Head to the Grand Est! After Spain in 2026 and the United Kingdom in 2027, the Grand Départ returns to France for the 115th edition of the Grande Boucle. The peloton will gather in Reims for the first stage, Saturday, June 24, 2028, with the calendar adjusted for this Olympic year.

The city of Clovis and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will launch four days of racing in the Grand Est to discover the wonders of its heritage and face the sporting challenges of the departments of Marne, Ardennes, Meuse and Moselle. Six stage towns will be connected for the occasion: Charleville-Mézières, Épernay, Metz, Reims, Thionville and Verdun.

The Tour will return to territories that have marked its history since the Grande Boucle ventured to conquer the East. Metz hosted the Tour's first foreign venture in 1906, when the city was German. Half a century later, Reims hosted the Grand Départ for the first time, with riders heading that day to Liège, where André Darrigade discovered the honors of the Yellow Jersey.

More recently, the slopes of Épernay marked the 2019 edition with Julian Alaphilippe's great vintage. The next day, the Frenchman began his first day in yellow in front of Reims Cathedral, which also saw the pious Gino Bartali win (1938). The Grand Est already occupies an essential place in Tour legend. New pages will be written in 2028.

While awaiting details of the stages, we can already say that the race will conclude on Sunday, July 16, three days before the time trial of the Olympic Games (July 19, 35 km on a challenging course) and seven days before the road race, scheduled for Sunday, July 23 over a distance of 250 km.