Heading to the west by 2021 : the Tour de France will start next year the city of Brest and will have its first four stages in Britain, announced Monday, the region and the Tour director Christian Prudhomme.

The announcement of the Grand depart of Britain has been made at the seat of the regional Council by its chairman Loïg Chesnais-Girard (PS) and the organisers of the Tour, a week after the cessation forced to Copenhagen.