The Yvelines department has signed an agreement with the Tour de France organisers to host the start of the final stage until completion of the 2023 edition. In the Chevreuse Valley or commencing in Versailles, in department number 78, the Tour de France has witnessed dramatic turnarounds or shows of bravery that have remained in the annals of the race, with more pages of history...
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After Fleurance (1977, 1979), Nice (1981), San Sebastian (1992), Monaco (2009) and Porto-Vecchio (2013), the Tour de France will start from the south for the 7th time as it returns to Nice. The first two stages of the 107th edition will consist in two opposite challenges with a course designed for the sprinters as an opener and a climbing festival the next day...
Serendipity as well as accomplishments, strokes of bad luck and disillusionments have accompanied the Yellow Jersey since it came into being, starting with the day of its appearance in the pack, almost 100 years ago, on the shoulders of Eugène Christophe, who deserved this privilege more than any other rider, as a symbolic compensation for the misfortune that dogged him...
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Yamaha becomes the official supplier of the Tour de France beginning in 2019, with three-wheeled motorcycles that are accompanying the peloton this week on Paris-Nice. The NIKEN has been chosen to offer the motorbike riders additional stability.The Tour de France changes gear! With the partnership with the Japanese constructor, Yamaha plans to replace...
ŠKODA AUTO is extending its commitment to the Tour de France as the official main partner and vehicle partner until 2023. The car manufacturer and the sports event organiser are thus laying the foundation for further joint success after 15 years of successful partnership. The extensive cooperation will include not only the Tour de France partnership but also other cycling...
Denmark will become the tenth country to host the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 2021. The first three stages of the 108th edition of the race will take place in Copenhagen and the southern part of the country. A hundred years after the inaugural edition of the (amateur) World Cycling Championships and a decade after hosting the Worlds for the sixth time, the Danish...
Continental, official partner of the Tour de France between 2018 and 2022, is upgrading its sponsorship to main partner and stage winner presenter for 2019 Continental will supply its high-performance car tires to official vehicles and its bicycle tires handmade in Korbach (Germany) to a number of World Tour teams.
This year on July 6th at the Grand Depart in Brussels, Continental...
The organisers of the Tour de France have chosen the first teams for the 106th edition of the Tour de France (6–28 July).
In accordance with Union Cycliste Internationale rules, the eighteen UCI WorldTeams are invited:
AG2R LA MONDIALE
ASTANA PRO TEAM
BAHRAIN – MERIDA
BORA – HANSGROHE
CCC TEAM
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This weekend, the organisers of the Tour de France learned of the death of a man with a special place in its history, Paul Sherwen, who following his career as a cyclist, became one of the commentators with the broadest audience on the international stage.
He was part of the second wave of pioneers, one of a handful of British riders inspired by professional cycling’s...
“At the French Mayors and Local Authorities Exhibition, the Gallic public utility company Enedis this afternoon announced the extension of its partnership with the Tour de France. It has been present on the Grande Boucle since 2012, first as an Official Supporter and then, since 2016, as an Official Partner. With its name visible on the riders’ race number bibs, Enedis...
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