'Tour de France' Home
Latest Pages
- Australians in the Tour [Jul '24]
- About the 2025 event [Feb '23]
- About the 2023 & 2024 event [Jul '22]
- About the 2021 & 2022 events [Aug '21]
- Anthropometry of the Tour de France Winners
- About the 2019 & 2020 event [July '18]
- About the 2016, 2017 and 2018 event [Jan '18]
- Tour trivia - firsts [Jul '15]
- About the 2014 and 2015 event [Aug '14]
- Complete winner list of all tours [Feb '10]
The Tour de France (French for "Tour of France"), is often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour.
Whatever you call it, the Tour de France is the world's most high profile bicycle race. It is a very demanding event, held for three weeks every July and is comprised of approximately 20 professional teams of nine riders per team.
The competitors race a total distance of approximately 3,600 km (2,235 miles) traveling through France and surrounding countries.
The Tour de France is one of cycling's three grand tours. The others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.
Next Event
The 2025 Tour de France will be the 112th held.
About the Tour
- See the List of Previous Winners and information about each Tour.
- Read about the history of the Tour, and some Tour Trivia.
- Read about the colored jersey's, teams, courses and mountains.
- Buy books about the Tour, and a read a glossary of Cycling Tour terms.
- Read profiles of some Tour champions.
- Anthropometry of the Tour de France Winners
- Australians in the Tour
- There is also a Tour for Women.
Related Pages
- Information about the sport of cycling.
- Read the Tour de France entries on the sporting blog.
- Profile of legendary cyclists
- International Cycling Calendar
- Cycling clipart of bikes and images
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