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The 2011 Tour de France will be the 98th Tour de France. It will start on 2 July with a 180 km 1st stage in Passage du Gois, and end on the Champs-Elysées in Paris on 24 July. The complete route of the 2011 Tour de France was announced on 19 October 2010. 

The emphasis will be on the Alps in 2011, much like it was on the Pyrenees for 2010 in commemorating the 100th anniversary of those peaks first being visited in the Tour. The Col du Galibier will be visited twice during the race and on the 18th stage it will be the first time the peloton finish on the 2645 metre top. It would be the highest summit finish of this competition, beating the finish of the Col du Granon (2413 m, near Serre Chevalier) during 1986 Tour de France. 

For the 2011 Tour, there will be new rules in place governing how the points classification and the King of the Mountainsare won. 

Previously, stages classified flat had three intermediate sprint points in them, worth 6, 4, and 2 points to the first three riders across the line. In 2011, flat stages will have just one intermediate sprint, but it will be worth 20 points to the first rider across the line, and the first 15 will score points. The intention is to have green jersey favourites needing to sprint twice during the day to score well. Points awarded at the finish of flat stages will also increase, from 40 points for the winner in 2010 to 45. It is not known if the points scales for medium mountain stages, mountain stages, or the individual time trial will be altered. 

Previously in the mountains classification, any hors catégorie, first-category, or second-category climb awarded double points if it was the last of the day. In 2011, only the summit stage finishes will award double points, specifically stage 12 ending at Luz Ardiden, stage 14 at the Plateau de Beille, stage 18 at the Col du Galibier, and stage 19 at L'Alpe d'Huez. Previously the first eight riders across a first-category climb scored points, as well as the first six across a second-category and the first four across a third-category. Now the first six across the line for any of these climbs will score points. For fourth-category climbs, only the first rider will score points. Early analysis has led to speculation that the mountains classification winner is more likely, under this system, to be a general classification contender than in years past.

RaceClubs.com’s Race Programmer is such a big fan of the Tour de France Cycle Races that he’s sponsoring 44 races with an extra £27.45 during the Tour de France Cycle Race season from 2-24 July 2011. We hope your 2Y horses are eligible for those D Division and B Division races because that’s where you’ll find over the £1,207.80 sponsorships in the Tour de France Cycle Races! 

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