In Pas-de-Calais, the Tour de France wants to see a better village than that of Amazon

This is the "village" of the Tour . Not the den of advertising and cold nuggets that opens in the early morning in the towns where the race starts, but the real "village." The one with the bell tower, the shaded square, the main street, the surrounding blond and vibrant soil, and a uniquely famous atmosphere. This "village" is Lauwin-Planque, 1,600 inhabitants, located in the North. The last time an event had broken the tranquility of the "village," it had nothing to do with the Tour: in the winter of 2023, residents regularly found the corpses of poisoned cats in their gardens.

Champion of the Tour de France and patron of this race, Christian Prudhomme sees in Lauwin-Planque, the smallest commune to host the Grande Boucle this year, "a bold bet" and the "contrast" between "the great metropolis