2017 Tour de France: All the latest rumours ahead of route announcement

It wouldn't be a Tour de France without sunflowers

It wouldn't be a Tour de France without sunflowers (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The Tour de France is set to visit the Pyrenees ahead of the Alps for a third successive edition, with a possible first-week summit finish in the Vosges, as rumours and details of the 2017 route continue to emerge.