no, it takes part in different countries, but the majority of the tour is in France
No. You have to be a part of a team to be allowed to race in the Tour de France
July
There are many, but the best known is a cycle race - the Tour de France.
Le tour de France
No
no, it takes part in different countries, but the majority of the tour is in France
No. You have to be a part of a team to be allowed to race in the Tour de France
Tour de France
Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France in 1903.
Prisoners
About 10%
July
There are many, but the best known is a cycle race - the Tour de France.
About 200 riders. 9 in each team and about 22 teams. Then hordes of support personnel.
"Tour de" basically means "tour of". So tour de France = tour of France.
The Tour de France, the cycling race, just means tour of France, tour meaning race in this instance. So called because it goes around France.