The Tour is a puzzle whose pieces have been laid out for an ever-renewed journey that takes the route of memories and opens up new paths.
It is based on a story, a setting, actors.
Yesterday and today.
The queen event of cycling draws its strength from its carefully nurtured roots, cultivating its appeal for novelties slipped in with relish.
The 110th Tour de France, from Bilbao (the 25th departure from abroad) to Paris, from July 1 to 23, 2023, will be part of this desire to unite tradition and novelty.
Christian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour, summarizes: “
The desire remains to manage the suspense, to have highlights, to find climbs in the plain, climbs where there are none.
We worked on the first week of the Tour which has, in recent years, been transfigured, by going for the slightest bump, if there is a wall, we throw ourselves on it, as on places where it can be windy , borders, we are looking for all the elements…
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