| THE STAGES |
| Prologue: July 7, 7.9km individual time trial |
| London -- Winner: Cancellara |
| Stage 1: July 8, 203km |
| London to Canterbury -- Winner: McEwen |
| Stage 2: July 9, 168.5km |
| Dunkirk to Ghent, Belgium -- Winner: Steegmans |
| Stage 3: July 10, 236.5km |
| Waregem to Compiègne -- Winner: Cancellara |
| Stage 4: July 11, 193km |
| Villers-Cotterêts to Joigny -- Winner: Hushovd |
| Stage 5: July 12, 182.5km |
| Chablis to Autun -- Winner: Pozzato |
| Stage 6: July 13, 197.5km |
| Semur-en-Auxois to Bourg-en-Bresse -- Winner: Boonen |
| Stage 7: July 14, 197.5km |
| Bourg-en-Bresse to Le Grand Bornand -- Winner: Gerdemann |
| Stage 8: July 15, 165km |
| Le Grand Bornand to Tignes -- Winner: Rasmussen |
| Rest Day: July 16 |
| Tignes |
| Stage 9: July 17, 159.5km |
| Val d'Isere to Briançon -- Winner: Soler |
| Stage 10: July 18, 229.5km |
| Tallard to Marseille -- Winner: Vasseur |
| Stage 11: July 19, 182.5km |
| Marseille to Montpellier -- Winner: Hunter |
| Stage 12: July 20, 178.5km |
| Montpellier to Castres -- Winner: Boonen |
| Stage 13: July 21, 54km |
| Albi-Albi (individual time trial) -- Winner: Vinokourov |
| Stage 14: July 22, 197km |
| Mazamet to Plateau-de-Beille -- Winner: Contador |
| Stage 15: July 23, 196km |
| Foix to Loudenville-le-Louron -- Winner: Vinokourov |
| Rest Day: July 24 |
| Pau |
| Stage 16: July 25, 218.5km |
| Orthez to Gourette-Col d'Aubisque -- Winner: Rasmussen |
| Stage 17: July 26, 188.5km |
| Pau to Castelsarrasin -- Winner: Bennati |
| Stage 18: July 27, 211km |
| Cahors to Angouleme -- Winner: Casar |
| Stage 19: July 28, 55.5km |
| Cognac to Angouleme (individual time trial) -- Winner: Leipheimer |
| Stage 20: July 29, 130km |
| Marcoussis to Paris-Champs-Elysées -- Winner: Bennati |
