Tour de France chief open to Grand Départ in Berlin in 2029

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2026-07-02

Berlin (dpa) - Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme remains receptive to the idea of the 2029 race starting in eastern Germany and Berlin. "I am very open-minded about this German bid," he told the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper on Thursday. The 113th Tour de France starts in Barcelona on Saturday, following a long tradition of the Grand Départ for the world's premier cycling race taking place outside France for marketing reasons. The ba......

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