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Amusez-vous bien! La rentrée, c'est le 5 septembre.

Tour de France 2011

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The route

Running from Saturday July 2^nd to Sunday July 24^th 2011, the 98^th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,430.5 kilometres.

These stages have the following profiles:

• 10 flat stages,
• 6 mountain stages and 4 summit finishes,
• 3 medium mountain stages,
• 1 individual time-trial stage (42.5 km).
• 1 team time-trial stage (23 km).

Distinctive aspects of the race

• le Galibier climbed twice,
• 2 rest days,
• 23 level 2, 1 or highest level mountain passes or summit finishes,
• no bonuses will be awarded during the intermediate sprints and stage finishes.

15 new stage towns

Blaye-les-Mines, Cap Fréhel, Carhaix, Carmaux, Cugnaux, Galibier Serre-Chevalier, Limoux, Modane - Valfréjus, Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers, Mûr-de-Bretagne, Olonne-sur-Mer, Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts, Pinerolo (Italie), Redon, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux

100 candles for the Galibier

The Tour de France’s cyclists first climbed the Col du Galibier in 1911.

To mark this hundredth anniversary in the appropriate way, in 2011, the Galibier will be climbed twice after an interval of 24 hours. The finish of the18 th stage will be judged at the summit, which will be the highest finish in the Tour’s history, at an altitude

Languages Oscars April and May 2011

Languages Oscars April and May 2011

                                                     

The following pupils have been nominated for an Oscar for consistent hard work in Languages:

                                   Shuting Guan    Oliver Ronfell    Nathan Blamire

                                   Stephanie unsworth    Greg Smith    Olivia Finn

                                             Nadeem Ahmed     Sylvonn Dupuis

                                 They have received a certificate and a chocolate bar!

                                                              Well done!