Tour de France
 2013 Tour de France |
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Julie |
| Region | Fraunce an nearbi kintras |
| Local name(s) | Le Tour de France (French) |
| Nickname(s) | La Grande Boucle |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | Professional |
| Type | Stage race (Grand Tour) |
| Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
| Race director | Christian Prudhomme |
| History | |
| First edeetion | 1903 |
| Edeetions | 100 (2013) |
| First winner |  Maurice Garin (FRA) |
| Maist wins |
(5 time winners[n 1]) |
| Maist recent |  Chris Froome (GBR) |
The Tour de France (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də fʁɑ̃s]) is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in Fraunce,[1] while an aa occasionally makin passes through nearbi kintras. The race wis first organized in 1903 tae increase paper sales for the magazine L'Auto;[2] it is currently run bi the Amaury Sport Organisation.[3] The race haes been held annually syne its first edeetion in 1903 except for when it wis stopped for the twa Warld Wars.[4] As the Tour gained prominence an popularity the race wis lengthened an its reach began tae extend aroond the globe. Parteecipation expandit frae a primarily French field, as riders frae aw ower the warld began tae participate in the race each year. The Tour is a UCI Warld Tour event, which means that the teams that compete in the race are maistly UCI ProTeams, wi the exception o the teams that the organizers invite.[5][6]
Alang wi the Giro d'Italia an Vuelta a España, the Tour maks up cyclin's prestigious, three-week-lang Grand Tours.[7] Tradeetionally, the race is held primarily in the month o Julie. While the route chynges each year, the format o the race stays the same wi the appearance o at least twa time trials,[1] the passage through the muntain chains o the Pyrenees an the Alps, an the finish on the Champs-Élysées.[8][9] The modren edeetions o the Tour de Fraunce consist o 21 day-lang segments (stages) ower a 23-day period an cover aroond 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi).[10] The race alternates atween clockwise an anticlockwise circuits o Fraunce.[11] The nummer o teams uisually varies atween 20 an 22, wi nine riders in each.
Aw o the stages are timed tae the finish; efter finishin the riders' times are compoondit wi thair previous stage times.[1] The rider wi the lawest aggregate time is the leader o the race an gets tae don the covetit yellae jersey.[1][12] While the general classification garners the maist attention thare are ither contests held within the Tour: the pynts classification for the sprinters, the muntains classification for the climbers wi general classification hopes, young rider classification for the riders unner the age o 26, an the team classification for the fastest teams.[1]
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Formerly Lance Armstrong wi 7 wins till he wis stripped o his awairds an banned for life frae aw UCI events follaein an offeecial investigation intae dopin allegations against him [1].
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Joel Gunter (16 July 2012). "The Tour de France: a guide to the basics". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ "1903 Tour de France". Bikeraceinfo.com. 19 January 1903. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ "Tour de France snubs velodrome Holocaust memorial". The Jewish Chronicle. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ Barry Boys. "The Return of a Grand Affair – "New Tour Legend: the Maillot Jaune"". Cycling Revealed. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- ↑ "Union Cycliste Internationale". Uci.ch. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ When is the Criterium route announced. "UCI WorldTour calendar 2012". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Million dollar, baby!". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 12 January 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ↑ "Tour de France 2011 – Stage by stage". Letour.fr. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ "Moment 17: 1975 – TDF's First Champs Elysees Finish". Bicycling Magazine. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ "UCI Regulations" (2.6.011 ed.). p. 43. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ↑ Augendre 1996, p. 17.
- ↑ "Regulations of the race" (PDF). ASO/letour.fr. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Offeecial wabsteid
- Palmares at Cyclin Archives
- Yahoo! Sport (UK & Ireland): Tour de France
