The Tour de France started in 1903, and is is the world's biggest cycling race. It is a 22-day, 20-stage road race that is usually run over more than 3,000 km (1,864 mi). It is a circuit of most areas around As with most cycling races, competitors enter as part of a team. The race consists of 20 to 22 teams with nine riders each. Traditionally, entry is extended to invitation only, with invitations granted only to the best of the world's professional teams. The tour organizers recently have utilized UCI points (based upon team riders/results) to determine which teams would gain automatic entry into the tour and then typically reserve 2-4 team slots to at large teams or French continental teams who would not be able to race in the tour based upon their individual team results. Each team, known by the name of its sponsor, wears a distinctive jersey and riders assist one another and have access to a shared 'team car' (a mobile version of the pit crews in car racing).
HistoryDescription Tour directors Famous stages Prize money Classification jerseys Overall leader "He then made his argument from another direction. Several stages later, it was my team manager at Peugeot, (Alphonse) Baug , who urged me to give in. The yellow jersey would be an advertisement for the company and, that being the argument, I was obliged to concede. So a yellow jersey was bought in the first shop we came to. It was just the right size, although we had to cut a slightly larger hole for my head to go through." Points classification King of the Mountains Other classifications Historical jerseys Stages Mass-start stages Individual time trials Team time trial Culture Customs Terminology Flamme rouge ("red kite") The red pennant hanging as close as possible to a kilometre from the finish. Lanterne rouge Meaning "red lantern" (as found at the end of a rail train), the name for the overall last-place rider. Voiture balai The "broom wagon" follows the race to collect riders who cannot continue. Some riders prefer to be picked up by their team's car instead. Riders are generally expected to finish the race within 10 12 percent of the winner s time or risk being dropped from the tour. Films Music Doping Deaths Statistics
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