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These days, the race organisers tends to like to move the start between different nearby countries where the race is popular.
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It is generally in France with occasional stages in neighbouring countries. It is traditional for the tour to start in another country, this year's start was in Monaco. This years tour for example has two stages based in Spain/Andorra.
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The race route changes every year, in 2008 the first stage of the race began in Brest, in 2009 the race will begin in Monte Carlo. The 2010 Tour will be launched from the south side of Rotterdam, for a prologue time-trial. The launching pad will actually be set up in Zuidplein, from where the riders will move north Source: http://www.letour.fr/indexus.html
The Tour de France starts in different places each year. This year it starts in Leeds in the U.K. on 5th July 2014 and doesn't arrive in France until the fourth stage. The fourth stage begins in Le Touquet on 8th July 2014.