Here is KMZ file for Stage 18 Route Map with path/point/distance info.

Stage 18 - Thursday, July 21: Albi - Mende, 189 km

After the Pyrenees stages, the Tour goes over even another mountains - Massif Central in the middle of France. And this stage is for long escaper... in 1995, Laurent Jalabert won Stage12, after a long escape and climb over Côte de la Croix Neuve, finished in Mende - it was a memorable Bastille Day stage victory.

Additionaly, in the middle of this stage, the Tour will have a sideways glance of Millau Viaduct, the world's tallest bridge across the Tarn valley - 240 meters high.
For Google Earth, there is a Geobloggers KML to grab the nearest 50 geotagged Flickr Photos, so I easily found the place mark of a good flickr photo placemark of Millau Viaduct - it is included in the route map.

**See Google Earth + Flickr Hack discussion for more info about this flickr photo KML.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/50193/

The route path is slightly modified around the finish line in Mende, refering this map from J SPORT:

Finish:

More about this stage:
letour.fr
cyclingnews.com

Enjoy

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nagoyan