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Every time Tour de France started abroad

Cyclists rolling out of the city of Amsterdam at Tour de France 1954

Tour de France 2024 will start in Florence (Italy).

Although the race visited neigbour countries before the First World War already, the tradition of starting the first stage of Tour de France abroad dated back to 1954  only, when the Grand Départ took place in Amsterdam (Netherland)

One of the most uniqe occasions was the big start in 1987, when peloton visited West Berlin.

Also, Yorkshire 2014 is still considered one of the most successful Grand Départs of recent time.

Let't take a look at the full list of every time  Tour de France started abroad

1954: Amsterdam, Netherlands
1958: Brussels, Belgium
1965: Cologne, West Germany
1973: The Hague, Netherlands
1975: Charleroi, Belgium
1978: Leiden, Netherlands
1980: Frankfurt, West Germany
1982: Basel, Switzerland
1987: West Berlin
1989: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
1992: San Sebastián, Spain
1996: Den Bosch, Netherlands
1998: Dublin, Ireland
2002: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2004: Liège, Belgium
2007: London, United Kingdom
2009: Monte Carlo, Monaco
2010: Rotterdam, Netherlands
2012: Liège, Belgium
2014: Leeds, United Kingdom
2015: Utrecht, Netherlands
2017: Düsseldorf, Germany
2019: Brussels, Belgium
2022: Copenhagen, Denmark
2023: Bilbao, Spain
2024: Florence, Italy

Inspired by the fact, that Tour de France will start from Italy for the very first time, PelotonTales will focus a bit more on the topic of Tour de France abroad. 

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Federico Bahamontes Stan Ockers, and Roger Walkowiak in the 17th stage of Tour de France 1956

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Cyclists rolling out of the city of Amsterdam at Tour de France 1954

Every time Tour de France started abroad

Tour de France 2024 will start in Florence (Italy). Although the race visited neigbour countries before the First World War already, the tradition of starting the first stage of Tour de France abroad dated back to 1954  only, when the Grand Départ took place in Amsterdam (Netherland) One of the most uniqe occasions was the… Read More »Every time Tour de France started abroad