Grand Depart of the Tour de
France 2018: The Vendée...

Sunday, February 12th

The departments in the Pays de la Loire region hosted the Tour de France's cyclists on its very first edition. Indeed, it was via the department of the Vendée that the pack entered the region in... Read more

One last breakaway for
‘Walko'…

Tuesday, February 7th

Roger Walkowiak would have been 90 years old in a few weeks' time, but the winner of the Tour de France in 1956 passed away last night. He leaves us with the memory of a strong-willed rider. Read more

2017 Tour de France : teams
selection

Thursday, January 26th

The organisers of the Tour de France have chosen the teams that will take part in the 104th edition (July 1-23). Read more

ARD to broadcast the Tour de
France in 2017 and 2018

Tuesday, January 31st

Building on the broadcasting of the 2015 and 2016 Tour de France, ARD and Amaury Sport Organisation have concluded an agreement aiming for daily live broadcast of the Tour de France in 2017 and 2018. Read more

2017 TOUR DE FRANCE: THE ROAD
JUST GOT STEEPER

Tuesday, October 18th

The course of the 104th Tour de France (1–23 July, 2017), which was unveiled before an audience of almost 4,000 people at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, stands out for its atypical mountain... Read more

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14/02/2017

Grand Depart of the Tour de France 2018: The Vendée and the Pays de la Loire

The departments in the Pays de la Loire region hosted the Tour de France's cyclists on its very first edition. Indeed, it was via the department of the Vendée that the pack entered the region in 1903 on the Bordeaux-Nantes stage, destined to become a classic on the routes of the era in which the Tour de France emerged. Since this time, the cities and towns of the Pays de la Loire region have welcomed the Grand Départ of the race nine times, five of which have set out from the Vendée. In...

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Le Tour in videos

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The 2017 route in 3D

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Le Tour in pictures

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Tour de France 2017 - 18/10/2016 - Palais des congrés - Paris - France - Présentation du parcours - Thibaut PINOT, © ASO/B.BADE

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Grand Start

Düsseldorf
Grand Start 2017

Tour de france 2017

Running from Saturday July 1st to Sunday July 23th 2017, the 104th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,521 kilometres.

These stages have the following profiles:

  • 9 flat stages
  • 5 hilly stages
  • 5 mountain stages including altitude finishes (La Planche des Belles Filles, Peyragudes, Izoard)
  • 2 individual time-trials stages
  • 2 rest days

10 new sites and stage cities

Düsseldorf (1st stage and start of stage 2), Mondorf-les-Bains (start of stage 4), Nuits-Saint-Georges (finish of stage 7), Nantua (start of stage 9), Eymet (start of stage 11), Laissac-Sévérac l’Église (start of stage 15), Romans-sur-Isère (finish of stage 16), La Mure (start of stage 17), Izoard (finish of stage 18), Salon-de-Provence (finish of stage 19)

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Jersey wearers after the stage 21

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Sponsorship and Environment

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

A.S.O. is committed to integrating environmental considerations into the organisation of its races: Limiting CO2 emissions; A quality waste management policy for the spectators but also for the organisers and the riders; The promotion of cycling as an alternative, environmentally-friendly means of transport. Read more

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