Tour De France 2014 Set to Start from July 5th

Chris Froome of Great Britain and Team Sky Procycling (C) looks on at the start line of stage twenty of the 2013 Tour de France, a 125KM road stage from Annecy to Annecy-Semnoz, on July 20, 2013 in Annecy, France. (July 19, 2013 – Source: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Europe)
The biggest cycling event on planet earth is set to roll starting July 5th, running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2014, the 101th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,664 kilometres.
Tour De France 2014 will 9 new stage cities, after taking off from the United Kingdom for a 20th Grand Départ abroad, the Tour de France will also go through Belgium and Spain. Before crossing the finishing line of the fifth stage in Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, the riders will have covered 15.4 kilometres of cobbled-stone sectors that are on the course of the Queen of Classics every spring.
Chris Froome was dominant force in the 100th Tour de France and even though he lost 53 seconds to the winner of the final stage and 43 seconds to his nearest rival in the general classification, the Sky team sealed its second successive victory in the Tour de France at the end of the evening spectacle on the streets of Paris.
#MovistarTeam preselecciona 13 hombres para @letour / MOV names 13-rider #TDF preselection – http://t.co/amwDSu8Q0I pic.twitter.com/AQdkI9rTKI
— Movistar Team (@Movistar_Team) June 18, 2014
La compo #FDJfr pour le #TDF cc @letour : pic.twitter.com/GRlguQ7I6H
— Equipe FDJ.fr (@EquipeFDJ) June 23, 2014
FAN EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT: #OPQS announces the #TDF selection! ReTweet to share the news! http://t.co/7dQM4AQ48v pic.twitter.com/bze6VSwMO4
— OPQS Cycling Team (@opqscyclingteam) June 23, 2014
#IAMTDF IAM Cycling team for the biggest #Procycling race in the world @letour #Honored #Abloc #Swiss #Procycling pic.twitter.com/NuWYOAj87c
— IAM Cycling (@IAMcyclingFans) June 24, 2014
See the full roster & our #TDF preview article, our ambitions & how we selected the team here: http://t.co/JrrPW8sXdU pic.twitter.com/1WBQMOgwld
— Trek Factory Racing (@TrekFactory) June 25, 2014
The @GiantShimano 2014 #TDF line-up confirmed. There will be for the 1st time a chinese on @letour : @jicheng369 pic.twitter.com/F1PHiMrBzR
— Le Tour de France (@letour) June 25, 2014