“For the first time in its 121-year history, the Tour de France will begin in Italy. Though foreign Grand Départs in nearby European countries have become increasingly common over the years, as the nation that hosts the main rival Grand Tour to the Tour, an invitation has never been sent out to Italy. Until now.
“For the 2024 Tour, the organisers have made the humbling choice to hand over the spotlight to Italy, and have chosen one of the nation’s most beautiful and historic cities: Florence.
“Few, if any, places have had as much impact on the world as Renaissance-era Florence, which was the origin of everything from the architecture of Brunelleschi and art of Giotto and Botticelli, to the scientific advances of Galileo and political theory of Machiavelli.”
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