2025 Tour de France to start in northern city of Lille

PARIS: The 2025 Tour de France will start in the northern city of Lille, the organizers of cycling’s most famous race announced on Tuesday. The opening stage has been held in Lille, near the Belgian border, twice before in 1960 and 1994. The past two editions of the Tour, which started in 1903, have taken place abroad, in Copenhagen and Bilbao.

Next year’s race will take off from Florence, Italy and for the first time it will end in Nice and not Paris, due to the Olympic Games taking place in the French capital.

Further details of the opening stage, or Grand Depart, will be released on Thursday by organisers, Amaury sport organization. Agencies

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