2019 Tour de France to start from Brussels

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[May 30, 2017]    PARIS (Reuters) - The 2019 Tour de France will start from Brussels, 50 years after Belgian great Eddy Merckx won the race for the first time, organizers said on Tuesday.

The Tour de France logo is seen near the finish line during a mountain stage. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

The Tour departed from Brussels once, in 1958.

This year's Tour sets off in Duesseldorf, Germany, on July 1.

(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ossian Shine)

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