For the cycling fans that live in the Haute Savoie this is like having the World Cup (Football) staged on your doorstep. We won’t have the “final”, that will be in the Pyrenees this year but we will have one of the most important matches.
Morzine has been a regular tour stop since 1975, it has had 18 finishes and 16 starts over the years. We last watched the Tour arrive in Morzine in 2006, Floyd Landis controversially won that day (after climbing over the Joux Plan).
So in 2010 the finish will be in Avoriaz, it’ll be the first mountain day of the tour. I don’t think Avoriaz has seen many finishes. As far as I can find it is just one, 1994, a time trial from Cluses to Avoriaz, won by Piotre Ugrumov.
It’ll be an interesting Tour (it always is?), although it looks like a climbers tour and so must therefore favour Contador, on the third day the tour will spend 13km on cobblestones. It doesn’t sound much but for Contador it could be a bit like being beaten up, he’ll need a strong team around him to shepard him through this section.
In summary.
Sunday, July 11th. Station des Rousses to Avoriaz
Monday, July 12th. A rest day in Morzine
Tuesday, July 13th. Morzine to Saint Jean de Maurienne
