2017 Tour de France
| 2017 UCI World Tour, race 25 of 38 | |
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Route of the 2017 Tour de France
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| Dates | 1–23 July |
| Stages | 21 |
| Distance | 3,516 km (2,185 mi) |
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The 2017 Tour de France will be the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race will begin with an individual time trial in Düsseldorf on 1 July, and conclude with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris on 23 July 2017. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams will enter the race.
The start of the 2017 Tour (known as the Grand Départ) was originally scheduled to be in London; this would have been the third time the Tour had visited London, following the 2007 and 2014 editions. In September 2015, a week before this was due to be announced, Transport for London pulled out of the bid. It was later revealed that this was the decision of the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, on the grounds of cost: hosting the Grand Depart would have cost £35,000,000.
In December 2015, ASO announced that the Grand Départ would take place with stages based in Düsseldorf in Germany; this will be the fourth time that the Tour has begun in Germany and the first since 1987. The bid to host the Tour was only narrowly approved by the city council. The return to Germany followed a resurgence in German cycling, with riders including Tony Martin, Marcel Kittel, André Greipel and John Degenkolb enjoying success. On 14 January 2016, details of the opening two stages were announced. The first stage would be a 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) individual time trial in Düsseldorf itself. The second stage would also begin in Düsseldorf, climb the Grafenberg climb after just 6 km (3.7 mi), revisit the city and then head off to another city for the finish.
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