Stage 20 - Sunday, July 25 2010, Longjumeau - Paris, 105 km Champagne and Coronation time After a TGV transfer to the outskirts of Paris, the 97th Tour de France concludes with a stage of barely 100km that includes the now traditional eight laps on the Champs Élysées circuit. The riders will saunter into the French capital from the west as the Tour champion-in-waiting is toasted with champagne and then has his team-mates lead the race down the rue de Rivoli and onto the Champs for the first time. After that, battle is engaged for 75 minutes of high-octane attack and counter-attack, almost certainly culminating in a bunch sprint.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 19 - Saturday, July 24 2010, Bordeaux - Pauillac, 51 km TT of truth or confirmation of a champion? It's been almost three weeks since we last saw the state-of-the-art time trial machines, but finally we come to a test that should have the TT specialists drooling if they're not running on empty. The course is majestic, running out of Bordeaux and past some celebrated grand cru vineyards. The rolling terrain should suit TT world champion Fabian Cancellara, but after three weeks of racing today's performance will be as much about who's got some form left as ability against the clock  Read the race analysis & files...

It would be a massive surprise if the sprinters allow this one to get away. The day's break may as well be on a fishing hook. The pan-flatlands of Les Landes into Bordeaux host the Tour for the 80th time. It's the race's most visited location outside Paris and has a long reputation for epic bunch sprints. The long, straight finish on the Quinconces quayside is ideal for a mass finish, although you have go back to Tom Steels in 1999 to find the last sprint win here. The overall contenders will want to stay out of trouble and save energy with tomorrow's time trial in mind.  Read the race analysis & files...

The 'queen' stage of the race comes with three climbs, each getting notably tougher. The Marie- Blanque isn't high but its last 4km average 10 per cent. The Soulor is longer, higher and tackled from its toughest side. Then to the Tourmalet, the highest climb of this year's race. It's debatable whether this side is the tougher of the two ascents, but there's no doubt it's tough enough to make a real difference. Steepest in the town of Barèges and then towards the summit, the Tourmalet offers little respite to what will be very Tour-weary legs.  Read the race analysis & files...

This stage pays homage to one of the greatest exploits in Tour history. In 1969, on a stage that crossed the same four passes as today's, race leader Eddy Merckx launched a solo attack at the foot of the Aubisque and rode away to the finish in Mourenx, just west of Pau, arriving almost eight minutes clear of his rivals. It would be astounding to see anyone attempt to copy the Belgian's incredible ride, especially given the long run-in to the finish.  Read the race analysis & files...

July 19, Stage 15: Pamiers - Bagneres-de-Luchon 187.5km The Tour's Pyrenean centenary is very much in mind today on a stage that features the Portet d'Aspet and Ares passes 100 years on from their appearance in the race's first ever high mountains day. Complementing these Tour stalwarts is the Port de Balès, a pass first opened up primarily for the race’s use in 2007. Sections of 11 per cent are certain to thin out the yellow jersey group and some of those riders dropped might find it hard to get back up to the contenders on the high-speed descent into Bagnères-de-Luchon  Read the race analysis & files...

The Tour’s decisive stages start with a tough test that begins easily enough but has two tasty peaks to spice up the closing kilometers. The Port de Pailhères didn’t feature before 2003 but has become a Tour favourite. It ramps up severely over a series of hairpins towards the summit, from where there’s a rapid descent into Ax-les-Thermes to the foot of the final climb. Ax-3 Domaines isn’t long and not overly difficult but the main contenders’ speed here should result in some significant time gaps.  Read the race analysis & files...

With four difficult stages in the Pyrenees looming, the sprinters will be eager to take centre stage, but today’s run to Revel does them few favours. None of the five categorised climbs are exceptionally testing, but the last, the third category Côte de St-Ferréol, has a steep and sudden rise and comes just a few kilometres from the finish. Two weeks into the race, it will be interesting to see how much juice the sprinters' domestiques have left to keep everyone in check on a stage as lumpy as this. With that in mind, the breakaway specialists will fancy their chances.  Read the race analysis & files...

Instead of two run-of-the-mill ‘transition’ stages between the Alps and the Pyrenees, Prudhomme and his team have opted to start the move westwards with a tricky day running through the Ardeche to the now well-known finish at Mende’s aerodrome atop the Montée Laurent Jalabert, so called after the Frenchman’s famous Bastille Day win there in 1995. On heavy roads and over four categorised climbs, this stage could cause surprises, particularly if the temperature boils up. Spaniard Marcos Serrano won the last time the Tour finished here in 2005. Will a compatriot triumph today?  Read the race analysis & files...

This appears a relatively straightforward stage, but one with an intriguing look. It links two towns that have never hosted the Tour before on roads that rarely see the race come by. Like the Jura, which was visited just before the Alps, the Drôme region that hosts most of today’s route is a relative backwater in France, but that makes it excellent cycling country. Although classed as flat, this stage features regular ups and downs including the cat three Col de Cabre. This is good terrain for breakaways, but the sprinters will be eager to strut their stuff again after four days in the Alps.  Read the race analysis & files...

It's good to be in Gap on Bastille Day. Like last year, by making the Pyrenean stages tough but not too tough, Christian Prudhomme’s intention in the Alps is to bring likely contenders to the fore but not give any of them the chance to blow the race apart. In order to keep the battle for yellow simmering nicely, this stage avoids the big passes for something far less arduous but intriguing nevertheless. The Laffrey is one of the Tour’s oldest climbs, first featuring in 1905. The road into the finish comes down the Rochette descent where Joseba Beloki crashed and forced Lance Armstrong to divert across a mountain meadow in 2003. It adds up to an ideal day for a breakaway.  Read the race analysis & files...

Classic day in the Alps. Following a rest day in beautiful Morzine, the peloton confronts the toughest Alpine stage. There are four big climbs culminating in the fearsome Madeleine. The top sections of the Colombière will be familiar from last year when the riders came onto this side of the climb from the Col de Romme and Alberto Contador’s attack dropped team-mate Andreas Klöden but not the Schlecks. The Aravis is straightforward, the Saisies less so, and the Madeleine’s 20km ascent is brutal. The realistic contenders for the overall will emerge.  Read the race analysis & files...

As the popular old adage goes, it’ll be one of those days they can’t win the Tour but can definitely lose it. The main difficulty is the Ramaz, the first cat one ascent of the race and one only used once before, back in 2003 when Richard Virenque led the race over it and won in Morzine. The climb to Avoriaz is not super hard, but as a high summit finish it can be counted on to split the main contenders to some extent as those with the legs and those without are sorted out.  Read the race analysis & files...

This will get everyone's climbing legs warmed nicely. Rather than go for a full-on mountain stage, Tour boss Prudhomme has opted for something slightly gentler but potentially unpredictable. It's a shame the Tour seldom comes to the Jura region, because this is wonderful cycling country, with narrow roads switching back and forth through dense forest. There are six climbs, which get progressively harder as the stage progresses. The favourites shouldn't get into trouble, but this is ideal ambush country.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 6- Another Flat day for the Sprinters. The longest day in this years Tour at 144 miles. 6 hours in the saddle is a long day with the heat in the 100 degree F range, it's not going to be just a walk in the park.  Read the race analysis & files...

Another stage with 'sprint' written all over it. There are two 4th-category climbs heading south-west from the Champagne centre of Épernay, but little to trouble the sprinters and their teams heading into Montargis. Expect the traditional first week formula of ‘breakaway + chase = sprint’ to apply. The last time the Tour headed into Montargis the fastmen held sway, as Belgian-based Australian Robbie McEwen romped to victory in 2005.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 04 TdF 2010 Cambrai - Reims-153.5km A flat stage for the sprinters. A flat stage in the tour and a rest day for most of the riders. Chris had a very easy ride today in the Tour. After the past 4 days, I know that he was glad for it  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 3 of the Tour de France resembled the early season classic Paris-Roubaix. Unfortunately most of the riders chose to use specially designed bikes for the rough roads and the power meters remained on their race bikes. No data was available from Team Saxo Bank for this stage.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 2 of the Tour de France covers some of the famous climbs from the one-day Belgian classic Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The sprinters won't get an easy ride to the finish today so look for a late breakaway.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 1 of the Tour de France heads into Belgium. Rotterdam to Brussels 223km  Read the race analysis & files...

The 2010 Tour de France starts in the Dutch city of Rotterdam with an 8km prologue July 3rd. The Prologue sets the tone for the next week of racing as the contenders try to show their strength and the sprinters need to do well in the hopes of grabbing the yellow jersey early in the Tour.  Read the race analysis & files...

TrainingPeaks will be posting Chris Anker Sorensen's (team Saxo Bank) daily SRM files from the 2010 Tour de France. Chris Anker also shared his 2009 Tour de France SRM files with TrainingPeaks. Click through to see more about Chris Anker and to see his 2009 Tour de France data.  Read the race analysis & files...