Running from Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 24th 2016, the 103rd Tour de France will provide a start charged with history. From the team presentation at Sainte-Mre-Eglise, the stage finish at Utah Beach and the start of stage two at Saint-L, the martyr city devastated by bombings, the landmarks of World War II will be honoured in July. Around the Department's most celebrated places, the 435 kilometres in the Manche that will kick-off the 2016 Tour will offer numerous opportunities to honour the memory of the soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice on Normandy soil for liberty, and to make the greatest cycling race an event that is part of history and the era that it traverses, as Tour de France Director, Christian Prudhomme, often says. STAGES 9 flat stages 1 hilly stage 9 mountain stages including 4 summit finishes (Andorre Arcalis, Mont Ventoux, Finhaut-Emosson and Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc) 2 individual time-trial stages 2 rest days 16 UNSEEN SITES AND STAGE CITIES Utah Beach Sainte-Marie-du-Mont (stage 1 finish) Saint-L (stage 2 start) Arpajon-sur-Cre (stage 6 start) LIsle-Jourdain (stage 7 start) Lac de Payolle (stage 7 finish) Vielha Val dAran (stage 9 start) Escaldes-Engordany (stage 10 start) Bourg-Saint-Andol (stage 13 start) La Caverne du Pont-dArc (stage 13 finish) Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux (stage 14 finish) Culoz (stage 15 finish) Moirans-en-Montagne (stage 16 start) Berne (stage 16 finish and stage 17 start) Finhaut-Emosson (stage 17 finish) Megve (stage 18 finish and stage 20 start) Chantilly (stage 21 start) BORDERS The 103rd Tour de France will visit three neighboring countries: Spain, the Principality of Andorra and Switzerland. TIME-TRIALS Individual time-trials return in style to the 2016 Tour de France with a total of 54 kilometres divided into two sequences:37 between Bourg-Saint-Andol (stage 13) and La Caverne du Pont-dArc and 17 between Sallanches and Megve (stage 18). BONUSES Back in 2015 after a seven-year absence,time bonuses will again be given at the finishes of normal stages. The bonuses will be of 10, 6 and 4 seconds for the first three of each stage. POINTS The green jersey will be rewarded to the leader of the points classification. Points will be given at the finishes of each stage as well as at an intermediate sprint on every normal stage. The polka dot jersey will be worn by the leader of best climbers classification. Points will be given out at the top of mountains and hills and at the 4 mountain- top finishes (Andorre Arcalis, Mont Ventoux, Finhaut-Emosson and Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc).