The route for the 2013 Tour de France has been unveiled, and the centennial edition of the race will begin in Corsica for the first time in the race's history. The race begins June 29 and culminate on July 21, when Stage 21 takes the riders from Versailles to Paris.
Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, based out of Boulder, Colo., is expected to compete and be especially competitive in the Nice team trial in Stage 4 on July 2, writes The Telegraph out of the UK. It's the lone team time trial of the race and one of three overall time trials, the other two being individual trials.
Here's the route and schedule for the 2013 Tour de France:
Saturday, June 29 -- Stage 1: Porto Vecchio to Bastia - 212km
Sunday, June 30 -- Stage 2: Bastia to Ajaccio - 154km
Monday, July 1 -- Stage 3: Ajaccio to Calvi- 145km
Tuesday, July 2 -- Stage 4: Nice to Nice (TTT) - 25km
Wednesday, July 3 -- Stage 5: Cagnes-sur-Mer to Marseille - 219km
Thursday, July 4 -- Stage 6: Aix-en-Provence to Montpellier - 176km
Friday, July 5 -- Stage 7: Montpellier to Albi - 205km
Saturday, July 6 -- Stage 8: Castres to Ax 3 Domaines - 194km
Sunday, July 7 -- Stage 9: St Girons to Bagneres de Bigorre - 165km
Monday, July 8 -- Rest day
Tuesday, July 9 -- Stage 10: St Gildas des Bois to St Malo - 193km
Wednesday, July 10 -- Stage 11: Avranches to Mont St Michel (TT) - 33km
Thursday, July 11 -- Stage 12: Fougeres to Tours - 218km
Friday, July 12 -- Stage 13: Tours to St Amand Montrond - 173km
Saturday, July 13 -- Stage 14: St Pourain sur Sioule to Lyon - 191km
Sunday, July 14 -- Stage 15: Givors to Mont Ventoux - 242km
Monday, July 15 -- Rest day
Tuesday, July 16 -- Stage 16: Vaison la Romaine to Gap - 168km
Wednesday, July 17 -- Stage 17: Embrun to Chorges (TT) - 32km
Thursday, July 18 -- Stage 18: Gap to Alpe d'Huez - 168km
Friday, July 19 -- Stage 19: Bourg d'Oisans to Le Grand Bornand - 204km
Saturday, July 20 -- Stage 20: Annecy to Annecy Semnoz - 125km
Sunday, July 21 - Stage 21: Versailles to Paris - 118km