The 2009 Tour de France will be the 96th Tour de France. Beginning on July 4, it will start in the principality of Monaco with a 15 kilometer individual time trial that includes a section of the Circuit de Monaco. Stage 2 will also start in Monaco. The official start announcement was made in Monaco and attended by Prince Albert on December 14, 2007. A destination of this edition of Tour de France will be Barcelona. Unconfirmed rumours say that the race will visit a total of six nations, including Monaco, Italy, France, Spain, Andorra, and Switzerland. Lance Armstrong, the seven-time winner from 1999 to 2005, is coming out of retirement to compete in the 2009 Tour de France.
Date: July 4, 2009 to July 26, 2009
Event Location:
France
