Languedoc Roussillon Revels in 2009 Tour de France Route
 | Route details of the 2009 tour through the Languedoc Roussillon
Languedoc Roussillon The 2009 Tour de France route has been announced with great jubilation in the Languedoc-Roussillon as it is set to pass through the south-east of the region in three of the early stages. Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2009, the 96th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.
The race, which will start with an individual time trial in Monaco on 4th July, will travel from Marseille in Provence, through the beautiful Camargue wetlands to the Herault seaside resort of La Grande-Motte in the Languedoc-Roussillon in the third stage on 6th July.
The following stage 4 will be a team time trial through the streets of the Languedoc-Roussillon capital, Montpellier on 7th July, and on 8th July the 5th stage will set off from the resort of Le Cap d’Agde down along the coast to the most southerly Languedoc-Roussillon city, Perpignan.
The tour will then pop into Spain and Andorra for a couple of stages before heading back into France finishing in Paris on 26th July. Local commentators are saying that the three day passing of the tour through the region will have positive effects on local tourism, particularly since the extensive television coverage of the race gives each region unparalleled publicity.
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