BBC Sport assesses the 21 stages of the Tour de France, with pointers to where the race could be won and lost.
The 111th edition of the Tour de France gets under way in Florence, Italy on Saturday, 29 June with the three-week race ending in Nice on Sunday, 21 July.
This page will be updated throughout the Tour with the winner and a brief report following each stage.The Grand Depart takes place in Italy for the first time as Florence plays host to the Tour. A long, sloping ascent straight up a mountain from the roll-out will hardly be relished by the sprinters - but will be welcomed by those aiming to form the breakaway.
However, if a strong enough breakaway group gets up the road they may be capable of depriving the sprinters of a victory.With 14 gravel sections totalling 32km heading in and out of Troyes, this is likely to be a tense and exciting stage with fights for position before each white section of road. The Col de Pertus and the Col de Font de Cere quickly follow before another ramp up to the ski resort of Le Lioran.While the road undulates constantly for the first 135km of the stage the course then flattens out significantly.
However, fireworks should also be expected in the yellow jersey group and Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard could also come into the picture.The final week of cycling's greatest race gets under way with a predominantly flat run from Gruissan to Nimes straight after a rest day. With the GC riders almost certainly keen to save energy for bigger battles to come, this stage looks perfectly set up for the breakaway specialists to shine.A steady opening 20km will do little to prepare the peloton for several hours of pain to follow.
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