Hot! 2013 Tour De France To Start In Corsica

As last year, Christian Prudhomme will show being full Tour de France route information in the Palais des Congr vertisements on later October

Mediterranean isle a candidate pertaining to Tour's 100th edition, doable return to Mont Ventoux

Three many years from now, the Tour de France shall be going on with the 100th time, as well as race organiser Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) is definitely absolute to rest available its own itinerary with regard to the celebration. The French touch can be undoubtedly in progress to speculate in relation to a new 'Grand D part' - the beginning of the affair - about the Mediterranean tropical isle regarding Corsica, the sole French region which includes definitely not still hosted your point on the Tour throughout their history.

According to be able to French newspaper Corse Matin, ASO officers will take a trip for you to Corsica for a great official meeting out of October 21-23 that will talk about your logistical issues of using the actual race in order to an island. The final occasion a Tour start begun over European mainland was in 2007, once the occurrence initiated within London as well as the Tour caravan travelled back to France through the Channel tunnel. Travel to help and out of Corsica, however, would likely necessitate ferry plus atmosphere transport.

Moreover, safety measures may also be a difficulty seeing that separatist movements happen to be haunting this region for many years.

The 2013 Tour could also include Provence's renowned Mont Ventoux again, which will has been final highlighted the following year. The 'bald giant' is not stopped at by way of the actual race often, when function overseer Christian Prudhomme feels it could destroy it is fable if them were to seem way too frequently.

But publishers in the French site Ventoux-Magazine.com are usually several which the 100th edition belonging to the competition will include the fabled conquer again, seeing that Prudhomme and also Claude Haut, chief executive belonging to the standard counsel regarding Vaucluse, allegedly share an idea: some sort of go back to this Ventoux occasion trial. The contest against the clock upward that inclines of the 'windy mountain' only required spot 2 times from the story of the event; initially with 1958 (Charly Gaul won), along with the last time period in 1987 (victory connected with Jean-Fran ois Bernard).

The very last period a new summit finish time trial was presented on the Tour de France is at 2004, when Lance Armstrong won along with L'Alpe d'Huez.

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