The Tour de France was not organised during WWI (ther was no race from 1915 to 1918) and between WWII (no tour from 1940 to 1946). Otherwise it has never been cancelled or interrupted.
Tour de France was interrupted during World War 1 and 2.
As of the 2008 Tour de France, no British cyclist has ever won the Tour. One British cyclist, Robert Millar, was King of the Mountains in 1984.
Pretty much so. It was cancelled during WW1 and WW2, but apart from that it's a regular event.
In the 1919 Tour de France, just 11 Riders out of 69 entrants finished. This was also the slowest ever tour. http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdfstats.html
There is no official red jersey that means anything in le tour de france. You might have seen a team jersey with a lot of red in it. There used to be a red jersey, awarded for intermediate sprints points, but it wasn't that useful and was cancelled in 1989.
Yes, from 1939 to 1946 it was not held, due to the Second World War.
The Tour de France was not organised during WWI and from 1940 to 1946 (due to WWII). It resumed in 1947.
No
Tour de France was interrupted during World War 1 and 2.
As of the 2008 Tour de France, no British cyclist has ever won the Tour. One British cyclist, Robert Millar, was King of the Mountains in 1984.
Andy Schleck was 2nd and Frank Schleck was 3rd. This is the first time ever that siblings have been on the Tour de France podium at the same time.
no
yes
The Tour de France has been won 36 times by cyclist from France.
His last tour that he actually got to do was the HIStory World Tour in 1996, if he was alive This Is It would have been the last one.
Usher cancelled his euro tour due to drugs but he won't ever do drugs again because they killed his father :( sadness
Pretty much so. It was cancelled during WW1 and WW2, but apart from that it's a regular event.