1996 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10

The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands with a prologue individual time trial on 29 June and Stage 10 occurred on 9 July with a hilly stage to Gap. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 21 July.

Prologue
29 June 1996 — 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), 9.4 km (ITT)

Stage 1
30 June 1996 — 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), 209 km

Stage 2
1 July 1996 — 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) to Wasquehal, 247.5 km

Stage 3
2 July 1996 — Wasquehal to Nogent-sur-Oise, 195 km

Stage 4
3 July 1996 — Soissons to Lac de Madine, 232 km

Stage 5
4 July 1996 — Lac de Madine to Besançon, 242 km

Stage 6
5 July 1996 — Arc-et-Senans to Aix-les-Bains, 207 km

Stage 7
6 July 1996 — Chambéry to Les Arcs, 200 km

Stage 8
7 July 1996 — Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Val d'Isère, 30.5 km (ITT)

Stage 9
8 July 1996 — Le Monêtier-les-Bains to Sestriere (Italy), 46 km

This stage was shortened due to bad weather.

Stage 10
9 July 1996 — Turin (Italy) to Gap, 208.5 km