One hundred routes - one map shown for every year
Most of the stages have been held in mainland France, although since the 1960s it has become common to visit nearby countries. Andorra, Belgium, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland have all hosted stages or part of a stage. Although the start varies each year the finish has always been in Paris. Since 1975 the finish has been on the Champs-Élysées in Paris; from 1903 to 1967 the race finished at the Parc des Princes stadium in western Paris and from 1968 to 1974 at the Piste Municipale south of the capital.
Key statistics from each race include
Total distance
Highest point in race
Longest stage
Countries visited
Average stage length
Number of starters and finishers
The history of le Tour through maps
Each chapter will contain a decade's worth of maps, images, description and statistics. The chapter will covers the key highlights of that decade and how the tour progressed and changed in that period.
2013 race
The 2013 Tour de France is scheduled to start in Corsica. It is the only Metropolitan department the Tour has never passed through and the organisers wanted to combine this with the 100th edition of the Tour.
