The 3,529 km 2,193 milong race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 2 july in mont saintmichel, normandy, and concluding on 24 july with the champselysees stage in paris. Extra pre tour nights in london are not available if you join your tour later than day 2. The 3,351 km 2,082 milong race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 july in noirmoutierenlile, in western france, and concluding on 29 july with the champselysees stage in paris. Following a settling of scores, hes obliged to leave paris and lay low for awhile. Op 9 december worden nadere details over le grand depart bekend gemaakt. The overall general classification was won by chris froome of team. If space at the tour hotel is not available, alternative accommodation will be reserved at a hotel of equivalent standard. Dusseldorf als deutscher gastgeber des grand depart hatte schon vorher festgestanden. The grand depart is a huge opportunity for dusseldorf for our city marketing, the sport city dusseldorf and dusseldorf as a. Weve been representing the globus family of brands for over 35 years as a premier agency partner a designation only awarded to the top tier agencies that are authorized to represent the full globus family of brands. Established in 1903 by newspaper lauto, the tour is the most wellknown and prestigious of cyclings three grand tours. Maps and full route descriptions are on our website.
A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. Thalys takes 1 hour 22 minutes to connect the two cities and in july, the riders will take between 85 and 90 hours to cycle from one capital to the other. The 21stage race took place across 3,540 km 2,200 mi, commencing with an individual time trial in dusseldorf, germany on 1 july, and concluding with the champselysees stage in paris on 23 july. Le grand depart leeds, le tour yorkshire, england 5th july, 2014 duration. The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres 2,200 mi, passing through france and neighbouring countries such as belgium. With gerard depardieu, sadek, louise grinberg, nicolas maretheu. Premiere diffusion le 20 octobre 2015 au palais des congres. Vincenzo nibali of the astana team won the overall general. A total of 176 riders from 22 teams participated in the race. If you believe you may not be seeing the latest content on this page, try clearing your browsers cache or try a different browser. As a fullservice travel provider, we can help you in finding your perfect tour at the best price available, today. Every effort is made to reserve extra nights at the hotel where your tour stays.