Tour de França 2009

The Tour de France returns to Barcelona after 44 years.

Barcelona will be hosting two stages of the 2009 Tour de France: the landmark cycling event which will take place from 4th to 26th July. The cyclists will be arriving in Barcelona on 9th July from Girona, a stage covering a distance of 175 km, and on Friday 10th July they will leave the city bound for Andorra on a route covering 224 km.

The magical natural and architectural setting of Montjuïc Hill will be the arrival and departure point for the two stages of the 2009 Tour de France, which will have Barcelona as their epicentre. The Girona - Barcelona stage will arrive at Avinguda de l’Estadi, by the Olympic Stadium, and the Barcelona-Andorra stage will depart from de Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina.