The 2013 Tour de France is the 100th Tour de France. It runs from 29 June 2013 to 21 July 2013. It started in Corsica, in the city of Porto-Vecchio. The island hosted the first three stages. Corsica was the only Metropolitan region, and Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse were the only Metropolitan departments, through which the Tour had never previously passed and the organisers wanted to combine the 100th edition of the Tour with the Tour's first ever visit to Corsica.