Overview
- In a letter dated October 31, Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged federal support for the 'Grand Départ 2030' application.
- The bid proposes the race start in Saxony with subsequent stages in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
- The initiative, led by the association Grand Départ 2030/Grand Depart Allemagne, reports ongoing talks with the Paris organizers.
- Backers frame the project as a 2030 commemoration of the 40th year of the Peaceful Revolution in eastern Germany.
- Organizers welcomed the endorsement as a milestone, while stressing that final approval from Tour officials has not yet been secured.