He Tour de France is in a hurry Almost less than a month left to close the folder for the year 2024 and this Thursday morning the ‘Big Boucle’ have shown that the first stages of the edition of the mother of all cycling races in 2025.
After the Tour de France leaves Italy next year, in 2025 it will return to Francespecifically in the north, to experience the first four rounds of the race, as announced this Thursday morning in the press conference to present the 112th edition of the ‘Grande Boucle’.
The first stage will be held on July 5, with a route that will pass around the city of Lilleto continue Lauwin-Planque and ends with Boulogne-sur-Merbefore dealing with the third stage of Valenciennes to Dunkirk and deal with the fourth initial attack that begins with Amiensbut it has not yet been given what its conclusion will be.
Cradle of great champions
In this way, the north of France will once again play a leading role in the ‘Grande Bocule’, where great cycling stories have been experienced. The north of France has had two race winners (Maurice Garin, a northerner by adoption, in 1903, and Henri Cornet in 1904), seven wearers of the yellow jersey (Jean Alavoine in 1922, Amédée Fournier in 1939, José Catieau in 1973, Martial Gayant in 1987, Cédric Vasseur in 1997, Laurent Desbiens in 1998 and Christophe Moreau in 2001); in addition to a legend like Jean Stablinski, with more than 100 professional victories, including five stages of the Tour de France between 1957 and 1967, a world champion title (1962) and four French Championship titles (1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964) .
For the fifth time, the Tour de France will depart from the region of Upper France, whose capital is Lille, cradle of Paris-Roubaix, although not stepping on the dreaded cobblestones. In 2001, in the last Grand Departure, from Dunkirk, Christophe Moreau He took the yellow jersey after the prologue. This time, in a regular stage, the battle for the first yellow jersey of the race will be fought at great speed.
“We couldn’t go back to France and do it in places that are not so fond of cycling and the Tour de France. We had to go back to a land that breathes, that feels emotion, a land of coexistence, a land that breathes cycling ,” he emphasized. Christian Prudhomme. race director.
THE FIRST 4 PHASES OF 2025
Saturday, July 5; first stage: Lille Métropole > Lille Métropole, 185 km
Sunday, July 6, second stage: Lauwin-Planque > Boulogne-sur-Mer, 209 km
Monday, July 7, third stage: Valenciennes > Dunkirk, 172 km
Thursday, July 8, fourth episode: Amiens > ?
Source: La Verdad
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