Fighting for people with disabilities
Site access:
All start and finish sites of the Tour are accessible to people with reduced mobility.
Visually impaired individuals
Since 1996, the Tour de France has partnered with HandiCaPZéro.
The association adapts and publishes the roadbook in Braille (5,000 copies), large print, and audio formats, which are then provided and shipped free of charge to visually impaired individuals upon request on the website www.handicapzero.org.
The website also provides live updates during the race. Certain segments are translated into sign language for the hearing impaired.
People with Disabilities and/or Dependence:
In 2024, the Tour de France and the ANAIS Foundation will donate bicycles to people with disabilities or dependence.
Promoting social accessibility
Secours populaire
Since 2008, the Tour de France has supported the Secours populaire français through the "Les oubliés du sport" (The Forgotten of Sport) project. The aim of this initiative is to provide access to leisure activities and vacations for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Each year, 600 to 1,000 young people get to experience the behind-the-scenes and atmosphere of the Tour de France for a day. Nearly 17,000 children aged 8 to 12 have had the opportunity to enjoy this sporting and educational experience.
From Towers to Tour with MédiaPitchounes
The operation aims to encourage civic participation among young people from underprivileged neighbourhoods through the use of media. Since 2010, 300 young people have participated in journalistic immersion programs at the heart of the Tour de France.
The actions implemented by the MédiaPitchounes association focus on four areas:
- Journalistic immersion in the Tour
- Organization of festivities with QPV (Priority Urban Zones) neighbourhoods in Toulouse
- Promotion of cycling
- Training in media tools
Fighting for a charitable cause
Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque
The Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque charity allows children with heart defects from underprivileged countries to undergo surgery in France when it is not possible in their home countries due to a lack of technical resources. Each year, 30 ambassadors of the association (athletes, artists, journalists, and presenters) participate in the Etape du Cœur, a segment of an official stage completed before the professional riders pass. Since 2003, the Tour de France and its partners have helped save 403 children.
This year, the Etape du Cœur take place on July 5th during the time trial between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin.
Additionally, within the caravan, 5 vehicles and 8 volunteers will travel across France to promote the association's cause.
Sharing the road
The French Road Safety Authority's "La route se partage" campaign educates cyclists and drivers about proper behaviour on the road. The campaign is presented by volunteers at the start or the finish as well as: - 2 awareness-raising vehicles at the heart of the publicity caravan; and - stands and volunteers at the Tour de France Fan Parks.
Promoting gender parity
A long-standing commitment to women's cycling through the organisation of the following races:
- since 1998: Flèche Wallonne Femmes
- since 2014: La Course by Le Tour de France powered by FDJ, held in parallel with the Tour de France
- since 2017: Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes
- since 2021: Paris–Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift
- since 2022: Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
- from 2023 : La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es
At the event:
- Since 2019: host/hostess parity in all our guest areas
- Since 2020: for the first time, the same number of podium girls and podium boys
