It said the race would follow the same route as the original itinertary, starting in Nice and ending in Paris. Elite cycling will breathe a huge sigh of relief as the Tour accounts for most of its earnings. “The Tour represents around 60 percent of earnings in a season,” French team AG2R boss Vincent Lavenu said last week. “The Tour de France is 3,000km of smiles,” race director Christian Prudhomme has repeated many times in the past in reference to the Tour and its fans. But he has also stressed that health comes first, ahead of the Tour de France, as the country battles the coronavirus crisis.

Source: The Express Tribune April 15, 2020 12:45 UTC