Grand Depart


TdF Yorkshire Grand Depart legacy handed massive financial boost by three cycling organisations

Organisers express relief after fears over who would fund 2014 Tour de France start

Edinburgh could host Tour depart as early as 2014 now city council has backed the bid

Decision would see four days of the race in southern Scotland, England and Wales

Qatar pitching for Tour de France Grand Depart

Gulf nation wants to host event in 2016

Barcelona bids for 2014 Tour de France Grand Départ, Scotland also in negotiations

Catalan capital has hosted race three times previously but faces competition from around Europe

Florence hoping to host 2014 Tour de France Grand Depart

Tuscan city looking to commemorate centenary of Gino Bartali's birth

Vendée start for 2011 Tour de France gives hat-trick chance to Lance Armstrong

Race gets started with Passage du Gois, scene of 1999 pile-up which helped Texan land first Tour