No Tour in Zeeland next year

The 2006 Tour de France will not be visiting the Dutch province of Zeeland, according to Omroep Zeeland. Instead, for the Dutch part of the 2006 Tour, there will likely be a stage starting in Valkenburg and finishing in Neeltje Jans, with the following stage starting from Terneuzen. The Tour's director Jean-Marie Leblanc has asked Zeeland to submit its candidacy for 2007, but the organisers want more assurance that it will be successful.