[ July 4, 2009 to July 26, 2009. ] Each July the French get very excited about 180 or more professional cyclists who cover 3,500km over three weeks racing around France, including staggering climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees.
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With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially
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[ July 17, 2008; ]
The Tour de France 2008 (21 stages, 3500 km) Stage 12 is on Thursday 17 July 2008 and starts from Lavelanet (09 Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees) and runs for 168.5km through the southern Languedoc and Cathar country and Fitou and Maury (66 Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon) to finish in Narbonne (11 Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon)
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[ July 16, 2008; ]
The Tour de France 2008 (21 stages, 3500 km) Stage 11 is on Wednesday 16 July 2008 (after a rest day) and starts from Lannemezan (65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees) and runs through the mountains for 167.5km to finish in Foix (09 Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees)
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[ July 13, 2008; ]
The Tour de France 2008 (21 stages, 3500 km) Stage 9 is on 13 July 2008 and starts from Toulouse (31 Haut-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees) and runs 224km up in to the Pyrenees to Bagnères-de-Bigorre (65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi=Pyrenees)
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