Three British stages to open Tour de France 2014
- Published: 18 Jan 2013 at 03.45
- Online news: Sports
The 2014 Tour de France will start with a stage between Leeds and Harrogate in the northern English county of Yorkshire on July 5, organisers of cycling's most prestigious and gruelling race announced on Thursday.
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme gives a press conference to announce the routes for the 2014 Tour de France at Leeds Town Hall in Leeds, northern England, on January 17, 2013.
As will be the case for the 2013 edition, Tour director Christian Prudhomme again opted against a traditional time-trial or prologue opener which favours the sprinters of the peloton.
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