The Tour de France route for 2009 has been announced. And here it is.

The 2009 Tour de France Route

One notable feature about the 2009 tour is that it’s allegedly the first in which there will be a mountain stage on the penultimate day, and it’s the one to Mont Ventoux – so in the same way as this year, the race could be decided on the day before Paris.

Will Lance be there? Well that’s the question. Last I heard, he was fed up with all the drugs-talk from the TdF organisation and the French authorities and was threatening to do the Giro instead.

And finally, should you prefer simply to watch the promo video for next year’s race, here it is…

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