Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

On Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 took place, in Saint-jean-de-Maurienne, the arrival of the 9th stage of the Tour de France 2010. A day strong in feelings which saw the victory of the French Sandy Casar!



In preview, here is the trailer realized by TV Maurienne while waiting for the complete movie recapitulating the arrival of the Tour de France as well as the cyclist hike of the day before " L' Avant-Tour" :

Bande annonce Tour de France 2010 St Jean de Maurienne
envoyé par lafibremauriennaise.

Start of a stage during the Tour 2006, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne was proud to be able to host, in 2010, a stage finish, stage which was already announced as THE big alpine stage of this new editionof the Tour de France.

Here below, stage n°9 profile : Morzine/Avoriaz - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

This stage, of a distance of 204km, crossed 4 passes : the  Colombière at 1618m, the Aravis at 1498m, the Saisies at 1633m and finally, the Madeleine at 2000m, which allowed the runners to join the valley of Maurienne.

Soon find all the photos taken during this big day of sport and cycling in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne!!