The 2020 Tour was originally scheduled to take place from 27 June to 19 July. To keep the flame of the race burning, letour.fr will relive every day a glorious or curious race event that happened two, fifteen or forty years ago. A trip down memory lane…
2013: the Tour hits Corsica
The Tour de France marks its 100th edition with its first visit to the Isle of Beauty. The Grand Départ is held in Porto-Vecchio, where the ferry Mega Smeralda spends a week moored as the floating HQ of the Tour. Stage 1 takes the peloton towards Bastia. A bunch sprint appears to be on the cards, but a team bus manages to wedge itself under the finish line gantry as the riders are barrelling towards the finish. A frantic search for a solution begins…
