Where is the first stage of the tour de france?
No teams from Italy, Germany, or Spain rode in 1939 because of tensions preceding the Second World War (after German assistance to the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War it was widely expected Spain would join Germany in a European war, though this did not come to pass). Henri Desgrange planned a Tour for 1940, after war had started but before France had been invaded. The route, approved by military authorities, included a route along the Maginot Line. Teams would have been drawn from military units in France, including the British, who would have been organised by a journalist, Bill Mills. Then the Germans invaded and the race was not held again until 1947 (see Tour de France during the Second World War). The first German team after the war was in 1960, although individual Germans had ridden in mixed teams. The Tour has since started in Germany four times: in Cologne in 1965, in Frankfurt in 1980, in West Berlin on the city's 750th anniversary in 1987, and in Düsseldorf in 2017. Plans to enter East Germany in 1987 were abandoned.
Where was the first stage of the Tour de France in 2017?
Düsseldorf
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Where was the first stage of the Tour de France in 2016?
Mont Saint-Michel to Utah Beach
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Where was the first stage of the Tour de France in 2015?
Utrecht, Netherlands
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Traditionally, the bulk of race is held in the month of July, with the only exception to this since the conclusion of World War II being the COVID-19 pandemic, delaying the race in 2020 to August 29, 2020.
Tour de France The start and finish of the Tour
The first stage of Tour de France is held at different locations each year in July, traditionally. The only exception to this since the conclusion of world war II is due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which delayed the race until August 29, 2020. In 2015, it was in Utrecht, Netherlands. 2016's Tour de France was in Mont Saint-Michel to Utah Beach, and 2017 it was in Düsseldorf.