Organizers of the Tour de France unveiled the course for 2010 today, revealing that cyclists will be crossing the Pyrenees Mountains in next year's race, according to the . Both Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador were present at the ceremony. The route planned for 2010 will take riders through passes that the cyclists in the 1910 Tour faced: Peyresourde, Aspin, Tourmalet, and Aubisque (nicknamed “The Circle of Death”). Also revealed were plans for seven cobblestone sections to be part of the route.
— Lisa Lombardi