Editing Rotterdam (section)

===Tour de France===
In November 2008 Rotterdam was chosen as the host of the [[Grand Départ]] of the [[2010 Tour de France]].
Rotterdam won the selection over the Dutch city of [[Utrecht]]. Germany's Düsseldorf had previously also expressed interest in hosting. The [[Amaury Sport Organisation]] (ASO), the organizer of the Tour de France, said in a statement on its web site that it chose Rotterdam because, in addition to it being another big city, like London, to showcase the use of bikes for urban transportation, it provided a location well-positioned considering the rest of the route envisioned for the 2010 event. The start in Rotterdam was the fifth to take place in the Netherlands. The [[prologue]] was a {{cvt|7|km|2}} individual time trial crossing the centre of the city. The first regular stage left the [[Erasmusbrug]] and went south, towards Brussels.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 October 2009 |title=Tour de France 2010 – The route |url=http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016053229/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html |archive-date=16 October 2009 |access-date=14 October 2009 |publisher=Tour de France}}</ref>

The second stage of [[2015 Tour de France|2015 edition]] took the riders through Rotterdam on their way to [[Neeltje Jans]] in Zeeland.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 December 2014 |title=Utrecht – Grand Depart Tour de France 2015 |work=Holland.com |url=http://www.holland.com/uk/press/holland-news/events/utrecht-grand-depart-tour-de-france-2015.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=12 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041914/http://www.holland.com/uk/press/holland-news/events/utrecht-grand-depart-tour-de-france-2015.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 October 2014 |title=Analysis: A Tour route with a difference |work=[[Cycling Weekly]] |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-de-france/untypical-tour-de-france-2015-route-typical-prudhomme-140923 |access-date=11 July 2015 |archive-date=12 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712111312/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-de-france/untypical-tour-de-france-2015-route-typical-prudhomme-140923 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 2024 edition of the [[Tour de France Femmes]] will begin in Rotterdam, with three stages in the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farrand |first=Stephen |date=10 July 2023 |title=Tour de France Femmes to start in the Netherlands in 2024 |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-femmes-to-start-in-the-netherlands-in-2024/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710213207/https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-femmes-to-start-in-the-netherlands-in-2024/ |url-status=live }}</ref>