(LtoR) French former cyclist Bernard Hinault, Brussels alderwoman Els Ampe, Former Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, Brussels alderman Ahmed El Ktibi, Brussels alderman Alain Courtois and Tour de France's director Christian Prudhomme pose during the inaugurati
PARIS: The 2019 Tour de France will start from Brussels, 50 years after Belgian great Eddy Merckx won the race for the first time, organisers said on Tuesday.
The Tour departed from Brussels once, in 1958.
This year's Tour sets off in Duesseldorf, Germany, on July 1.
