2011 Tour de France began on Saturday, July 2 in the northwestern region of Vendee in France and ends three weeks later on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Sunday, July 24.
Tour de France 2010 - Parcours / Route
This year, there is a significant change in the rules of the points classification and the battle for the green jersey. Instead of two or three intermediate sprints traditional stage, where the points were in the past been attributed to the first three riders on the line, it is now one sprint phase.