Article 76T49 Why the Tour de France often starts outside of France

Why the Tour de France often starts outside of France

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editors@theworld.org (Gerry Hadden)
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This year's opening stages of the Tour de France wrapped up today - in Spain. In other years, Germany has hosted, as has the Netherlands, Monaco, and Italy, among others, for a total of 28 non-French "Grand Departs." The Tour does this for two reasons: To make the sport more international, and to make more money by charging host cities for the honor. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Granollers, Spain.

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