Future bids may also be derailed by competition from elsewhere in the country Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower. Photo: Flickr/David Blaikie Portsmouth City Council is no longer pursuing the 2019 Tour de France Grand Départ
The Tour could head to Brittany and take on the dirt, gravel and cobbled roads synonymous with one-day race Tro-Bro LéonGeraint Thomas on stage one of the 2016 Paris-Nice (Watson)The Tour de France could head to Brittany and take on the dirt, gravel and cobbled roads synonymous with one-day race Tro-Bro Léon
Reduction in riders to improve safety and spectacleTeam Sky on stage 15 of the 2016 Tour de France (Watson)A.S.O, RCS Sport, and Flanders Classics have agreed to reduce the number of riders in their races to try and improve the safety and spectacle of cycling.
Organisers say that the new mountain course will be harder, and stop the race becoming repetitious Credit: Photo by COUDERT/SPORTSVISION/SIPA/REX/Shutterstock (4916690l)
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La Course by Le Tour de France, Paris, France - 26 Jul 2015Organisers say that the new mountain route of La Course will be harder, and stop the race becoming repetitious
Bern's staging of the Tour de France cost £500,000 more than it originally budgeted for 20 July 2016
103rd Tour de France
Stage 17 : Berne - Finhaut-Emosson
ZAKARIN Ilnur (RUS) Katusha, at Finhaut-Emosson
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADATour de France cost Swiss capital of Bern more that it thought it would
