Utrecht 2015: the colour of
cycling

Thursday, November 28th

In 2015, the Netherlands will host the Grand Start of the Tour de France for the sixth time. Utrecht, one of the cities which have done the most to foster a cycling culture will be the meeting... Read more

Utrecht to host the Grand Start
in 2015

Friday, November 8th

Back in 1954, Amsterdam set the scene for the Tour de France's first start abroad. Scheveningen (1973), Leiden (1978), 's-Hertogenbosch (1996) and, most recently, Rotterdam (2010) have since lived... Read more

TOUR DE FRANCE 2014: THREE
MOUNTAIN RANGES!

Wednesday, October 23rd

In front of more than 4,000 spectators, including some who are pretenders for victory, the route for the Tour de France 2014 was unveiled at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. From the county of... Read more

2014 Tour: Yorkshire, And Then...

Monday, October 14th

With less than ten days to go until the official unveiling of the 2014 Tour route, speculation about what the 101th edition will look like is rife. Whether they love flat roads or excel in the... Read more

Saitama Criterium by Le Tour de
France: an exciting...

Thursday, October 17th

The leading lights of the 2014 Tour de France, including Chris Froome, Peter Sagan and Marcel Kittel, will be in Japan from October 25 to explore Saitama. They will be in their element when meeting... Read more

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04/02/2014

Utrecht 2015: the colour of cycling

In 2015, the Netherlands will host the Grand Start of the Tour de France for the sixth time. Utrecht, one of the cities which have done the most to foster a cycling culture will be the meeting point for the riders and fans to celebrate cycling in all its dimensions. The festivities started this morning at the residence of the Dutch ambassador to France in Paris. Bernard Hinault, Jan Janssen and Joop Zoetemelk, some of the distinguished guests in attendance, then hopped onto a Thalys painted in Tour livery which took them to Utrecht.

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Tour de france 2014

Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2014, the 101th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,656 kilometres (before ratification).

These stages have the following profiles:

  • 9 flat stages
  • 5 hill stages
  • 6 mountain stages with 5 altitude finishes
  • 1 individual time-trial stage
  • 2 rest days

9 new stage cities

Leeds, Harrogate, York, Sheffield, Cambridge, Ypres, Oyonnax, Risoul, Maubourguet Pays du Val d’Adour

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Le Tour in videos

video23/10/2013 

Presentation Tour de France 2014

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  • Presentation Tour de France 2014
  • The 2014 route in 3D
  • Made in Yorkshire
  • An encounter with the cobbles on stage 5
  • The best of Le Tour 2013
  • A Tour of the roadsides
  • The daily telecoms challenge
  • Best of - 04: Froome, Quintana, Sagan:...
  • Best of - 03: Quintana bursts through in...
  • Best of - 02: From Mont-Saint-Michel to...
  • Best of - 01 : The Orica saga, and Froome...
  • Making off Protocol Ceremony
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Le Tour in pictures

photo15/10/2013 

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Grand Départ

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Grand Départ 2014
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Grand Départ 2015

Grand Départ

Yorkshire
Grand Départ 2014
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Sporting stakes

Corporate social responsibility

Since it was founded, Amaury Sport Organisation has been involved in various sponsorship and philanthropy activities. It is the generosity of sport that can be found in a certain number of initiatives aiming to invest in the workings of the disciplines themselves (sponsorship of the French Federation of Cycling), in a humanitarian and social framework, (Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque, Actions Dakar, Un Techo Para Mi Pais) or in the environmental sphere (Madre De Dios, selective sorting, etc.). Read more

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