The Tour de France has not been held in several years, all of them during the two World Wars: there was no Tour from 1915–1918 and from 1940–1946.

Key years without a Tour

  • World War I gap (1915–1918)
    • The race stopped after the 1914 edition because much of Europe was engulfed in World War I and many riders and organizers were mobilized for the war effort.
* The Tour only returned in **1919** , in a France still heavily marked by destruction and loss.
  • World War II gap (1940–1946)
    • After the 1939 Tour, the event was halted again due to World War II and the German occupation of France, with no official Tours from 1940 through 1946.
* A 1940 edition was planned but ultimately **cancelled** as the war situation deteriorated; the event then did not return until **1947** , once France and the race organization could properly restart it.

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