This year, the Tour de France starts off in northern France, in Lille. After 185 undoubtedly nervous kilometers, we also ...

Live from Lille, it’s the latest “Great Loop.” The Tour de France, cycling’s chicest and most significant race, commences ...

The spectacular Tour de France Grand Depart takes place in Lille on Saturday 5 July, as the world-famous cycle race visits ...

The full route of the 2025 Tour de France was presented in Paris on Tuesday. Here's the PEZ First Look at the stages and ...

Lingering in Amiens’ watery Saint-Leu district, my mother and I reflected on how much can be fitted into a five-day ...

Just 1 hour 22 minutes by train from London St Pancras, Rachel Mills discovers how Lille is an easy weekend getaway that ...

A FRENCH DROUGHT WITH HONOURABLE MENTIONSThe Tour 2025 marks 40 years since the last victory for a French rider, Bernard Hinault, in 1985. In that t ...

The Hauts-de-France Region, the Department of Nord and the Lille European Metropolis have joined forces to bring the Grand Départ back to France after three successive excursions beyond our borders.

Lille in northern France is around 1.5 hours from London on the Eurostar and boasts a charming city centre that's easy to ...

Lille is the capital of Nord département and the largest city in the Hauts-de-France région, and one that boasts a thriving centre that's well-suited to city-breakers.

Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France was founded in 1964 as the Centre d’Enseignement Superieur Scientifique de Valenciennes, as an offshoot of the University of Lille. It took its current name in ...

The striker's move to Lille marks a return to his home country for the first time since 2012, when he left Montpellier for ...