In 2007 director Christian Prudhomme said that "in general, for a period of five years we have the Tour start outside France three times and within France twice."
2007年環法單車賽總指導Christian Prudhomme說到，“總得來說，每五年裡，我們安排大賽有兩年從法國出發，三年從法國以外出發。