Chief organizer Christian Prudhomme has given a boost to hopes that the Tour de France 2030 will start in Dresden. "Germany counts for France, equally Germany counts for the Tour de France," said the 64-year-old at a book launch for the world's biggest cycling race in Berlin. A German bid "cannot simply be wiped off the table", said Prudhomme.
An initiative has been pushing the idea of bringing the Tour de France back to Germany after 13 years for several months. The last time the big loop started in Düsseldorf was in 2017. Previously, the western part of Berlin in 1987, Frankfurt/Main in 1980 and Cologne in 1965 were German starting points for the Tour de France.
