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The Tour de France and all related aspects ... information about the Tour de France history, the upcoming Tour de France editions, things you always wanted to know but never discovered before about the Tour de France and a lot more ...

Added: monday 12 March 2018 at 22:34:00
The Tour de France 2020 will have its Grand Départ in Nice
The day after the finish of Paris-Nice 2018 in Nice, Amaury Sport Organisation, the organisor of Paris-Nice and of the Tour de France, has officially announced that the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2020 will take place in the same city in the south of France and in the cities of its metropolis Nice Côte d'Azur (49 cities and towns).
The "Grande Boucle" turns back to Nice 7 years after its last visit, for its 2nd "Grand Départ"!
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this article appears in the following categories: Tour de France| Tour de France 2020
Added: wednesday 27 December 2017 at 21:07:00
A stage in line and a team time trial for the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2019 in Brussels?
On 22 May 2014, velowire.com already mentioned a possible Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2019 in Brussels, as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the first out of 5 overall victories in the Tour de France for Eddy Merckx. On 30 May this year, the organisor of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), finally officially announced this Grand Départ, 100 years after the creation of the Yellow Jersey* and 61 years after the first Grand Départ of the Belgian capital.
Eddy Merckx: present or not?
The Cannibal himself already declared at that time that he would assist to this event if I'm still there in 2019 and in the end, he might be absent for another reason at this Grand Départ which will be dedicated to him. ...
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this article appears in the following categories: Tour de France| Tour de France 2019
Added: tuesday 26 December 2017 at 20:46:00
The UCI WorldTeams (UCI WorldTour) for 2018 and the other teams
The year is about to come to and end. That seems to be the perfect moment to catch up with the UCI's decisions about the registration of the UCI WorldTeams for 2018, the teams which will participate in all UCI WorldTour races. At the same time we'll have a look at the second division teams, the Pro Continental teams.
The 18 UCI WorldTeams for 2018
For the 18 UCI WorldTeams there are no changes between 2017 and 2018, except for some name changes.

Therefore, we'll seize the opportunity to give you a look at the 2018 team kits for the different top level teams! Here's the full list (the teams indicated with a star * are the teams which were submitted to validation by the licence committee, either because they didn't fulfill all the criteria or because their UCI WorldTeam licence expired at the end of 2017; you can have a look at ...
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this article appears in the following categories: UCI ProTour| Tour de France| Giro d Italia| Vuelta a España
Added: wednesday 18 October 2017 at 1:00:00
The Tour de France 2018 race route has been presented: food for recognition!
On Tuesday 17 October afternoon the Tour de France 2018 race route was officially presented at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, in front of numerous high profile cyclists from France and abroad and after having awarded the "Vélo d'Or 2017" to Chris Froome (Team Sky)!

A race route without any surprises in terms of start and finish cities for those of you who have followed the rumours about the Tour 2018 race route here, but it does contain numerous new things wrapped up in a historical packaging. This spring we'll thus most probably see several famous riders do some recognition rides at the new locations in order to prepare their participation in the 105th edition of the Grande Boucle!
The numbers of the Tour de France 2018
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Added: monday 16 October 2017 at 22:32:00
Tour de France 2018: the rumours about the race route and the stage cities!
initially published on 9 September 2017 at 7.51PM, updated on 27 September at 7.42PM and on 5 October at 0.41AM, 8 October at 0.23AM, 9 October at 10.55PM, 13 October at 1.39PM, 14 October at 10.45PM and 16 October at 9AM, at 5.58PM and at 10.32PM

While the official announcement will only take place on Tuesday 17 October in the Palais des Congrès in Paris, you're probably used now to find here on velowire.com early September the first rumours about the race route of the upcoming Tour de France, in this case for the Tour de France 2018 which will take place from Saturday 7 July till Sunday 29 July 2018. And in order not to lose our good habits, we'll discover little by little over the next few days and weeks in this article the whole race route of the 105th edition of the Tour!

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this article appears in the following categories: Tour de France| Tour de France 2018
Added: saturday 22 July 2017 at 9:41:46
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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this article appears in the following categories: Tour de France| Tour de France 2017
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!
Some information first ...
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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this article appears in the following categories: Tour de France| Tour de France 2017| Google Maps/Google Earth
Added: friday 23 June 2017 at 21:27:00
The Tour de France 2018 will start one week later .. and with less riders!
It was the surprise announcement made by the UCI yesterday and it was confirmed to velowire.com by A.S.O. today: the Tour de France 2018 will start one week later than planned and it will thus take place from 7 till 29 July 2018. Furthermore, the UCI announced that the number of riders will be reduced to 8 instead of 9 per team, as asked for by A.S.O. for 2017 already ...
The dates of the Tour de France 2018: from Saturday 7 till Sunday 29 July 2018
As usual, the Professional Cycling Council (PCC), of which Christian Prudhomme is one of the members, not directly in his role as the director of the Tour de France but in this case as a "Member designated by the other organisors of the UCI WorldTour, member of the AIOCC", which defines the calendar of the ...
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this article appears in the following categories: Tour de France| Tour de France 2018| UCI ProTour| Vuelta a España| Giro d Italia
Added: tuesday 28 February 2017 at 21:23:00
The details of the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2018 in the Vendée department in France
After the initial announcement of the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2018, the 105th edition of the Tour, in the Vendée departement and more largely in the Pays de la Loire region, today's press conference provided the details of this Grand Départ, in presence of Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie).

Usually we get to know the detail of one or two stages and the start of the second or third stage, this time there will be 3 stages which will entirely take place in the Pays de la Loire region, as well as the start of the fourth stage. In this article you'll thus find these stages in detail, with the official map of each of them!

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