Sunday 12 February 2017 16:43, UK
Race organisers have confirmed the 2018 Tour de France will start on home soil in the Vendee and Pays de la Loire.
The race last started in the Vendee back in 2011 when Philippe Gilbert won the opening stage to secure the first yellow jersey.
Since then, the race has only started on the French mainland once, in the summer of 2016 when Mark Cavendish claimed the yellow jersey for the first time in his career with victory at Utah Beach.
Other starts have taken place in Belgium. the Netherlands, Corsica and memorably, back in 2014, Yorkshire.
The 2017 race will get underway on July 1 with a time-trial in the German city of Dusseldorf.
Details of the 2018 route will be unveiled on February 28.
