Tour de France 2000 - Stage 1

This is the first stage of a six-day tour through the Alps.

You start in Annecy and ride along the Lac d'Annecy. On its eastern shore you start the short climb to the Col du Bluffy. After the climb, you ride through the small village of Alex to Thônes. This is where the next climb to the Col de St.-Jean-de-Sixt starts. But the climbing is not over yet: via La Clusaz you then climb up to the​​​​​​​ Col des Aravis. Then you head back down into the valley via the small village of La Giettaz. You finally reach the valley in Flumet. From there, the route goes uphill again. The route then leads through many hairpin bends to Notre Dame de Bellecombe. There you leave the D218 and take the D71 to Crest-Voland. From there, the route continues to Col des Saisies. There you meet the D218 again, on which you now head towards the valley in the direction of Hauteluce. You will finally reach the valley in Beaufort. Now the climb begins to the last pass of the day, the Cormet de Roselend. You reach it via its pre-pass, the Col de Méraillet and Lac de Roselend. From here on, it's all downhill. First to Bourg St. Maurice and from there largely flat via Bellentre to Aime.