Recently , the " ASO " , owners of this " Grand Tour Racing Event " , advised the route of their 2016 Edition
of " Le Tour ", that will commence in Normandy at Mont Saint Michel , with the Grand Depart on the 2nd July 2016 .
This year the race will start with an Etappe of 188km , that will finish at Utah Beach . In addition the route will continue down the west side of France , as was the case during the previous year, after the Grand Depart from Utrecht . Usually there is an Easterly route as an alternative to the previous year on the westerly route .
Listed below are the 2016 route details :
Tour de France 2016:
Stage 1, Saturday July 2: Mont Saint Michel to Utah Beach ? Sainte Marie du Mont, 188km
Stage 2, Sunday July 3: Saint L? to Cherbourg-Octeville, 182km
Stage 3, Monday July 4: Grandville to Angers, 222km
Stage 4, Tuesday July 5: Saumur to Limoges, 232km
Stage 5, Wednesday July 6: Limoges to Le Lioran, (hilly stage) 216km
Stage 6, Thursday July 7: Arpajon-sur-C?re to Montauban, 187km
Stage 7, Friday July 8: L?Isle-Jourdain to Lac de Payolle, 162km
(mountain stage)
Stage 8, Saturday July 9: Pau to Bagn?res-de-Luchon, (mountain stage) 183km
Stage 9, Sunday July 10: Vielha Val d?Aran (Spain) to Arcalis (Andorra), 184km
(mountain stage )
Rest day 1: Monday July 11, Andorra
Stage 10, Tuesday July 12: Escaldes-Engordany to Revel, ( mountain stage ) 198km
Stage 11, Wednesday July 13: Carcassonne to Montpelier, 164km
Stage 12, Thursday July 14: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux , (mountain stage) 185km
Stage 13, Friday July 15: Bourg Saint And?ol to La Caverne du Pont d?Arc, 37km
(individual time trial)
Stage 14, Saturday July 16: Mont?limar to Villars-les-Dombes, 208km
Stage 15, Sunday July 17: Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz, 159km
Stage 16, Monday July 18: Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern (Switzerland), 206km
Rest day 2: Tuesday July 19: Bern, Switzerland
Stage 17, Wednesday July 20: Bern to Finhaut-Emosson (Switzerland), 184km
(mountain stage)
Stage 18, Thursday July 21: Sallanches to Megeve, 17km (individual time trial)
Stage 19, Friday July 22: Albertville to Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc, 146km
(mountain stage)
Stage 20, Saturday July 23: Megeve to Morzine, (mountain stage) 146km
Stage 21, Sunday July 24: Chantilly to Paris Champs-Elysees, 113km
Originally the 2017 Grand Depart was scheduled to begin in London . However the following graphic will give you a glimpse of what it costs to create that Event :
Anyone can see that those projected costs for a London Grand Depart , were worrisome and so it would be a BIG Leap of faith , when ASO comes calling , seeking the BIG MONEY that they are want to demand to allow their Circus to descend on the local population , many of whom have no interest in Sport , let alone Cycle Racing .
Aside from these projected expenses are ALL the costs of the " Sponsors " and Cycle Race Teams . London is an expensive City to stay in , thus there would have been a good chance that the Hospitality Trade would have welcomed the additional boost to their business . Not hosting " Le Tour " would not be a big loss in Central London , since it is a popular year round destination for the Tourism Industry .
