Watch Tour de France 2009 online (live video stream) + schedule
Tour de France 2009
The 96th Tour de France starts July 4 with a challenging 9.6-mile prologue in the hilly streets and hairpin turns of Monaco—a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe. The race will end in Paris on July 26, covering total distance of 2,175 miles.
The tour is divided into 21 stages. There are 10 flat stages, seven mountain stages, one medium mountain stage, two individual time-trials and one team time-trial. There are two rest days.
Seven-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong is back from retirement, four years after his last victory. Teammate Alberto Contador, the 2007 winner and a top pre-race favorite, returns after Astana wasn’t allowed to compete last year.
Tour de France 2009 schedule:
July 4: Stage 1 – Individual time trial in Monaco
July 5: Stage 2 – Monaco to Brignoles
July 6: Stage 3 – Marseille to La Grande Motte
July 7: Stage 4 – Team time trial in Montpellier
July 8: Stage 5 – Le Cap d’Agde to Perpignan
July 9: Stage 6 – Gerona to Barcelona, Spain
July 10: Stage 7 – Barcelona to Arcalis, Andorra
July 11: Stage 8 – Andorra La Velha to St Girons
July 12: Stage 9 – St Gaudens to Tarbes
July 13: Rest day in Limoges
July 14: Stage 10 – Limoges to Issoudun
July 15: Stage 11 – Vatan to St Fargeau
July 16: Stage 12 – Tonnerre to Vittel
July 17: Stage 13 – Vittel to Colmar
July 18: Stage 14 – Colmar to Besancon
July 19: Stage 15 – Pontarlier to Verbier
July 20: Rest day in Verbier, Switzerland
July 21: Stage 16 – Martigny, Switzerland, to Bourg St Maurice
July 22: Stage 17 – Bourg St Maurice to Le Grand Bornand
July 23: Stage 18 – Individual time trial in Annecy
July 24: Stage 19 – Bourgoin Jallieu to Aubenas
July 25: Stage 20 – Montelimar to Mont Ventoux
July 26: Stage 21 – Montereau Fault Yonne to Paris
Tour de France 2009 Live Stream
Tour de France Stage 21 Live Stream
UPDATE: Tour de France 2009 Results: Contador wins!
You can also check out the live online coverage of the race on Tour de France’s official website.
Also check Tour de Fance 2009 Standings
