{"id":1573,"date":"2026-11-12T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2026-11-12T19:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T18:33:19","slug":"a-decision-of-great-significance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/2026\/11\/12\/eine-entscheidung-von-grosser-tragweite\/","title":{"rendered":"A decision of great importance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Federal Government is supporting the start of the Tour de France in Germany, 40 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now it\u2019s up to the individual states.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Leipzig, November 12, 2026. Great joy at Grand D\u00e9part Allemagne e.V. and German Cycling: On Thursday (November 12th), the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag decided on the participation of the federal government in the multi-year promotion of the Grand D\u00e9part 2029, the start of the Tour de France in Germany. To this end, it increases the allocation in the federal budget for 2027 and secures the subsequent years through commitment appropriations. However, the final adoption of the budget by the German Bundestag is still pending.<\/p>\n

For the German application to host the Tour de France in 2029, Thursday\u2019s decision is an important step. The members of the Budget Committee have done everything possible to ensure that the next steps can be taken. Grand D\u00e9part Allemagne e.V. initiated and coordinated the application.<\/p>\n

Rudolf Scharping, Honorary President of German Cycling: \u201eThe Tour de France is one of the biggest sporting events in the world. The fact that the Federal Government is hosting the start in Germany is a strong sign of support for cycling and the regions that are jointly bidding. 40 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the start of the Tour would be a celebration of freedom that we would like to invite Europe to. The Federal Government, the states and the sports organizations have now all got their hands on it.\u201c<\/p>\n

In 2029, the fall of the Wall will be celebrated for the 40th time. The Grand D\u00e9part is intended to accompany this anniversary with festivity: open, European and freely accessible to everyone on the road. The campaign is based on the guiding principle of \u201eFreedom in Motion\u201c.<\/p>\n

With the decision, the focus shifts to the participating countries. For further discussions with the tour operator A.S.O., the application requires binding financial commitments from the countries as well as guarantees for security and police deployment that fall within their jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

\u201eNow we are looking at the countries,\u201c says Andreas Prokop, board member of Grand D\u00e9part Allemagne e.V. \u201eWe need binding commitments and guarantees for safety and police, so that we can present a credible offer to the A.S.O. The talks are underway, and we want to conclude them quickly together.\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201eWith this decision, the federal government is sending a clear signal for the Grand D\u00e9part in Germany,\u201c says Dr. Thomas Hofmann, board member of Grand D\u00e9part Deutschland e.V. \u201eOur thanks go to the members of parliament who made this possible. The Grand D\u00e9part is not yet decided, but we are a good step closer to it.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Der Bund tr\u00e4gt den Start der Tour de France in Deutschland mit, 40 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall. Jetzt kommt es auf die L\u00e4nder an. Leipzig, 12. November 2026. Gro\u00dfe Freude […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-berlin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}