Bagnères-de-Bigorre
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Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a commune and subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées Department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.
A general view of Bagnères-de-Bigorre
The Castillon Dam at La Mongie
Bagnères-de-Bigorre in 1821
The Grands Thermes thermal baths
2013 Tour de France
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The 2013 Tour de France was the 100th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on the island of Corsica on 29 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 21 July. The Tour consisted of twenty-one stages and covered a total distance of 3,403.5 km (2,115 mi). The overall general classification was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky. Second and third respectively were Nairo Quintana and the Team Katusha rider Joaquim Rodríguez.
The team presentation ceremony took place on 27 June at the harbour of Porto-Vecchio on the island of Corsica.
Team Sky's Chris Froome was widely seen as the leading contender for the general classification.
In celebration of the Tour's 100th edition the final stage, finishing on Champs-Élysées, took place in the evening for the first time.
Peter Sagan (pictured in the final stage) held the green jersey as the leader of the points classification after the third stage until the end of the Tour.