The following year, "Tour de France" will start in England

The legendary cycling "Tour de France" -2007 will become "English" for a while. The 94th bike professional competitions for the first time since 1903 will start in London.

As their organizers announced, an 8-kilometer prologue will be held in the very center of the British capital on July 7. He starts on Whiteholl, and finishes half-Mol on the avenue leading to the Buckingham Palace.

In addition to London, two more individual races are planned - July 21 and 25 in France. The finish of the "Tour de France" will be held on July 29 in Paris after 3547 km of exhausting competitions. According to the English Discovery Chenel Discovery Director, Sean Yates, a complex route and the absence of a number of famous riders make the race in many ways unpredictable.

According to the mayor of London, Ken Livingston, residents of the British metropolis will be in the winning of the bicycle marathon. “Tour de France” gives us a chance to really make people think about using a bicycle on the city’s trips, ”the mayor said. - Our goal is to transplant London to bicycles. "According to him, over the past five years, the number of London -velosydists has increased by 72 percent." Tour de France "is very attractive for London financially." Having spent the preparations for the contemages one and a half million pounds, the London economy will receive about 115 million pounds, given the races that the races will come to look at the races More than 2 million foreign guests, ”Livingston reports rtr-sport.ru .