{"id":194593,"date":"2023-12-07T05:29:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=194593"},"modified":"2023-12-07T05:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:29:56","slug":"16-years-of-the-tour-de-france-in-a-single-interactive-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2023\/12\/07\/16-years-of-the-tour-de-france-in-a-single-interactive-map\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Years of the Tour de France in a Single Interactive Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, in the heat of the race, it\u2019s easy to forget that the Tour de France is more than just a bicycle race: it is also, as the name declares, a tour of France, which is surely one reason so many caravans are parked along the side of the roads on which the peloton rides. Many of the people who come to watch the Tour de France in person are, quite literally, touristes de France.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Though the Tour has gone abroad since 1954 when the first foreign Grand D\u00e9part was held in Amsterdam, and the race has since gone as far afield as Denmark, it remains a French race and, in many ways, an advertisement for the beautiful and varied French countryside and its many historical sites. So one of the goals of the Tour organisers is to be as geographically inclusive as possible and give every region, city and town a chance to be seen by the hundreds of millions of people who watch the race every year, some of whom will one day become touristes.<\/p>\n

To illustrate just how successful the race has been in this mission, velowire.com has published a map<\/a> that depicts, in coloured tracings that resemble painted snakes, the routes covered in every Tour since 2008, 16 in all. And every year, the complete new route will be added to the map, bringing more colour to our knowledge of the race. It’s also a cool way to discover or recall the details of any of the stages of the Tour de France since 2008.<\/p>\n

For example, I click on this long, squiggly blue line running through the centre of the country and learn that stage 14 of the 2013 Tour took place on Saturday, July 13 of that year and covered 191 km from Saint-Pour\u00e7ain-sur-Sioule to Lyon. Then, if I want more information, I can click on the end of that blue line and learn that the finish line was on Avenue Jean Jaur\u00e8s, at the end of a final straight of 2,100 m and that this section of road was 7.5 m wide.<\/p>\n

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FR Le Tour de France ne visite pas la France enti\u00e8re ? En fait si, au fil du temps ! – la carte historique du parcours du Tour de France @letour<\/a> @amaurysport<\/a> #TDF<\/a> #parcours<\/a> #cartehistorique<\/a> #exclusivite<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/gx4Z3GIPZH<\/a><\/p>\n

— velowire.com (@velowire_com) October 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n