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From Times Online
November 20, 2008

Rotterdam to host Tour de France start in 2010

Times Online

The organisers of the Tour de France have announced that the 2010 race will begin from the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

Rotterdam lodged a bid to host the start of the 2010 event, along with neighbour Utrecht, following on from the success of the Grand Depart in London in 2007.

A statement from Amaury Sport Organisation read: "The decision was made in favour of Rotterdam for two main reasons. Firstly, because in the wake of the Grand Depart from London, Rotterdam embodies a kind of continuity by using the image of the Tour de France in a metropolis to promote cycling as an important means of transport in the heart of the city.

"Secondly, because its geographical situation adheres perfectly to the route we have imagined for the 2010 Tour."

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The 97th Tour begins on July 3, 2010, with more details to be revealed in December. The Tour de France last started from the Netherlands in 1996, when it began in s'Hertogenbosch.

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