Tour de France 2023: Pinot on the Tour, start at home!

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The Tour de France 2023 will start from Bilbao in Spain on July 1 and will end on July 23 on the Champs-Elysées.

The essential

  • The Tour de France 2023, contested from July 1 to July 23, will be a Tour for climbers. No less than nine mountainous stages will be on the programme. The runners will pass in particular by the Tourmalet, the Puy de Dôme, the Col de la Loze or even Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc.

  • The big favorites of this Tour de France will once again be Jonas Vingegaard, outgoing winner and the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, double winner. Although injured since Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the UAE Emirates runner. Among the French, all hopes are on David Gaudu while Julian Alaphilippe or Christophe Laporte can play for victories.

  • Follow with us the latest information on the Tour de France 2023.

The latest news

Thibaut Pinot lined up for the Tour de France!

June 13, 2023 at 2:10 p.m. Retired at the end of the season, Thibaut Pinot had set itself the Giro d’Italia as its main objective. But with his 5th place, his self-sacrifice over several stages and his best climber’s jersey, has the Frenchman convinced his team to line him up at the start of the Tour de France on July 1? THE Dauphine announced it on Tuesday June 13 and the manager of Groupama Marc Madiot confirmed it. “The objective is of course the general classification with David Gaudu. We will also allow ourselves to be offensive with Pinot, Valentin Madouas or Stefan Küng”

Absent from the Grande Boucle for several years, the Frenchman was announced for this 2023 edition even if the team had to bet 100% on David Gaudu. The two men had also exchanged a few pleasantries on social networks a few months ago, causing some discomfort in the team. In delicacy since the start of the season, Arnaud Démare will therefore not do the Tour de France and the sprinter says he is disgusted. “I’m angry, disgusted because I worked for, I made concessions this winter knowing that I would have a teammate with me for the sprint. I knew that the team was going to devote 100% to the general classification but during Paris-Nice, I showed the example, that I was a great professional and a good teammate. I invested myself by doing personal training courses. We could have done great things together. This was not a match between Thibaut (Pinot, finally selected for the Tour) or me. Three (with David Gaudu, the leader), together, there was a way to do a good job. I think I had my place as a teammate.” Groupama-FDJ has confirmed 5 riders for the Tour de France: David Gaudu, Kevin Geniets, Stefan Küng, Thibaut Pinot, Valentin Madouas. The absence of Arnaud Démare is a “sporting choice” for Marc Madiot, who “assumes” the decision and “understands the disappointment” of the sprinter

Vingegaard wins the Dauphiné and sends a message to Pogacar

liveJune 12, 2023 at 11:15 a.m.. Jonas Vingegaard largely dominated the Critérium du Dauphiné which he won for the first time in his career. “It’s something huge to win this race, one of the most important in the world. Of course I’m very happy. I can be very satisfied with this week, I’m in good shape and the whole team has been fantastic”, commented the Dane after his success on the French roads on Sunday June 11. This race precedes the Tour de France which will already start on July 1st.

The Jumbo-Visma rider will “take a few days off. I will continue to prepare for the Tour de France. I still have a little work to do, but not much”, detailed the winner of the Grande Boucle 2022. He seemed ultra-dominant on this event. His opponents couldn’t do anything. His great rival Tadej Pogacar is still recovering. The Slovenian was injured a few weeks ago in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège race. In the fall, he had broken his wrist. He therefore fell behind in his preparation. Jonas Vingegaard doesn’t care about that. “Pogacar, I don’t know what he’s doing, where he’s at, I don’t look at his networks… I’m only focused on me,” he said.

Return of the anti-Covid protocol

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June 6, 2023 at 10 a.m.. The organizers of the Tour de France have recorded the return of the anti-Covid protocol for the Grande Boucle 2023. A decision which was recorded on June 4 and which aims to avoid the carnage of the Giro with in particular the abandonment of the jersey rose at the time, the Belgian world champion Remco Evenepoel. While the WHO ended the global alert a few weeks ago, this reversal surprises many observers.

In detail, the protocol provides for a number of restrictive measures, according to several sources cited by AFP. Among them, limited access to the finish line for members of each team and the wearing of mandatory masks in the paddocks for journalists and guests. Runners will have to limit interactions as much as possible outside the reinstated “bubble” around the race. They will also have to avoid too much proximity with the spectators as much as possible. Selfies and autographs should therefore be prohibited.

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Where will the start of the Tour de France 2023 be given?

For the 110th edition of the Tour de France, the organizers have decided to start from Spain, one year after the start in Denmark. The city of Bilbaothe most populated in the Basque Country was chosen.

What is the route and map of the Tour de France 2023?

Here is the official map and the route of the Tour de France 2023 which will therefore start from Bilbao in Spain and concentrate almost exclusively in the Center of France and the East. Several recognized passes will be climbed by the runners, in the Pyrenees and the Alps. The Tourmalet and the Grand Colombier will notably be on the programme. In detail, this Tour de France will offer 3,404 kilometres, 30 passes (Out of category, 1st category or 2nd category), 4 summit finishes and 22 kilometers of time trial. The organization declares 6 flat stages, 6 hilly ones, 8 mountain ones and one stopwatch.

What are the dates of the Tour de France 2023?

The 2023 edition of the Tour de France will be given from Bilbao in Spain on July 1, 2023. Three stages will be scheduled in Spain. This 110th edition will end three weeks later on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, on Sunday July 23, 2023.

Who are the entrants for the Tour de France 2023?

Find the list of all the riders entered for the Tour de France 2023.

What are the stages of the Tour de France 2023?

  • Saturday 1 July – Stage 1: Bilbao – Bilbao, 182 km

  • Sunday July 2 – Stage 2: Vitoria-Gasteiz – San Sebastian, 209 km

  • Monday July 3 – Stage 3: Amorebieta-Etxano – Bayonne, 185 km

  • Tuesday July 4 – Stage 4: Dax – Nogaro, 182 km

  • Wednesday July 5 – Stage 5: Pau – Laruns, 165 km

  • Thursday July 6 – Stage 6: Tarbes – Cauterets, 145 km

  • Friday July 7 – Stage 7: Mont-de-Marsan – Bordeaux, 170 km

  • Saturday July 8 – Stage 8: Libourne – Limoges, 201 km

  • Sunday July 9 – Stage 9: Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat – Puy-de-Dôme, 184 km

  • Monday July 10 – 1st rest day in Clermont-Ferrand

  • Tuesday July 11 – Stage 10: Vulcania – Issoire, 167 km

  • Wednesday July 12 – Stage 11: Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins, 180 km

  • Thursday July 13 – Stage 12: Roanne – Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 169 km

  • Friday July 14 – Stage 13: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne – Grand Colombier, 138 km

  • Saturday July 15 – Stage 14: Annemasse – Morzine, 152 km

  • Sunday July 16 – Stage 15: Morzine – Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc, 180 km

  • Monday July 17 – 2nd rest day in Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc

  • Tuesday July 18 – Stage 16: Passy – Combloux, individual time trial 22 km

  • Wednesday July 19 – Stage 17: Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc – Courchevel, 166 km

  • Thursday July 20 – Stage 18: Moutiers – Bourg-en-Bresse, 186 km

  • Friday July 21 – Stage 19: Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny, 173 km

  • Saturday July 22 – Stage 20: Belfort – Le Markstein, 133 km

  • Sunday July 23 – Stage 21: National Velodrome of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Paris Champs-Elysées, 115 km



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