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Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2015 in Utrecht: interviews, maps and some details
On Thursday, the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2015 was officially presented. Not one but two press conferences allowed to discover the first details: one at the residence of the Ambassador of The Netherlands in Paris and another one in Utrecht.

Even though we didn't really get any new information about the Tour's race route, velowire.com seized the occasion to bring you exclusive interviews of the two men who played a big role in the definiton of this Grand Départ: Christian Prudhomme and Aleid Wolfsen (the mayor of Utrecht).

These interviews, the first details and the race routes on Google Maps are all in this article, as well as a bonus video with the complete speeches of the press conference!
The Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2015 in Utrecht in detail
It was already known that the Grand Départ of the ...
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Added: wednesday 27 November 2013 at 08:52:00
The first info about the Grand Départ of the Tour de france 2015 and Utrecht turns yellow
On 8 November it became official: the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2015 will take place in Utrecht in The Netherlands. Tomorrow, all details will be presented but the firt bits of informations already started to become available.

At the occasion of the official presentation of the Grand Départ tomorrow, the city of Utrecht will become yellow ...
The first rumours about the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2015: Utrecht .. and then?
So far, we only knew the place where the riders and followers of the Tour will gather together: Utrecht in The Netherlands.

After the official announcement we however already discovered, thanks to the explanation given by the mayor of the Dutch city, that the ...
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Added: friday 08 November 2013 at 23:13:00
The Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2015 in Utrecht: the race is on!
On 19 October you could already read here that chances were high that the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2015 would be in Utrecht. Once the last details were discussed during a phone call yesterday night, the city of Utrecht and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) today officially announced that the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2015 will be the 6th Grand Départ of the Grande Boucle in The Netherlands, this time in the city of Utrecht!

In this article you'll discover the first details, knowing that there's not much information officially available yet ...
The Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2015 in Utrecht
After Amsterdam in 1954, the very first Grand Départ of the biggest cycling French race abroad, Scheveningen in 1973, Le ...
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