
The Tour de France kicks off today with 2024 winner Tadej Pogacar in pole position. The 3,338-kilometre route starts in Lille and finishes on the Champs Elysées, making this the first edition since 2020 not to venture abroad.
Following starts in Florence, Bilbao and Copenhagen, every mile of this year's 21-day course is on French soil, for the first time since the pandemic-delayed edition.