stages=[["05/07/08","1","Plaine","Plain","Brest","Plumelec","197.5 km"],
["06/07/08","2","Plaine","Plain","Auray","Saint-Brieuc","164.5 km"],
["07/07/08","3","Plaine","Plain","Saint-Malo","Nantes","208 km"],
["08/07/08","4","Contre-la-montre individuel","Individual time-trial","Cholet","Cholet","29.5 km"],
["09/07/08","5","Plaine","Plain","Cholet","Châteauroux","232 km"],
["10/07/08","6","Moyenne montagne","Medium mountains","Aigurande","Super-Besse","195.5 km"],
["11/07/08","7","Moyenne montagne","Medium mountains","Brioude","Aurillac","159 km"],
["12/07/08","8","Plaine","Plain","Figeac","Toulouse","172.5 km"],
["13/07/08","9","Haute montagne","High mountains","Toulouse","Bagnères-de-Bigorre","224 km"],
["14/07/08","10","Haute montagne","High mountains","Pau","Hautacam","156 km"],
["15/07/08","stop1","Repos","Rest day","Pau","",""],
["16/07/08","11","Moyenne montagne","Medium mountains","Lannemezan","Foix","167.5 km"],
["17/07/08","12","Plaine","Plain","Lavelanet","Narbonne","168.5 km"],
["18/07/08","13","Plaine","Plain","Narbonne","Nîmes","182 km"],
["19/07/08","14","Plaine","Plain","Nîmes","Digne-les-Bains","194.5 km"],
["20/07/08","15","Haute montagne","High mountains","Embrun","Prato Nevoso","183 km"],
["21/07/08","stop2","Repos","Rest day","Cuneo","",""],
["22/07/08","16","Haute montagne","High mountains","Cuneo","Jausiers","157 km"],
["23/07/08","17","Haute montagne","High mountains","Embrun","L’Alpe-d’Huez","210.5 km"],
["24/07/08","18","Moyenne montagne","Medium mountains","Bourg-d’Oisans","Saint-Étienne","196.5 km"],
["25/07/08","19","Plaine","Plain","Roanne","Montluçon","165.5 km"],
["26/07/08","20","Contre-la-montre individuel","Individual time-trial","Cérilly","Saint-Amand-Montrond","53 km"],
["27/07/08","21","Plaine","Plain","Étampes","Paris Champs-Élysées","143 km"]
];