Overview

• The Sächsischer Landtag voted without dissent to request government support for hosting the Tour de France Grand Départ in Saxony along with Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt.
• The bid framework calls for partnership with France’s Occitanie region and selected French cities to underscore European unity.
• Organizers plan to self-finance the start with an estimated €20–30 million budget primarily covered by private sponsorship.
• Grünen politician Valentin Lippmann cited conservative projections that each euro invested could generate three to nine euros in direct tourism and hospitality revenue.
• Minister-President Michael Kretschmer and the Bund Deutscher Radfahrer have endorsed the initiative as Saxony prepares a formal application to the Amaury Sport Organisation.