The 2023 edition of the Tour de France should pass through Franche-Comté and Belfort. On Saturday July 22, the city of the Lion will undoubtedly be stage city of the cycle race for the 13th time in its history. It would allow an arrival in Alsace
, at the Grand Ballon, or why not push on to the Markstein, the finish point of a stage of the Tour de France Women last year. All the clues gathered by France Bleu Belfort seem to confirm this.
The city of the Lion has already been 10 times starting city (and twice arrival city) in the history of the Grande Boucle Cycliste. The last time was in 2019
.
Hotels that are full
According to our information, Belfort will indeed be on the map of the 110th edition of the Tour de France. This should be the second stop in Franche-Comté after a passage the day before in the Jura,
which again remains to be confirmed.
The clues that are rarely wrong are hotel reservations. Strangely, they are already full in Belfort for the night of Friday 21 to Saturday 22 July. Cycling teams have reserved entire floors in some establishments.
A possible start at the foot of the Lion
According to our information, the organizers and elected officials from Belfort took part in on-site recognition at the foot of the Lion a few weeks ago. The start village could therefore be set up on the side of the arsenal car park.
As for the route of this penultimate stage, it will be official on Thursday 27 October. It will be probably in the direction of a pass in the Vosges mountains
rumors revolve around the Markstein or the Grand Ballon.
The only certainty is that the Tour de France 2023 will not go through the Planche-des-Belles-Filles
. It must be said that over the last ten editions, there have been 6 summit finishes in Haute-Saône.