Chris Froome will defend his Tour de France title on a 2014 route containing five summit finishes, a day on cobbled roads and only one time trial, race organisers revealed today.
2014 Tour de France route
Stage 1: Saturday, July 5 - Leeds to Harrogate - 191km
Stage 2: Sunday, July 6 - York to Sheffield - 198km
Stage 3: Monday, July 7 - Cambridge to London - 159km
Stage 4: Tuesday, July 8 - Le Touquet Paris-Plage to Lille - 164km
Stage 5: Wednesday, July 9 - Ypres to Arenberg Port du Hainot - 156km
Stage 6: Thursday, July 10 - Arras to Reims - 194km
Stage 7: Friday, July 11 - Epernay to Nancy - 233km
Stage 8: Saturday, July 12 - Tomblaine to Gerardmer - 161km
Stage 9: Sunday, July 13 - Gerardmer to Mulhouse - 166km
Stage 10: Monday, July 14 - Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles - 161km
Tuesday, July 15 - first rest day Stage 11: Wednesday, July 16 - Besancon to Oyonnax - 186km
Stage 12: Thursday, July 17 - Bourg-en-Bresse to Saint-Etienne - 183km
Stage 13: Friday, July 18 - Saint-Etienne to Chamrousse - 200km
Stage 14: Saturday, July 19 - Grenoble to Risoul - 177km
Stage 15: Sunday, July 20 - Tallard to Nimes - 222km
Monday, July 21 - second rest day Stage 16: Tuesday, July 22 - Carcassone to Bagneres-de-Luchon - 237km
Stage 17: Wednesday, July 23 - Saint-Gaudens to Saint-Lary-Soulan Plat d'Adet - 125km
Stage 18: Thursday, July 24 - Pau to Hautacam - 145km
Stage 19: Friday, July 25 -Maubourguet Pays du Val d'Adour to Bergerac - 208km
Stage 20: Saturday, July 26 - Bergerac to Perigueux - 54km individual time trial
Stage 21: Sunday, July 27 - Evry to Paris - 136km
