Tour De France
Italy to host Tour de France bicycle race in June 2024 for the first time
Italy will host the start of the Tour de France for the first time in 2024. Race organisers confirmed on Wednesday that the "grand dpart" will take place on June 29 from Florence to Rimini to mark 100 years since Ottavio Bottecchia became the first Italian rider to win the Tour. Italy will host the first three stages of the 2024 race, which will end on July 21 in Nice instead of Paris because of the Olympic Games. It will be the first time since 1905 that the finish is not the French capital. The start was brought forward by one week, a customary change during an Olympic year.
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Uncertainty shrouds Tour de France racing amid coronavirus pandemic
The German team Bora-Hansgrohe is among those expressing concern, after one if its riders first tested positive and then tested negative
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Words of wonder
The Tour de France, especially, has one of the greatest commentary teams in any sport, and this is the duo of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen
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