3 Grand Tours For Teenage Cancer Trust

3 Grand Tours For Teenage Cancer Trust

One Man. One Cycle. Three Big Challenges.

3 Grand Tours For Teenage Cancer Trust

2013 Tour de France

To mark the 100th edition of the race the 2013 Tour de France was a 100% French affair, the first time since the centenary in 2003. Starting with a sprint stage, the first time since 1966 that the opening stage gave a sprinter the opportunity to wear the yellow jersey, the first three stages were raced on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Corsica.

The race then moved to the mainland for a team time trial in Nice before making its way to the Pyrénées from where it transferred north to Saint-Nazaire on the Atlantic coast for the first rest day. The race then worked its way back down to the south and the “Giant of Provence” where a tough ascent of Mont Ventoux marked the end of the second week.

The final week saw the race enter the Alps with no let up for the riders and the relentless climbing continued right up until the end of stage 20.

There were three time trials – a 25 km team time trial in Nice on stage 4, a 33 km individual time trial between Avranches and Mont-Saint-Michel on stage 11, and a 32 km individual time trial between Embrun and Chorges on stage 17.

Key mountain stages included stage 15, a 242 km stage which finished at the top of Mont Ventoux, and stage 18 which included an unprecedented double ascent of the iconic Alpe-d’Huez.

22nd June - 15th July

3,333 km
120h 23' 55"
27.7 km/h

2013 Tour Stages

29/6 S01 Porto-Vecchio / Bastia 213 km
30/6 S02 Bastia / Ajaccio 156 km
01/7 S03 Ajaccio / Calvi 145.5 km
02/7 S04 Nice / Nice 25 km
03/7 S05 Cagnes-sur-Mer / Marseille 228.5 km
04/7 S06 Aix-en-Provence / Montpellier 176.5 km
05/7 S07 Montpellier / Albi 205.5 km
06/7 S08 Castres / Ax 3 Domaines 195 km
07/7 S09 Saint-Girons / Bagnères-de-Bigorre 168.5 km
08/7 Rest day
09/7 S10 Saint-Gildas-des-Bois / Saint-Malo 197 km
10/7 S11 Avranches / Mont-Saint-Michel 33 km
11/7 S12 Fougères / Tours 218 km
12/7 S13 Tours / Saint-Amand-Montrond 173 km
13/7 S14 Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule / Lyon 191 km
14/7 S15 Givors / Mont Ventoux 242.5 km
15/7 Rest day
16/7 S16 Vaison-la-Romaine / Gap 168 km
17/7 S17 Embrun / Chorges 32 km
18/7 S18 Gap / Alpe-d’Huez 172.5 km
19/7 S19 Bourg-d’Oisans / Le Grand-Bornand 204.5 km
20/7 S20 Annecy / Annecy – Semnoz 125 km
21/7 S21 Versailles / Paris Champs-Élysées 133.5 km
 
 
 
 
 
 
29/6 S01 Porto-Vecchio / Bastia 213 km
30/6 S02 Bastia / Ajaccio 156 km
01/7 S03 Ajaccio / Calvi 145.5 km
02/7 S04 Nice / Nice 25 km
03/7 S05 Cagnes-sur-Mer / Marseille 228.5 km
04/7 S06 Aix-en-Provence / Montpellier 176.5 km
05/7 S07 Montpellier / Albi 205.5 km
06/7 S08 Castres / Ax 3 Domaines 195 km
07/7 S09 Saint-Girons / Bagnères-de-Bigorre 168.5 km
08/7 Rest day
09/7 S10 Saint-Gildas-des-Bois / Saint-Malo 197 km
10/7 S11 Avranches / Mont-Saint-Michel 33 km
11/7 S12 Fougères / Tours 218 km
12/7 S13 Tours / Saint-Amand-Montrond 173 km
13/7 S14 Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule / Lyon 191 km
14/7 S15 Givors / Mont Ventoux 242.5 km
15/7 Rest day
16/7 S16 Vaison-la-Romaine / Gap 168 km
17/7 S17 Embrun / Chorges 32 km
18/7 S18 Gap / Alpe-d’Huez 172.5 km
19/7 S19 Bourg-d’Oisans / Le Grand-Bornand 204.5 km
20/7 S20 Annecy / Annecy – Semnoz 125 km
21/7 S21 Versailles / Paris Champs-Élysées 133.5 km

Actual race dates – my ride dates were 7 days earlier