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LIEGE
Hosting the start of the 2004 Tour de France.
First hosted a stage in 1948 (1. Bartali) and most recently in 1995 (1. Bruyneel). Stages in Seraing in 1995 and 2001.
County-town of the Province of Liège and capital of the Walloon region. Sits on the Meuse. 200,000 inhabitants (including environs: 500,000 inhabitants).
River port linked to Anvers by the Canal Albert. Iron and steel-making centre.
One of the cradles of cycling. The Liège-Bastogne-Liège is the oldest of the classics.
Province of Liege : www.prov-liege.be,
Town of Liege : www.liege.be |
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7 first time stages: Waterloo, Cambrai, Chartres, Lamballe, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Guéret, Annemasse.
Waterloo
A town of the Brabant Wallon, situated to the South of Brussels. 28,000 inhabitants.
The name evokes the decisive battle of 18th June 1815 when Napoleon Bonaparte and his Grande Armée were finally defeated by Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army, assisted by the Prussians.
www.waterloo.be
Cambrai
Northern county-town. Sits on the Escaut. 34,000 inhabitants.
Famed for its textile industry (cambric) since the 13th century, this military town is also renowned for its confectionery: the famous Bêtises de Cambrai.
www.villedecambrai.com
Chartres
Prefecture of Eure-et-Loir and capital of the Beauce. 40,000 inhabitants (including environs: 130,000 inhabitants).
Its cathedral is a masterpiece of Gothic art, with a spire that soars over the plain; it is closely connected with the Theological School of Chartres.
www.ville-chartres.fr
Lamballe
District-town of the Côtes d'Armor. 10,000 inhabitants.
Old capital of Penthièvre, renowned for its stud farm. Its name evokes the Princesse de Lamballe, friend of Marie-Antoinette and innocent victim of the massacres of September 1792, during the Revolution.
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat
District-town of Haute-Vienne. 5,000 inhabitants.
Pilgrim town on the road to Santiago de Compostella.
Its collegial church and bell-tower are masterpieces of Romanesque art.
Raymond Poulidor lives here.
www.ville-saint-leonard.fr
Guéret
Prefecture of the Creuse and old capital of the Marche. 15,000 inhabitants.
Built in the 8th century around a monastery founded by a Count of Limoges, this town was initially called Le Bourg-aux-Moines. Thanks to its picturesque Hôtel des Monneyroux, it still retains some of the atmosphere of its past.
www.ville-gueret.fr
Annemasse
Stage in Gaillard in 1973 (1. Ocana) and 1974 (1. Merckx).
District-town of Haute-Savoie. 28,000 inhabitants (including environs: 65,000 inhabitants).
Commercial and industrial border town near Geneva (precision mechanics).
Start of the old Tour de Haute-Savoie.
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 Choose a zone: Wallonia, North, South
Wallonia zone: Liège, Charleroi, Namur, Waterloo
North zone: Wasquehal, Cambrai, Arras, Amiens, Chartres, Bonneval, Angers, Châteaubriant, Saint-Brieuc, Lamballe, Quimper, Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Paris Champs-Élysées
South zone: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Guéret, Limoges, Saint-Flour, Figeac, Castelsarrasin, La Mongie, Lannemezan, Plateau de Beille, Carcassonne, Nîmes, Valréas, Villard-de-Lans, Bourg d'Oisans, L'Alpe d'Huez, Le Grand Bornand, Annemasse, Lons-le-Saunier, Besançon
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