The 1992 Winter Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 1992 Winter Olympics hosted in Albertville, France. The route covered around and involved 5,500. Michel Platini and François-Cyrille Grange lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.
Torch Designed by French artist, Philippe Starck. The torch resembles a horn of a bull or a flame (if turned upside down).
Route DateMapDecember 14, 1991 (day 1): Paris December 15 (day 2): FontainebleauDecember 16 (day 3): Orléans December 17 (day 4): ToursDecember 18 (day 5): Poitiers December 19 (day 6): Niort December 20 (day 7): La RochelleDecember 21 (day 8): La Roche-sur-Yon December 22 (day 9): NantesDecember 23 (day 10): Redon December 24 (day 11): RennesDecember 25 (day 12): Avranches December 26 (day 13): Caen December 27 (day 14): Le Havre December 28 (day 15): RouenDecember 29 (day 16): Amiens December 30 (day 17): Arras December 31 (Day 18): Lille January 1, 1992 (day 19): Cambrai January 2 (day 20): LaonJanuary 3 (day 21): Châlons-en-Champagne January 4 (day 22): Metz January 5 (day 23): Nancy January 6 (day 24): Sarrebourg January 7 (day 25): Strasbourg January 8 (day 26): ColmarJanuary 9 (day 27): Belfort January 10 (day 28): Besançon January 11 (day 29): Dijon January 12 (day 30): AutunJanuary 13 (day 31): Moulins January 14 (day 32): Clermont-FerrandJanuary 15 (day 33): Aubusson January 16 (day 34): Limoges January 17 (day 35): Périgueux January 18 (day 36): Bordeaux January 19 (day 37): Mont-de-MarsanJanuary 20 (day 38): Tarbes January 21 (day 39): Auch January 22 (day 40): Toulouse January 23 (day 41): Albi January 24 (day 42): Carcassonne January 25 (day 43): Béziers January 26 (day 44): MontpellierJanuary 26 (day 44): Bastia January 27 (day 45): Corte January 28 (day 46): AjaccioJanuary 28 (day 46): Nice January 29 (day 47): Toulon January 29 (day 47): Marseille January 30 (day 48): AvignonJanuary 31 (day 49): Montélimar February 1 (day 50): Valence February 2 (day 51): Saint-Étienne February 3 (day 52): Lyon February 4 (day 53): Belley February 5 (day 54): Grenoble February 6 (day 55): Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne February 7 (day 56): Chambéry February 8 (Day 57): Albertville February 8 (Day 57): Théâtre des Cérémonies
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