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Delayed but alive, Tour de France sets off from Nice

| August 29, 2020 9:03 AM

NICE, France (AP) — The strangest Tour de France ever finally set off on Saturday from the Riviera city of Nice in an extraordinarily subdued atmosphere, amid fears the race could be stopped well before it reaches Paris.

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