The TdF is a multi-day event, and the race distance for each day is called a stage.
Tour De France, a multi-stage bike race in France spanning over several days.
"Tour de" basically means "tour of". So tour de France = tour of France.
How to say on Saturday I went on a tour
this term is referring to France.
There is no official purple jersey in the Tour de France. You might have seen a team jersey in that colour.
*allez means GO
There is no official rainbow jersey in le tour de france. If you've seen one, it was probably a team jersey with that design.
The dotted line stages are individual time trial stages. The other dotted lines are visual representations of where the next days stage will begin.
it means that there are microphones, on the stage, turned on. if someone says your hot, referring to a performer in a theatre, it means that your microphone is on.
When referring to a play, it means that it is actually worth taking the time and money to produce on stage.
From Wikipedia: Hors catégorie is a French term used in cycle races (most notably, the Tour de France) to designate a climb that is "beyond categorization", an incredibly tough climb.
the french are big cyclers they have tour de France that basically goes the perimeter of the country