Le tour de France
July
There are many, but the best known is a cycle race - the Tour de France.
yes, its on once a year
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.
1989 Greg LeMond Cycling Tour de France winner
Le tour de France
One cyclist wins the Tour de France every year.
The first Tour de France took place in 1903.
1969
Once every year.
yes, last year in sta de France on 360 tour, and again this year on same tour.
Apart from during the world wars, it's been held every year since 1903. This year, 2013, was the 100th time the Tour de France was held.
Eddy Merckx (considered the best allrounder of all time) Stephen Roche (special tripple crown of cycling: tour, giro and world champ same year!) Sean Kelly (one of the best 'classics' riders and tour green jersey winners) Bernard Hinault (5 tour wins) Miguel Indurain (5 tour wins) Jacques Anquetil (5 tour wins) Laurant Jalabert Chippolini (famous sprinter) Fausto Copi Marco Pantani (famous climber synomous w/ tour and Giro) Lance Armstrong (record 7 tour wins) Jan Ullrich (the bridesmaid in the lance show!, though fantastically gifted in own right) Chris Boardman (TT specialist held/holds? records TT) Greg Lemond Eric Zabbel Bjarne Riis (famous quote: "did you do drugs" -answer "I was never caught" Lance Armstrong is one of the all time best. He won the tour de France 7 times in a row. But before he did that he had already had to fight off cancer that had spread to his brain. He retired in 2006. He then came back in 2009 to ride in the tour de France. He finished 3rd that year. Armstrong rode the tour de France this year (2010), and then retired again.
July
1999-2005
The next race is in 2011 (this year)