The Belgian city of Antwerp is still hopeful to host the start or the finish of a 2010 Tour de France stage. Officials of the race organiser visited the harbour town on Thursday, and although route decider Jean-François Pescheux was excited about the possibility, Antwerp may still only be seeing the riders pass through town without stopping.
"Pescheux was enthusiastic about our candidacy," said Camille Paulus, honorary governor of Antwerp to Het Laatste Nieuws. "But he thinks that the distance between the probable Tour start Rotterdam and Antwerp is too small for a whole stage. A passage is more realistic."
