In 2012, the sensation that was Peter Sagan had already burst into life at Seraing, but it was in Boulogne that the future triple world champion claimed his first success on the roads of the Tour… in France. The first-ever finish in France’s most important fishing port dates back to 1994 and produced a rare finale: a sprinter winning in the polka-dot jersey, with Jean-Paul Van Poppel taking his ninth and final Tour success.
- Stage town for the 5th time
- Sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Population: 42,000 (Boulonnais and Boulonnaises); 5,996,000 within the Hauts-de-France region
