Utrecht pays a reported €4m for Tour de France start

Dutch city of Utrecht paid Tour de France organiser ASO €4m to host the Grand Depart of the 2015 race

British fans on stage one of the 2014 Tour de France

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

The Tour de France will reportedly pocket €4m or £3.13m for allowing Dutch city Utrecht host the start of its 2015 race. Race organiser ASO keeps such numbers secret, but Yorkshire would have paid a similar price to host the 2014 stage race.

Dutch website RTL Nieuws accessed a public quarterly report where the figures were printed. Utrecht will pay French organiser ASO €4m to have the Grand Départ, which runs from Wednesday through to the race start on Saturday, July 4, and includes the team presentation ceremony.

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