there will be no major challenges.
Type: Plain
Distance: 180 km
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12 BOURG-DE-PÉAGE » MENDE
15th July, 2010
Drôme again and Bourg again with Bourg-de-Péage. Ardèche will then be crossed from east to west with, notably, the main challenge of the day, the Suc de Montivernoux. The Croix Neuve hill climb, the Jalabert Climb, as it has been renamed, will precede the finish on the runway of the Mende airfield.
Type: Hilly
Distance: 210 km
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13 RODEZ » REVEL
16th July, 2010
After the start launched from Rodez, in Aveyron, and a few warm up climbs, the ride will move to the Tarn valley and then head for the Lauragais and the Black Mountain. The ultimate challenge will be located in Saint-Ferréol, famous for its lake and… its hill climb, just six kilometers from the finish in Revel.
Type: Plain
Distance: 195 km
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14 REVEL » AX-3 DOMAINES
17th July, 2010
The celebrations in honor of the hundredth anniversary (1910-2010) of the Tour de France’s first foray into the Pyrenees will be the highlight of the Tour for KiKa. A novelty in the first of the four Pyrenean stages: two “modern” as an alternative to “historical” climbs will be tackled as the gruelling Port de Pailhères and Plateau de Bonascre in Ax-3 Domaines were not included on the Tour de France itinerary before the 21st century.
Type: High Mountains
Distance: 184 km
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15 PAMIERS » BAGNÈRES-DE-LUCHON
18th July, 2010
This stage will run from Ariège to Haute-Garonne and from Pamiers to Bagnères-de-Luchon. Under its former name of Luchon, the town was the finish of the very first stage of the Tour de France through the Pyrenees in 1910, after notably crossing the Portet d’Aspet and Ares mountain passes. Furthermore, the daunting specter of the Port de Balès.
Type: High Mountains
Distance: 187 km
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16 BAGNÈRES-DE-LUCHON » PAU
19th July, 2010
We will follow in the wake of Eddy Merckx on this arduous succession of mountain climbs: Peyresourde-Aspin-Tourmalet-Aubisque. In 1969, in the famed stage that finished in Mourenx, Merckx waltzed away in an epic solo ride that went down in the annals of Tour history. He annihilated all contenders in the first of his five Tour victories. It is in Pau where we will enjoy the second rest day.
Type: High Mountains
Distance: 196 km
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Chill Out 2
20th July, 2010
Pau
Type: Restday
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17 PAU » COL DU TOURMALET
21th July, 2010
The Tourmalet is the icon of the Pyrenees and the mountain top finish, situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees, will be the high spot of the Tour for KiKa. It will be climbed on its steepest side uphill from Barèges following the ascension of the Marie-Blanque and Soulor passes. After the rest day climbing legs may be a little “rusty”. Take heed!
Type: High Mountains
Distance: 174 km
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18 SALIES-DE-BÉARN » BORDEAUX
22th July, 2010
This stage through the pine-woods of Les Landes will be run on the day after the Tourmalet, following the Tour for KiKa’s centenary celebrations of its first foray into the Pyrenees, and before the time-trial test. Bordeaux, mainly flatland towards the finish by the river in Quinconces Square.
Type: Plain
Distance: 190 km
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19 BORDEAUX » PAUILLAC
23th July, 2010
If the 8 kilometer prologue was the starter, the only major time-trial in this year’s race is the dessert: a 51 kilometer long time-trial on undulating Medoc roads, at the heart of the celebrated vineyards that produce such quality Bordeaux vintages, and a finish line in Pauillac.
Type: Time-trial
Distance: 51 km
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20 LONGJUMEAU » PARIS CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES
24th July, 2010
After a transfer from Bordeaux, the closing stage of the Tour for KiKa will also be the shortest: 105 kilometers from Longjumeau, in Essonne, to Paris, entered from the west. The Tour for KiKa riders will be hoping for a glorious dash to victory on the final home stretch on the Champs-Élysées, and the 2010 Tour for KiKa will be one to remember.
Type: Plain
Distance: 105 km
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