Tour de France 2009: Stage 1

Tour de France 2009: Stage 1

July 4th: Monaco - Monaco Individual Time Trial, 15.5km

Author:	Bicycling Magazine
Date:	2 Jun 2009 5:47:30 PM
Activity:	Bicycling ActivitySearchBicycling
State:	Not Specified
Distance:	9.46 mi (Change units)
Elevation:	Total Gain: 3415 ft Total Loss: 3428 ft Net Change: -13 ft
Difficulty:	6 / 10
Tags:	Tour de France 2009, Beausoleil
Rating:	Unrated Rate it

The Tour hasn’t visited Monaco in 45 years—partly because the principality is so small that wrapping 15km of racing into its 2 square kilometers is a trick. Tour organizers have pulled it off for 2009 with a Formula 1-style course that is long enough for TT-specialists to show their form, but technical enough to make GC-favorites think twice before leaning hard into a tight corner.

The Betting Line: Look for the GC favorites to come out hard, but more to fire a warning shot to their rivals than to take the yellow jersey. Armstrong in particular has to send a message about his form. With no time bonuses on offer again this year, breakaway artists like Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) will be motivated to turn in good times to position themselves for an early yellow jersey via a breakaway in the coming stages. Look for a TT-specialist with low GC ambitions--like Garmin's David Millar--to pull off the win (and on the maillot jeune) in Monaco.

*Only stages 8km or shorter are considered Prologues, which is why this year’s race begins with Stage 1.

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Tracks

Tour de France 2009: Stage 1

Dist: 9.46 mi	Points: 334	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Distance	Instruction		Distance to next
0.33 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on Avenue d'Ostende	Then go 0.07 mi
0.40 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on Avenue d'Ostende	Then go 0.04 mi
0.44 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Avenue de la Princesse Alice	Then go 0.17 mi
0.61 mi	Bear Left	Avenue de la Princesse Alice turns slightly left and becomes Impasse de la Fontaine	Then go 0.07 mi
0.68 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Boulevard de la Princesse Charlotte	Then go 0.24 mi
0.92 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on Boulevard de la Princesse Charlotte	Then go 0.04 mi
0.96 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Boulevard du Jardin Exotique	Then go 0.21 mi
1.17 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Boulevard du Jardin Exotique	Then go 0.67 mi
1.84 mi		Continue on Boulevard du Jardin Exotique/D6307	Then go 0.07 mi
1.91 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Boulevard du Jardin Exotique/D6307	Then go 0.12 mi
2.03 mi		Enter the traffic circle	Then go 0.05 mi
2.08 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Avenue Prince Rainier III/D6007	Then go 0.36 mi
2.44 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at D6007/Moyenne Corniche	Then go 1.96 mi
4.41 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on D6007/Moyenne Corniche	Then go 1.43 mi
5.84 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Escalier Bon Voyage	Then go 0.01 mi
5.85 mi		Sharp left at Avenue Notre Dame de Bon Voyage/D6007	Then go 0.24 mi
6.09 mi		Enter the traffic circle	Then go 0.04 mi
6.13 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Avenue Jean Jaurès/D6098	Then go 0.99 mi
7.12 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at D6098	Then go 0.06 mi
7.18 mi	Bear Left	D6098/Place Antoine Repaire turns slightly left and becomes D6098	Then go 0.01 mi
7.19 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Avenue Princesse Grace Entering France	Then go 0.02 mi
7.21 mi		Continue on Avenue Princesse Grace	Then go 0.39 mi
7.60 mi	Turn Right	Turn right to stay on Avenue Princesse Grace	Then go 0.24 mi
7.85 mi	Bear Right	Slight right toward Avenue Princesse Grace Entering Monaco	Then go 0.01 mi
7.85 mi	Straight	Continue straight onto Avenue Princesse Grace Go through 1 traffic circle	Then go 0.24 mi
8.10 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on Avenue Princesse Grace	Then go 0.01 mi
8.11 mi	Turn Right	Turn right to stay on Avenue Princesse Grace	Then go 0.50 mi
8.61 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Boulevard Louis II	Then go 0.40 mi
9.02 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Avenue du Président Kennedy	Then go 0.12 mi
9.13 mi	Turn Left	Turn left toward Quai des Etats-Unis	Then go 0.01 mi
9.14 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Quai des Etats-Unis	Then go 0.06 mi
9.20 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Quai Albert Ier