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The start order and times for the individual time trial of the Tour de France 2017 in Marseille
The forelast stage of the Tour de France 2017 will take place today in the streets of Marseille, as an individual time trial with start and finish in the Orange Vélodrome in the center of the city (see the race route in Google Maps).

There should be 167 riders at the start of this forelast stage of the 104th edition of the Grande Boucle and yoy can find their start order and -times for each of these riders below!

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Added: friday 30 June 2017 at 19:00:00
The participants list of the Tour de France 2017 and their bib numbers
Tomorrow the Tour de France 2017 will start in Düsseldorf in Germany for 3,516 kilometers towards Paris where the final stage will finish on Sunday 23 July 2017.

198 riders will come to the start, with no less than 49 of them participating in the Tour for the very first time!
Some numbers
The most well represented countries starting in the Tour de France 2017 are France with 39 riders, Italy with 18, Belgium with 16 and Germany also with 16 riders.

The most experimented rider is French and his name is Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie), who will start the Tour for the 17th time. The youngest rider is French as well, his name is Elie Gesbert (Fortuneo-Oscaro), and he is 22!
The liste of participating riders for each team, with their bib numbers
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Added: saturday 24 June 2017 at 19:50:00
The Tour de France 2017 race route in Google Maps/Google Earth
As usual, velowire.com allows you to discover in detail the race route of this 104th edition of the Grande Boucle, on Google Maps/Google Earth at one week before the start of the Tour de France 2017.

With the informations from this article you'll know all the tiny details, all cities and villages the Tour will visit and you'll thus be able to prepare your trip to the race if you're one of the 12 million spectators on the side of the road, or simply be able to follow the race in a better way if you're not!
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Here is some additonal information you need to know before we get into detail about the different stages of the Tour de France 2017:
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