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Dani Ostanek

Luxembourg takes aim at 2028 Tour de France Grand Départ as sports minister meets with race director Prudhomme

Cycling: 104th Tour de France 2017 / Stage 3 Adam HANSEN (AUS)/ Nils POLITT (GER)/ Romain HARDY (FRA)/ Frederik BACKAERT (BEL)/ Nathan BROWN (USA)/ Romain SICARD (FRA)/ Luxembourg/ Fans / Public / Verviers - Longwy-Cote des Religieuses 379m (212,5km)/ TDF/ © Tim De Waele.

The Grand Départs of the next two Tours de France, in Barcelona and Edinburgh, are already confirmed, and now the 2028 race start may well be heading abroad once again, with Luxembourg the possible destination.

The European microstate has previously hosted the start of the Grand Tour in 1989 and 2002, and earlier this year, the Luxembourg government approved a plan to submit a bid for the 2028 Grand Départ.

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