Next year celebrates the 100 years of the TDF! To celebrate:

1. 100 stages over 3-1/2 months
2. Visits every country in Europe
3. 10 individual time trials
4. 3 team time trials
5. 5 night stages
6. Abandonment not allowed. Every rider allowed to skip 5 stages. Punishment for abandonment is a 2-year ban from the TDF.