| N | Name | Profile | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
prologue La Rochelle Flat prologue passing the most famous sites in town |
 |
7.54 km |
| 2 |
Rochefort - Poitiers Flat featureless opening stage. |
 |
195.39 km |
| 3 |
Le Blanc - Lac de Vassivière Rolling stage with an uphill finish. |
 |
175.94 km |
| 4 |
Ussel - Le Puy-en-Velay Long rolling stage. |
 |
190.95 km |
| 5 |
Le Puy-en-Velay - Mende Medium mountain stage with the finish just after a steep climb. |
 |
195.46 km |
| 6 |
Mende - Beziers Second flat stage of this tour. |
 |
193.77 km |
| 7 |
Béziers - Les Monts d'Olmes Medium mountain stage with an mountain top finish, but not the most difficult one can imagine |
 |
198.05 km |
| 8 |
time trial foix rolling time trial around Foix. |
 |
48.82 km |
| 9 |
Saint-Girons - Bagnères-de-Bigorre Difficult pyrenean stage, first "high mountain" stage |
 |
183.21 km |
| 10 |
Le Havre - Abbeville Flat transition stage, with the possibility of strong crosswinds. |
 |
195.04 km |
| 11 |
Amiens - Châlons-en-Champagne Another flat transiton stage. |
 |
199.15 km |
| 12 |
Saint-Dizier - Avallon Flat stage with a hilly final. |
 |
199.24 km |
| 13 |
Avallon - Autun Hilly stage through the Morvan regional parc. Some 4th, 3rd and 2nd category climbs. |
 |
163.92 km |
| 14 |
Maçon - Annemasse Rolling stage with the mont Salève at the end. |
 |
187.88 km |
| 15 |
Annemasse - Aix-les-Bains Mountain stage with the steep mont du chat. |
 |
195.62 km |
| 16 |
Aix-les-Bains - La Mure A taste of the Alps. |
 |
190.13 km |
| 17 |
Gap - Auron Hard mountain stage crossing the highest col of France with a not too difficult mountain top finish |
 |
179.39 km |
| 18 |
Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée - Digne-les-Bains Medium mountain stage, backtracking to the north |
 |
193.05 km |
| 19 |
Digne-les-Bains - Carpentras The Ventoux, and a run-in. |
 |
199.39 km |
| 20 |
tt Fontainebleau Time trial with few corners and some small hills. |
 |
43.55 km |
Total |
3335.5 km |