Tour de France

Sites where the yearly classic cycling race 'Tour de France' (men's edition) has crossed the core zone in one of the stages. Year and stage must be named.

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Site	Rationale	Link
Belfries	2022 Stage 5 Lille > Arenberg Porte du Hainaut: Starts and Ends in different WHS!! The start is at the Belfry of Lille
Canal du Midi	Tour de France 2021, Stage 13
Causses and Cévennes	Tour de France 2020, Stage 6
Champagne	The Avenue de Champagne in the Tour de France 2014, Stage 7 and the Tour de France Femmes 2022, Stage 3
Chaîne des Puys	The Puy de Dôme was part of a stage during several Tours, up and until 1988 (Stage 19) and in 2020, Stage 13.
Dutch Water Defence Lines	1954 Stage 1 crossed though the corezone, probably around Abcoude)
Flemish Béguinages	Tour de France 2015, Stage 3 (Lier beguinage)
Florence	Tour de France 2024, Stage 1
Fortifications of Vauban	2021, Stage 15 (Villefranche-de-Conflent and Mont-Louis), and 2022, Stage 6 (Longwy)
Grand Place, Brussels	Tour de France 2019, Stage 1 (tour crossed after starting line, but before Kilometer 0)
Gulf of Porto	Tour de France 2013, Stage 3
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	2022 Stage 9 Aigle > Châtel Les Portes-du-Soleil: Goes through the core zone of Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
Loire Valley	Tour de France 2021, Stage 6
Lower German Limes	Tour de France 2015, Stage 2 (Dom Square in Utrecht)
Lyon	Tour de France 2020, Stage 14
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	2016 Stage 9 did cross through the core zone in the panhandle
Maritime Greenwich	Tour de France 2007, Stage 1
Moravian Church Settlements	Stage 3, 2022
Nice	Tour de France 2020, Stage 1
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	2022 Stage 5 Lille > Arenberg Porte du Hainaut: Starts and Ends in different WHS!! It winds through the whole area but certainly enters the core zone at Cité Barrois, and the stage ends in the core zone at Paysage et ensemble miniers de Wallers-Arenberg et Paysage et ensemble Miniers d'Haveluy
Paris, Banks of the Seine	The last stage of the tour traditionally goes through the core zone of Paris, Banks of the Seine, en route to the finish line on the Champs-Élysées.
Roskilde Cathedral	2022 Stage 2 Roskilde - Nyborg The stage starts outside Roskilde cathedral.
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	Tour de France 1921, stage 5: they're cycling through the porch of the Ancien hôpital des pèlerins of Pons. And in 2022: Stage 19 Castelnau-Magnoac > Cahors. The stage finishes by following the core zone of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France through Cahors
Saint-Emilion	Tour de France 2021, Stage 20
The Porticoes of Bologna	2024 Stage 2: the finish was at the ascent to the spectacular Basilica di San Luca, following the Portico of San Luca
Versailles	Tour de France 2021, Stage 21 (amongst others)

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