Saturday, 1 July - stage one - Bilbao - Bilbao 182km
The 21-stage race starts with hilly route in Basque Country
2022 winner Jonas Vinegaard begins defence of title
Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) seeks all-time record for stage wins
Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) among other GB riders racing
178km to go
Five riders have succeeded in breaking clear and have opened up a gap of around 40 seconds - and growing - on the peloton.
Pascal Eenkhorn (Lotto-Dstny), Lilian Calmejane (Intermarche), Simon Guglielmi (Arkea), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X) and Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies) are the men involved.
182km to go
The flag is dropped, and the racing starts for real - with a few riders trying, and failing, to break away.
Who will launch the first serious attack of this year's Tour? It's probably going to be a climber because the first King of the Mountains points are up for grabs almost immediately, inside the first 14km at Cote de Laukiz.
This bit, through the neutralised zone, is a procession before the racing starts. It won't be long now though. The flag is due to drop in about 10 minutes.
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Image source, ReutersThe ribbon has been cut... the 110th Tour de France is officially under way.
Here we go then. The proper racing hasn't quite started yet but the riders are on the road and will be pedalling gently through the neutralised zone in Bilbao for the next 25 minutes or so, after a nice bit of traditional Basque dancing at the start line.
Bilbao is where today's first stage finishes too... after a quite a few bumps in the road. This is going to be a tough, hilly day skirting around the city.
The 182km route, which starts at the eye catching Guggenheim Museum in a few minutes' time, includes over 3,000 metres of vertical gain on a loop out to the Bay of Biscay coastline.
The spiky Pike Bidea climb, 10km from the city-centre finish, is one of five categorised climbs on a stage that is likely to favour the puncheurs - riders who enjoy short but steep climbs.
Read our full stage-by-stage guide here.
Image source, Tour de FranceRight now though, the Tour's finish line on the Champs Elysees is a distant dream for the 176 riders who are about to begin this year's Tour.
They are not even in France at the moment, because this year's race starts in Spain - Bilbao, at the heart of Basque Country, to be precise.
Image source, EPA
Image source, EPA
Image source, ReutersWell hello there. Welcome to the start of the 110th Tour de France... aka the world's greatest cycle race.
We know where it will end - in Paris, of course, on 23 July - but we have no idea what will happen on the way.
Fancy finding out? You're in the right place...
