FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - The 31-km Stage 20 Individual Time Trial from Saint-Pee-sur-Nivelle to Espelette - July 28, 2018 - TTeam Sky rider Geraint Thomas of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, finishes. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Winning any Tour de France stage is a milestone in any cyclist's career but to do so on the opening day of the annual three-week trek comes with a very special bonus -- the yellow jersey.
Saturday's Grand Depart in Brussels feels special enough anyway, coming 50 years after the city's most favourite sporting son Eddie Merckx won the first of his five Tours and 61 years after the race last started in the Belgian capital.
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