This year, the Tour de France starts off in northern France, in Lille. After 185 undoubtedly nervous kilometers, we also finish in the metropolis, where a unique chance at the yellow jersey will ...

The Hauts-de-France Region, the Department of Nord and the Lille European Metropolis have joined forces to bring the Grand Départ back to France after three successive excursions beyond our borders.

While the riders and their teams enjoy a rest day on Tuesday, Le Monde looks back at the beginning of the 112th Tour de ...

Lille-Nord de France will be the first Grand Départ in France since Brest and Brittany hosted the Grand Depart in 2021. The 2022 Grand Boucle started in Copenhagen, the 2023 race in Bilbao in the ...

After the flat opening stage in Lille, the sprinters' party isn't continuing in stage 2. A challenging stage awaits the peloton in the northernmost tip of France, featuring a finale where anything can ...

July 5 marked the first pedal strokes of this new edition of the Tour de France. And this year, the Grand Départ took place in Lille, much to the delight of hoteliers, restaurateurs, shopkeepers and ...

The first marked climb of the day is by the Notre Dame de Lorette war cemetery and notable for the race because of the narrow ...

Whether you want to watch it online or visit in person, the Tour de France 2025 reaches its epic climax in the alpine stages ...

The writer travelled with Hauts-de-France Tourism. Eurostar provided a return trip to Lille. One-way tickets start from £39, with journey times from 1 hour, 22 minutes from St Pancras to Lille Europe, ...

Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France was founded in 1964 as the Centre d’Enseignement Superieur Scientifique de Valenciennes, as an offshoot of the University of Lille. It took its current name in ...

Rachel Mills was hosted by Hauts de France Tourisme and Hello Lille, and stayed at L’Arbre Voyageur How to get there Eurostar trains travel direct from London St Pancras to Lille, from £39 one-way.

Frites, cockles and cheese—the best things to eat in Hauts-de-France. The sandy bays, marshy rivers and web of canals woven through this region between Paris and Calais offer rich pickings, from ...