2018 Tour de France - wikipedia 2018 Tour de France 2018 Tour de France 2018 UCI World Tour Race details Dates 7 -- 29 July Stages 21 Results ← 2017 2019 → The 2018 Tour de France will be the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling 's three Grand Tours. The start of the 2018 Tour ( known as the Grand Départ ) will be in the Vendée department, in the region of Pays de la Loire. The departments in the Pays de la Loire region hosted the Tour de France 's cyclists on its very first edition back 1903. Since this time, the cities and towns of the Pays de la Loire region have welcomed the Grand Départ of the Tour de France nine times, five of which have set out from the Vendée. The tour will start a week later than originally planned due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Stages The full itinerary will be announced at a later date. Stage characteristics Stage Date Course Distance Type 7 July Noirmoutier - en - l'Île to Fontenay - le - Comte 195 km ( 121 mi ) Flat stage 8 July Mouilleron - Saint - Germain to La Roche - sur - Yon 185 km ( 115 mi ) Flat stage 9 July Cholet to Cholet 35 km ( 22 mi ) Team time trial 10 July La Baule - Escoublac to TBD 21 29 July TBD to Paris ( Champs - Élysées ) Flat stage References Jump up ^ `` Grand Depart of the Tour de France 2018 : The Vendée and the Pays de la Loire - News pre-race ''. Tour de France 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` 2018 Tour de France to be rescheduled to reduce clash with FIFA World Cup - Cycling Weekly ''. cyclingweekly.com. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017. External links Official website Tour de France By year 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2017 2018 2019 Classifications ( `` jerseys '' ) Current General ( maillot jaune ) Points ( maillot vert ) Mountains ( maillot à pois ) Young rider ( maillot blanc ) Team ( classement d'équipes ) Combativity ( prix de combativité ) Former Combination ( maillot du combiné ) Intermediate sprints ( maillot rouge ) Directors 1903 -- 1935 : Henri Desgrange 1936 -- 1961 : Jacques Goddet 1962 -- 1986 : Jacques Goddet and Félix Lévitan 1987 : Jean - François Naquet - Radiguet 1988 : Xavier Louy 1989 -- 2006 : Jean - Marie Leblanc 2007 -- present : Christian Prudhomme Finish locations 1903 -- 1967 : Parc des Princes 1968 -- 1974 : Vélodrome de Vincennes 1975 -- present : Champs - Élysées stage Lists General classification winners Secondary classification winners Grands Départs Records and statistics Mountain passes and hills Articles and topics During World War II Yellow jersey statistics Lanterne rouge Doping Hors catégorie Souvenir Jacques Goddet Souvenir Henri Desgrange Related articles Didi Senft Géo Lefèvre La Course by Le Tour de France Tour de France Soundtracks Tour de l'Avenir Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_Tour_de_France&oldid=792224582 '' Categories : Tour de France by year 2018 in French sport 2018 in cycle racing Hidden categories : Official website not in Wikidata Talk About Wikipedia Dansk Deutsch Español Français Italiano Latviešu Nederlands Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 25 July 2017, at 07 : 45. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the tour de france start 2018
Answer: Vendée department, in the region of Pays de la Loire