Le Tour De France

Le Tour de France was driven for the first time in 1903. One hundred plus years after its opening, it is the world's greatest cycling race. Every year for 23 days in July, hundreds of cyclists pedal their way across France. Typically the race more than 3500 kilometers or 2200 miles.

The race itself consists of 21 stages evaluated separately. At the end of the race, whoever the lowest combined time over the 21 stages is declared the winner. During theRace, the leader of the Maillot Jaune bears, the yellow jersey. The stages from one place to another run. The route includes a circuit that goes over most regions of France. Sometimes this is of course goes even in parts of neighboring countries like Switzerland and Spain.

With the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España, le Tour de France is one of the three largest, most prestigious stage race. There is also the longest race of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) calendar.Unlike the other two big races that are well known in Europe, tour de France has the world long a household name around the sport. There is so well known that even those not interested in Cycling of it. Even the UCI World Cycling Championship is familiar only to cycling fans.

In most cycling races, competitors enter as part of a team. The same is true for the Tour de France. The Tour de France's field is eight, which is composed of 20 to 22 teams, each withReiter. Traditionally, the admission by invitation only. Invitations will be sent only the best of the professional teams. , the organizers of the race have used UCI points to determine Recently, teams win the Tour automatic entry into the. Typically have 2-4 slots to large teams or French teams, reserve in a position to race on their individual results are based team.

The teams are all known by the name of their sponsors. Every person has a distinctive jersey. For example, LanceArmstrong was on the USPS team and then the Discovery Channel team when he won his tours. During the race, each team has access to a shared team car. These teams are like cars, pit crews in motorsports, unless they are mobile.

The Tour de France 2008 is set to 5 July starts in Brest in Brittany. The race, as is tradition, will end on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on 27 July. This year's race course has 10 flat stages, five mountain stages, 4 medium mountain stages, and 2Individual time trial stages.

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