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Tour 2023: Foreign starts
01 July 2023, by Mark van der Linden
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Figure 8. Swiss winners of Grand Départs [racename1] in other countries than [countryname]
Year Departure Winner
2012 Liège CANCELLARA Fabian
2010 Rotterdam CANCELLARA Fabian
2009 Monaco CANCELLARA Fabian
2007 London CANCELLARA Fabian
2004 Liege CANCELLARA Fabian
1996 's-Hertogenbosch ZÜLLE Alex
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Figure 10. French winners of Grand Départs [racename1] in other countries than [countryname]
Year Departure Winner
1982 Basel HINAULT Bernard
1980 Frankfurt HINAULT Bernard
1958 Brussel DARRIGADE André
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Figure 13. Stage starts abroad in [racename1]
Date Stage Start location
1913Stage 12 Geneva
1914Stage 12 Geneva
1919Stage 12 Geneva
1921Stage 12 Geneva
1922Stage 12 Geneva
1923Stage 12 Geneva
1935Stage 5b (ITT) Geneva
1937Stage 6 Geneva
1939Stage 13 Monaco
1939Stage 14 Monaco
1947Stage 3 Brussel
1947Stage 4 Luxembourg
1948Stage 12 San Remo
1948Stage 16 Lausanne
1948Stage 20 Liege
1949Stage 3 Brussel
1949Stage 10 San Sebastian
1949Stage 18 Aoste
1949Stage 19 Lausanne
1950Stage 3 Liege
1951Stage 3 Gent
1951Stage 23 Geneve
1952Stage 6 Namur
1952Stage 10 Lausanne
1952Stage 12 Sestrieres
1952Stage 13 Monaco
1953Stage 3 Liège
1953Stage 17 Monaco
1954Stage 1 Amsterdam
1954Stage 2 Beveren
1955Stage 4 Namur
1955Stage 7 Zürich
1955Stage 10 Monaco
1956Stage 2 Liège
1956Stage 18 Torino
1957Stage 6 Charleroi
1957Stage 15b (ITT) Barcelona (Montjuïc)
1957Stage 16 Barcelona
1958Stage 1 Brussel
1958Stage 2 Ghent
1959Stage 3 Namur
1959Stage 19 Saint-Vincent
1960Stage 1b (ITT) Brussel
1960Stage 2 Brussel
1961Stage 4 Charleroi
1961Stage 11 Torino
1962Stage 2a Spa
1962Stage 3 Brussel
1963Stage 3 Jambes
1964Stage 4 Forest
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Figure 16. Latest stages with start and finish in different countries outside France in [racename1]
Year Stage Start location Finish location
2017Stage 2 Düsseldorf Liège
2016Stage 9 Vielha val d'Aran Andorra Arcalis
2010Stage 1 Rotterdam Brussel
2009Stage 7 Barcelona Andorra Arcalis
2006Stage 3 Esch-sur-Alzette Valkenburg
2002Stage 2 Luxembourg Saarbrücken
2000Stage 18 Lausanne Fribourg-En-Brisgau
1992Stage 8 Valkenburg Koblenz
1992Stage 7 Brussel Valkenburg
1989Stage 3 Luxembourg Francorchamps
1978Stage 1b St Willebrord Brussel
1977Stage 13a Fribourg Fribourg
1973Stage 1b Rotterdam St Niklaas
1971Stage 1b Basel Freiburg
1970Stage 8 Ciney Felsberg
1969Stage 2 Sint-Pieters-Woluwe Maastricht
1965Stage 1a Cologne Liège
1954Stage 1 Amsterdam Brasschaat
1952Stage 12 Sestrieres Monaco
1949Stage 18 Aoste Lausanne
1947Stage 3 Brussel Luxembourg
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Figure 18. Foreign countries hosting most stage start in [racename1]
Country Number of stage starts Grand Départs
Belgium795
Switzerland261
Germany184
Netherlands166
Spain151
Italy120
Luxembourg122
Monaco81
Great Britain82
Andorra60
Denmark31
Ireland31
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Figure 20. Foreign countries hosting most stage arrivals in [racename1]
Country Number of stage arrivals
Belgium75
Switzerland28
Germany16
Spain12
Italy12
Netherlands12
Luxembourg9
Great Britain8
Monaco7
Andorra6
Denmark3
Ireland3
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Figure 22. Stage winners winning in home country (excluding race country) in [racename1]
Date Stage Arrival city Winner
2007Stage 2 Gent STEEGMANS Gert
2001Stage 2 Antwerpen WAUTERS Marc
1995Stage 7 Liège BRUYNEEL Johan
1992Stage 13 Sestriere CHIAPPUCCI Claudio
1992Prologue San Sebastian INDURAIN Miguel
1981Stage 13 Hasselt MAERTENS Freddy
1981Stage 12b Zolder PLANCKAERT Eddy
1981Stage 12a Brussel MAERTENS Freddy
1978Stage 1b Brussel PLANCKAERT Walter
1978Stage 1a St Willebrord RAAS Jan
1978Prologue Leiden RAAS Jan
1977Stage 12 Charleroi SERCU Patrick
1977Stage 3 Vitoria NAZABAL José
1973Prologue Scheveningen ZOETEMELK Joop
1970Stage 7a Forest MERCKX Eddy
1968Stage 2 Forest DE VLAEMINCK Eric
1966Stage 17 Torino BITOSSI Franco
1966Stage 2 Tournai REYBROUCK Guido
1965Stage 11 Barcelona PÉREZ FRANCÉS José
1965Stage 1a Liège VAN LOOY Rik
1964Stage 3a Forest VAN DE KERCKHOVE Bernard
1963Stage 2a Jambes VAN LOOY Rik
1961Stage 3 Charleroi DAEMS Emile
1960Stage 1a Brussel SCHEPENS Julien
1959Stage 18 Saint-Vincent BALDINI Ercole
1956Stage 17 Torino DEFILIPPIS Nino
1952Stage 11 Sestrieres COPPI Fausto
1952Stage 9 Lausanne DIGGELMANN Walter
1949Stage 17 Aoste COPPI Fausto
1949Stage 2 Brussel LAMBRECHT Roger
1937Stage 5c Geneva AMBERG Leo
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