That'll be on June 29 in a stage that includes more than 11,000ft of climbing. With the Olympics being staged in Paris from July 26 to August 11, organizers decided that following talks with the government and to ease the pressure on the police force by avoiding the Capitol. Quote we are committed to avoiding Paris because of the Olympics. That according to tour director Christian Prude holme in that statement made to Reuters. Quote There are only 28,000 police forces available and we knew we just couldn't get more