2013 Tour de France — Stage 1

Porto Vicchio to Bastia (213km)

Saturday, June 29 6:00 A.M. EDT – 11:05 A.M. EDT
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Corsican countryside

No prologue? Tour organizer ASO wanted to take full advantage of Corsica, the only region of France that has never previously hosted the Tour. With that in mind, they put together a first stage of 213km that runs through magnificent countryside. There’s little doubt that the stage will be anything but a sprint finish. This is a golden opportunity for the likes of Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol), or Peter Sagan (Cannondale) to claim the first yellow jersey of the 100th Tour.