{"id":828,"date":"2026-06-05T10:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/?p=828"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:58:11","slug":"german-cycling-will-be-the-official-host-of-the-german-bid-for-the-grand-depart-of-the-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/2026\/06\/05\/german-cycling-wird-offizieller-traeger-der-deutschen-bewerbung-um-den-grand-depart-der-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"German Cycling will be the official bearer of the German bid for the Grand D\u00e9part of the Tour de France."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The bid to host the start of the 2029 Tour de France is reaching an important next milestone. <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Grand D\u00e9part Germany e. V. has joined its national cycling federation, German Cycling, as a member. With this, German Cycling officially assumes responsibility for the bid.<\/p>\n

For us, this step is of central importance: The bid will thereby be firmly anchored in organized German cycling and will receive a structure commensurate with the size and significance of a potential Grand D\u00e9part in Germany.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of 2025, we have been advancing the bid. Under the leadership of Dr. Thomas Hofmann and Andreas Prokop, the association is responsible for the strategic, communicative, and operational work of the bid. This includes ongoing exchange with federal states, municipalities, and partners from sports, business, and politics.<\/p>\n

The states of Berlin, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia are currently exploring the possibilities and extent of their participation.<\/p>\n

By joining German Cycling, the collaboration that has existed since the club's founding will now be brought together and formalized. For the bid, this means that the operational initiative of Grand D\u00e9part Allemagne and the sports expertise of German Cycling will work together under one roof from now on.<\/p>\n

The application for 2029 falls in a historically charged year. Forty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a Grand D\u00e9part in Germany should not only be a major sporting event but also a symbol for a united Europe \u2013 underpinned by values that also shape sports.<\/p>\n

Dr. Thomas Hofmann, Chairman of Grand D\u00e9part Germany e. V. and President of the Saxon Cycling Federation, says: \u201eThe bid has been closely linked with German cycling from the very beginning. With German Cycling as the carrier, we have the structure that a project of this size requires. We bring experience, a well-coordinated team, and a clear goal: to bring the Grand D\u00e9part 2029 to Germany and thereby send a sporting and societal signal.\"<\/p>\n

Rudolf Scharping, Honorary President of German Cycling and Board Member of Grand D\u00e9part Allemagne e. V., added: \u201eThe Tour de France is the biggest showcase for our sport. Forty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Peaceful Revolution, and 240 years after the French Revolution, a Grand D\u00e9part in Germany would be far more than a major sporting event \u2013 it would stand for freedom, European unity, and the connecting power of sport. With Grand D\u00e9part Allemagne under the umbrella of German Cycling, a team is ready to take responsibility and make more of the application than just an event: an impulse for cycling throughout Germany.\u201c<\/p>\n

Bernd Dankowski, President of German Cycling, says:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As the applicant organization, German Cycling is taking responsibility for a project with an impact that extends far beyond elite sports. Together with our state federations and clubs, we contribute the sports-technical expertise and broad foundation of organized cycling in Germany. Alongside Grand D\u00e9part Allemagne e. V., we are working toward bringing the Grand D\u00e9part of the Tour de France to Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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With the official endorsement by German Cycling, the bid is entering a new phase. Grand D\u00e9part Allemagne will remain the operative unit of the bid and will continue to drive the process forward together with German Cycling.<\/p>\n

The goal remains clear: to bring the Grand D\u00e9part of the 2029 Tour de France to Central Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Die Bewerbung um den Start der Tour de France 2029 erreicht einen wichtigen n\u00e4chsten Meilenstein. Grand D\u00e9part Allemagne e. V. ist dem nationalen Radsport-Dachverband German Cycling als Mitglied beigetreten. Damit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670,"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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mitteldeutschland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions\/970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granddepartallemagne.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}