- Stage town for the 15th time
- Commune of Haute-Savoie (74)
- Population: 9,300 (Évianais and Évianaises)
The small town on the shores of Lake Geneva was already a prestigious spa resort when, in 1926, it became the first provincial town to be chosen to host the Grand Départ, although it wasn’t known as that then. During that period, the spa town welcomed the Tour for 12 consecutive editions. Still in the 20th century, the riders returned to Évian in 1979 for the start of a 55km time trial to Avoriaz, where the winner Bernard Hinault seized the Yellow Jersey from Joop Zoetemelk. More recently, the 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné began here, Alberto Contador taking victory in the prologue.
