There are no special food groups for TdF riders, they'll eat the same stuff as any other endurance athletes. Plenty of carbs, a bit of protein, some fat etc.
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Vincenzo Nibali, from Messina, Sicily, Italy, won the 2014 Tour de France. The race featured 21 stages and covered a distance of 2,276 miles.
Jeff Williams is the cyclist, I remember Paul Sherwen and Phil Liggett being asked who it was when it was originally shown for the first time on Channel 4 in 1986. The music was composed by Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks. The music and video seems to have become something of a cult, as people are campaigning to bring it back with facebook groups etc however considering the Tour de France highlights are now on itv instead of channel 4 this may prove to be difficult as channel four will no doubt own the rights to the music and video material
Jacques Anquetil won five tours. First in 1957 and then four times in a row from 1961 to 1964.
France is a country, no countries in it
The political power of France after the French Revolution was in the hands of the Republican Government, the Military, the Catholic Church and the Peasants who had created the Revolution. There was also a Royalist minority that always pushed for a restoration.