Hot! 2013 Tour De France To Start In Corsica

As continue year, Christian Prudhomme will disclose full Tour de France path specifics around this Palais des Congr vertisements on late October

Mediterranean island an applicant with regard to Tour's 100th edition, feasible come back to Mont Ventoux

Three a long time from now, the particular Tour de France might be swirling for any 100th time, and race organiser Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) is absolute to lay out and about a special itinerary pertaining to the particular celebration. The French press is actually already commenced in order to hypothesise about a 'Grand D part' - the start from the event - within the Mediterranean area of Corsica, really the only French region that has not necessarily yet hosted some sort of period from the Tour all the way through their history.

According to French newspaper Corse Matin, ASO authorities will probably travel to Corsica regarding a strong official achieving from October 21-23 in order to focus on the logistical issues of taking the actual race to an island. The very last time frame a Tour start out started out over European mainland was in 2007, if the event initiated with London and the Tour caravan sailed returning that will France throughout the Channel tunnel. Travel to be able to in addition to from Corsica, however, would require ferry and also air transport.

Moreover, reliability are often a challenge since separatist movements have happen to be haunting that region for many years.

The 2013 Tour could also incorporate Provence's renowned Mont Ventoux again, that is very last featured this year. The 'bald giant' is usually not visited with the kind often, while occurrence overseer Christian Prudhomme considers may well destroy their myth if it were to seem very frequently.

But authors in the French website Ventoux-Magazine.com are certain that will your 100th format belonging to the race will comprise this fabled climb again, because Prudhomme in addition to Claude Haut, president on the typical advisor involving Vaucluse, apparently share an idea: a resume the Ventoux time period trial. The race from the call up that slopes of the 'windy mountain' solely was held occasions inside historical past on the event; at the first try around 1958 (Charly Gaul won), along with the previous time in 1987 (victory associated with Jean-Fran ois Bernard).

The very last period some sort of summit conclude time period test occured on the Tour de France seemed to be around 2004, as soon as Lance Armstrong received over L'Alpe d'Huez.

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