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It is generally in France with occasional stages in neighbouring countries. It is traditional for the tour to start in another country, this year's start was in Monaco. This years tour for example has two stages based in Spain/Andorra.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sylvère Maes, a Belgian. In that year, he also won the best climber contest and two stages. He had won another tour in 1936.
from the tour de France website: "Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,642 kilometres."
Fausto Coppi won the Tour de France twice, and a total of 9 stages. In 1949 he won the Tour and won 3 stages and King of the Mountains on the way. In 1951 he was 10th overall and won 1 stage. He biggest win was in the 1952 TDF when he dominated the event, winning 1st overall, and 5 stages, as well as King of the Mountains.
Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish has: Played Himself - Cyclist, 2011 Tour De France Green Jersey Winner in "Breakfast" in 2000. Played himself in "Tour de France 2008" in 2008. Played himself in "Tour de France 2009" in 2009. Played himself in "Tour de France 2010" in 2010. Played himself in "British Olympic Dreams" in 2010. Played himself in "Chasing Legends" in 2010. Played Himself (2012) in "London 2012 Olympics" in 2012.
There are 21 stages in 2008.
There are 20 different stages (or 21, I'm not sure)
All that France can offer. They've got flat stages, hilly stages and mountain stages. If it's paved, they'll ride it.
19 or so
It is generally in France with occasional stages in neighbouring countries. It is traditional for the tour to start in another country, this year's start was in Monaco. This years tour for example has two stages based in Spain/Andorra.
Six stages in 19 days over a course of 2428 km.
Most of it, yeah. But some stages may be run in neighbouring countries.
Yes, the most recent was in 2007.
By being fastest, every day.