Tour De France Bicycle Race
Staged for three weeks each july usually in some 20 daylong stages the tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of 9 riders each and covers some 3 600 km.
Tour de france bicycle race. The latest previews videos and news of the 2020 tour de france. Organisers of the tour de france amaury sport organisation aso have revealed the route of the 2020 tour de france at the palais des congrès in paris on tuesday october 15. As the official tour operator of the tour we ll bring you to the race s best moments including the thrilling mountaintop finish at col de la loze in méribel and the final laps around the place de la concord in paris.
From cycling to bike racing to century rides to cyclocross use our resource to find bike events races training tips and much more. Covering two of the three world famous grand tours la vuelta a españa nbcsn and cycling s most prestigious race le tour de france nbc nbcsn nbc sports features more live multi. The tour de france is an annual bicycle race that predominantly takes places in france but also makes occasional passes through adjoining countries.
This year marks the 107th running of the tour de france. Tour de france the world s most prestigious and most difficult bicycle race of the three foremost races the others being the giro d italia and the vuelta a españa the tour de france attracts the world s best riders. The race was invented to boost the circulation of l auto after its circulation started to plummet from competition with the long standing le vélo.
After delays due to. The 1903 tour de france was the first cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper l auto ancestor of the current daily l équipe it ran from 1 to 19 july in six stages over 2 428 km 1 509 mi and was won by maurice garin. The tour de france french pronunciation.
Tuʁ də fʁɑ s is an annual men s multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in france while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Includes route riders teams and coverage of past tours.
