The owners of Roglic’s team want Pogacar in East Germany

Interesting news for Slovenian lovers of top cycling comes from Germany, and was launched mainly by German, Slovak and Czech media. Tour de Francea prestigious cycling race across France, is expected to start in East Germany for the first time in 2030, more specifically in the Federal Lands of Saxony and Turing. The initiative for this historic milestone was presented by the newly established club »Grand Depart Allemagne«, Who received broad support from the German Cycling Federation.

Cost of € 20 million

The year 2030 will be marked by the 40th anniversary of the merger of Germany, and the organizers of the race also want to emphasize the importance of European integration and historical symbolism in the former East German regions. Three stages are proposed: the first would run from Dresdn to Gera via Erzgebirge, including legendary »Steep wall«In Meeran, known from the former Peace Race; The second stage is supposed to be a chronometer between Hall and Leipzig; The third would be linked by Erfurt and Magdeburg, the German newspapers explained.

The organizers estimate the cost of implementing this part of the Tour at around € 20 million, while they expect economic benefits for the region of between € 150 and € 200 million, mainly due to increased tourism. Financing is to be provided by private sponsors and companies, including RB Leipzig, which has strong links with Red Bull, a patron of one of the largest cycling teams in the world Red Bull -Bur -Hansgrohe, for which Slovenian riders also compete Primož Roglič and Jan Tratnik.

The project already has a written statement about the support of the Prime Ministers of the Three Federal States, which indicates strong political support. The next step will be to present the project to the organizer of the Tour, the French company Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), which is expected to begin concrete negotiations this summer.

The start of the race across France also wants the Czech Republic

It should be emphasized that Germany is not the only one who strives to start the Tour de France race on its soil. The Czech Republic is also striving for the Grand Depart in 2028 or 2029, with the threshold being mentioned as a possible location. The project is led Christiana Prudhommaaccording to Czech journalistic colleagues.

If Germany succeeds in gaining the Grand Depart 2030, it would be the first time since 2017, when the Tour started in Düsseldorf to visit Germany again, and for the first time to start in the eastern part of the country. We will see how it will turn out and whether they will Tadej Pogacar And other cycling celebrities really opened the Tour in Germany and the Czech Republic.