2019 Tour de France to start in Flanders

The 2019 Tour de France starts in Brussels with a stage that features a Flanders Finish,  followed by a team time trial

The 2019 edition of the French GrandTtour is set to start in Brussels, Belgium, 50 years after Eddy Merckx won the race for the first time. More details have surfaced regarding  the opening stages.

The race starts on Saturday, the 6th of July with a normal stage in Flanders and Wallonie that will be followed by a team time trial in the city of Brussels the day after. 

BMC Racing team's Greg van Avermaet told Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad that he expects the first stage to include the Muur van Geraardsbergen and that it will have a typical "Tour de Flanders" finish, which would allow him to wear the Yellow jersey in his country.

Full details of the 2018 Grand Depart in Brussels will be unveiled by the ASO, the organiser of the race, in January 2018.