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2008 Tour De France Teams Have Been Named..618 dagen geleden
 
The 20 teams for the 2008 Tour de France have been named by the organiser, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO).

There has been no reprieve for Astana, which ASO said would not be welcome at any of its races.

Slipstream and Barloworld make the cut but there's no room for Dutch squad Skil-Shimano, which impressed at Paris-Nice last week.

FRANCE
Agritubel
Ag2r-La Mondiale
Bouygues Telecom
Cofidis
Crédit Agricole
Française des Jeux

BELGIUM
Quick Step
Silence-Lotto

DENMARK
CSC

GERMANY
Gerolsteiner
Milram

GREAT BRITAIN
Barloworld

ITALY
Lampre
Liquigas

NETHERLANDS
Rabobank

SPAIN
Caisse d'Epargne
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Saunier Duval

USA
Team High Road
Slipstream
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2008 Tour Stages..663 dagen geleden
 
The 2008 stages


The route

Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2008, the 95th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.

These 21 stages have the following profiles:

* 10 flat stages,
* 5 mountain stages,
* 4 medium mountain stages,
* 2 individual time-trial stages.


Distinctive aspects of the race

* 4 mountain finishes,
* 2 rest days,
* 82 kilometres of individual time-trials,
* 19 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.


10 new stop-over towns

Auray, Aigurande, Brioude, Prato Nevoso (Italy), Cuneo (Italy), Jausiers, Embrun, Roanne, Cérilly, Étampes.



The Stages


1 Saturday 5 July BrestPlumelec 195 km

2 Sunday 6 July AuraySaint-Brieuc 165 km

3 Monday 7 July Saint-MaloNantes 195 km

4 Tuesday 8 July CholetCholet 29 km

5 Wednesday 9 July CholetChâteauroux 230 km

6 Thursday 10 July AigurandeSuper-Besse Sancy 195 km

7 Friday 11 July BrioudeAurillac 158 km

8 Saturday 12 July FigeacToulouse 174 km

9 Sunday 13 July ToulouseBagnères-de-Bigorre 222 km

10 Monday 14 July PauHautacam 154 km

R Tuesday 15 July Pau

11 Wednesday 16 July LannemezanFoix 166 km

12 Thursday 17 July LavelanetNarbonne 168 km

13 Friday 18 July NarbonneNîmes 182 km

14 Saturday 19 July NîmesDigne-les-Bains 182 km

15 Sunday 20 July Digne-les-BainsPrato Nevoso 216 km

R Monday 21 July Cuneo

16 Tuesday 22 July CuneoJausiers 157 km

17 Wednesday 23 July EmbrunL'Alpe-d'Huez 210 km

18 Thursday 24 July Bourg-d'OisansSaint-Étienne 197 km

19 Friday 25 July RoanneMontluçon 163 km

20 Saturday 26 July CérillySaint-Amand-Montrond 53 km

21 Sunday 27 July ÉtampesParis Champs-Élysées 143 km
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