♂️ Riders travel 168.5km from Tarragona to Barcelona
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168.5km to go. The riders get going in Tarragona on the départ fictif, the short stretch of neutralised kilometres they do at leisurely-ish pace daily to get of town centres before race general director Christian Prudhomme drops the flag to signify the start of the race proper.
I think it’s worth answering the obvious question: why is the Tour de France starting in Spain?