Editing Tour de France (section)

===Mass-start stages===
[[File:Tour de France 2006.JPG|thumb|A collected peloton in the [[2006 Tour de France]]]]
The Tour directors categorise [[Mass start|mass-start]] stages into 'flat', 'hilly', or 'mountain'.<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Route|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/overall-route.html|publisher=ASO|access-date=30 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818234948/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/overall-route.html|archive-date=18 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> This affects the points awarded in the sprint classification, whether the 3 kilometer rule is operational{{Clarification needed|reason=What is the 3 kilometer rule?|date=July 2023}}, and the permitted disqualification time in which riders must finish (which is the winners' time plus a pre-determined percentage of that time).<ref>{{cite web|title=Race Regulations 2015|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/docs/TDF15_Reglement-BD.pdf|publisher=ASO|access-date=30 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707032116/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/docs/TDF15_Reglement-BD.pdf|archive-date=7 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Time bonuses of 10, 6, and 4 seconds are awarded to the first three finishers, though this was not done from 2008 to 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Voeckler: Tour de France time bonuses could spell the end for breakaways|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-de-france/voeckler-tour-de-france-time-bonuses-could-spell-the-end-for-breakaways-180284|magazine=Cycling Weekly|access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> Bonuses were previously also awarded to winners of intermediate sprints.