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The 2023 Tour de France sees two-time champion Tadej Pogacar duel with reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard Watch Tour de France on TV: Channel, start time and how to catch highlights Skip to main ...
The 110th Tour de France cycles across the finish line tomorrow. The annual long-distance race once again brought together some of the biggest names in cycling, including defending champion Jonas ...
The 2022 Tour de France sees Slovenian two-time winner Tadej Pogacar aim to claim a third yellow jersey in four years, but he is up against the reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard and his ...
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the most well-known and prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [ 1] The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi), passing through ...
Indurain is the only man to win five consecutive Tours. Henri Cornet is the youngest winner; he won in 1904, just short of his 20th birthday. Firmin Lambot is the oldest winner, he was 36 years, 4 months old when he won in 1922. [ 5] French cyclists have won the most Tours; 21 cyclists have won 36 Tours among them.
The first Tour de France was staged in 1903. The plan was a five-stage race from 31 May to 5 July, starting in Paris and stopping in Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, and Nantes before returning to Paris. Toulouse was added later to break the long haul across southern France from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.
The 2023 Tour de France sees two-time champion Tadej Pogacar duel with reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard.
Overall Speed of the Tour de France. The 2022 edition was the fastest Tour de France in history. Jonas Vingegaard rode 3,349,8 km in 79h 33' 20", thus realising an overall speed of 42.102 km/h (26.161 mph). [ 17] The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot 's average speed was 24.1 km/h. [ 18]