Norway considers bid for 2022 Tour de France grand départ

State oil firm reportedly offering to cover costs of bringing start of French bike race to Stavanger

Norway could stage the Tour de France’s grand départ in 2022, becoming the first Nordic nation to host the launch of the cycling race, it has emerged.

Following the success of recent starts outside France, of which there have been an increasing number, Stavanger in the south-west of Norway is being lined up as a possible host in five years’ time.

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