Amazing landscapes along the 2020 Tour de France route
Chen Rong
The Tour de France peloton rides on the Promenade des Anglais along the Mediterranean during the first stage in Nice, France, August 29, 2020. /CFP

The Tour de France peloton rides on the Promenade des Anglais along the Mediterranean during the first stage in Nice, France, August 29, 2020. /CFP

The peloton leaves Nice during stage 2, August 30, 2020. /CFP

The peloton leaves Nice during stage 2, August 30, 2020. /CFP

Stage 2 is a 186km mountain ride from Haut Pays to Nice in France on August 30, 2020. /CFP

Stage 2 is a 186km mountain ride from Haut Pays to Nice in France on August 30, 2020. /CFP

Stage 4 is a 160.5km hilly ride from Sisteron to Orcieres-Merlette in France on September 1, 2020. /CFP

Stage 4 is a 160.5km hilly ride from Sisteron to Orcieres-Merlette in France on September 1, 2020. /CFP

Stage 5 is a 183km flat ride from Gap to Privas in France on September 2, 2020. /CFP

Stage 5 is a 183km flat ride from Gap to Privas in France on September 2, 2020. /CFP

Cyclists ride past a grape vine during stage 6 in Gard, France, September 3, 2020. /CFP

Cyclists ride past a grape vine during stage 6 in Gard, France, September 3, 2020. /CFP

A solo rider during stage 9, a 153km mountain ride from Pau to Laruns in France on September 6, 2020. /CFP

A solo rider during stage 9, a 153km mountain ride from Pau to Laruns in France on September 6, 2020. /CFP

Riders in stage 12, the Tour de France's longest route of 218km between Chauvigny and Sarran, in France, September 10, 2020. /CFP

Riders in stage 12, the Tour de France's longest route of 218km between Chauvigny and Sarran, in France, September 10, 2020. /CFP

The peloton in a tunnel during the stage 16, a 164km mountain ride from La Tour-Du-Pin to Villard-De-Lans, in France, September 15, 2020. /VCG

The peloton in a tunnel during the stage 16, a 164km mountain ride from La Tour-Du-Pin to Villard-De-Lans, in France, September 15, 2020. /VCG

Cyclists hang under the Grenoble Bastille cable cars during the stage 17, a 175km mountain ride between Grenoble and Meribel, in France, September 16, 2020. /CFP

Cyclists hang under the Grenoble Bastille cable cars during the stage 17, a 175km mountain ride between Grenoble and Meribel, in France, September 16, 2020. /CFP

Dust and gravel in the air when the peloton arrives in La Roche-sur-Foron, during stage 18, September 17, 2020. /CFP

Dust and gravel in the air when the peloton arrives in La Roche-sur-Foron, during stage 18, September 17, 2020. /CFP

From Nice to Paris, the 2020 Tour de France course never crosses any border of France.

The race has a total of 21 stages plus two rest days in-between travelling through the nation's six regions and 32 departments. They include nine flat stages, three hilly stages, eight mountain stages and one individual time-trial.

The longest journey was stage 12, a 218km hilly ride from Chauvigny to Sarran Correze on September 10.

The shortest one was the 36.2km individual time-trial in the 20th stage on September 19.