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Overview of the Tour de France

The Tour de France is a prestigious annual cycling competition held in France over 21 stages totaling approximately 3,500 kilometers. It features 198 cyclists competing in 22 teams of nine riders each over the course of 21 days in July. The race is divided into flat, hilly, mountainous stages as well as individual time trials and rest days, with cyclists vying to win the yellow jersey for the overall race leader and other colored jerseys for top sprinters, young riders, and climbers.

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Overview of the Tour de France

The Tour de France is a prestigious annual cycling competition held in France over 21 stages totaling approximately 3,500 kilometers. It features 198 cyclists competing in 22 teams of nine riders each over the course of 21 days in July. The race is divided into flat, hilly, mountainous stages as well as individual time trials and rest days, with cyclists vying to win the yellow jersey for the overall race leader and other colored jerseys for top sprinters, young riders, and climbers.

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TOUR DE

FRANCE
The most important cycling

race of the season

Presented by. Ana Patricia


what is tdf?
Tour de France is the world’s largest annual

sporting event. It’s a cycling competition that

is held in France every year (sometimes

neighboring countries) and takes place in 21

stages with a course that covers

approximately 3,500 kilometers.


This is the World Cup, Super Bowl and Stanley

Cup of bicycle racing. Cyclists from around

the world gather in France to compete for the

chance to win the prestigious Tour de France

trophy
Tour de France is a team sport that

features a total of 198 cyclists in 22

teams of nine. Over the course of 21

days, usually in July, cyclists cover a

race course extending 3,500

kilometers.
Tour de France is split into 21 stages:

Nine flat stages, three hilly stages,

seven mountain stages (including five

How Does It
summit finishes), two individual time

trials and two rest days.


Work?
What Do Jersey Colors

Represent?

Cyclists from the same team wear the same

colored jersey, but a select few wear special

jerseys.
A yellow jersey is worn by the race’s leader. A

green jersey is worn by the top sprinter. A white

jersey is worn by the most impressive rider, 25 and

under. A red and white polka-dot jersey is worn by

the best climber.


The current national road champions get to wear

their team’s jersey that also features their

country’s colors, and the reigning World Champion

gets to wear their team colors on a jersey with

horizontal stripes throughout the race.


THANKS!

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