Cycling-2028 Tour de France to start in Reims after Spain and Britain host


Cycling - Tour de France - The 213.5-km Stage 4 from Reims to Nancy - July 9, 2019 - Fans cheer as the peloton passes by. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS, May ⁠18 (Reuters) - The 2028 Tour de ⁠France will start in Reims, ‌organisers said on Monday, with the Grand Depart returning to France after ​starts in Spain and ⁠Britain in the ⁠previous two editions.

The 115th edition of ⁠cycling's ‌biggest race will begin on June 24, ⁠with the calendar adjusted because of ​the ‌Los Angeles Olympics later that ⁠summer.

Reims, which ​previously hosted the Grand Depart in 1956, will stage the ⁠opening stage as the ​peloton embarks on four days of racing through the Grand Est ⁠region in northeastern France.

The Tour will start abroad in Barcelona in July before heading to Britain ​in 2027.

The race ⁠started from Copenhagen in 2022, ​Bilbao in 2023, ‌Florence in 2024 and ​Lille in 2025.

(Reporting by Julien PretotEditing by Toby Davis)

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