2011 Tour to start in Vendée

It's the Tour de France and you have to shoot the sunflowers!

It's the Tour de France and you have to shoot the sunflowers! (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Bertrand De Villiers, general councillor of the Vendée department, spilled the beans on January 7, according to French veloclub.net: The 2011 Tour de France Grand Départ will be held on the island of Noirmoutier, south of Nantes on the central west coast of France.