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3 unusual facts about 2007 Tour de France


2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10

On Saturday July 7, 2007, the Individual time trial started in Whitehall, London passing Westminster, then along Victoria Street and Buckingham Gate, past Buckingham Palace and looping through Hyde Park before finishing in The Mall.

2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20

The Basque separatist group ETA carried out at least 1 explosion along the route near the town of Belagua.

The grand finale, as the race entered Paris to complete the eight laps of the traditional circuit around the Champs-Élysées.


Le Monêtier-les-Bains

It has featured recently in the tours of 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.


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