Distance: 181,5 km
Climbs: 3
Points for the polka dot jersey: 17
Points for the green jersey: 50
Fictive start: 13h10
Real start: 13h20
Estimated finish: 17h34 – 18h02
Village opening: 10h15

Millau
23 000 inhabitants, stage-city for the 6th time
– While Ferdi Kubler won the first of five Tour de France stages held in Millau in 1954, the sub-prefecture of Aveyron earned worldwide fame fifty years later with the inauguration of the highest viaduct in the world.
– While the Tour did not stop in town since 1990, Millau was a regular stage of races like the defunct Grand prix du Midi Libre with victories by the likes of Jan Janssen, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Thévenet or Francesco Moser.
– 2,460 m long and 343 m high at its highest point, the Viaduct of Millau stands majestically above the Tarn valley.

Carcassonne
47 550 inhabitants, stage-city for the 10th time
– Recent starts given in Carcassonne proved favourable to aggressive riders of various pedigrees.
– Albert Bourlon celebrated July 14 three days early in 1947 by surging from the start of a stage in the medieval city never to be seen again by the rest of the peloton before the finish in Bagneres-de-Luchon. Gone to snatch a bonus, the former worker at a Renault plant in Paris went all the way, staying on his own for 253 km for what remains the longest solitary breakaway in the history of the Tour.
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Eine bemerkenswerte Aussage von Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) nach der 14. Etappe:
„I attacked first, and then Thomas was on my wheel. Froome closed the gap and then attacked, and it was Thomas who closed the gap to Froome.“