Knowing Some Important Tour de France Regulations
Tour rules and regulations are detailed in race Articles.Listed in the Technical Guide, they range from participation to disqualification, medical care to prize money. Rules are written and detailed in [more…]
Tour de France: Time Trials, Mountains Stages, Prologues, and More
Despite its century steeped in tradition, one great appeal of the Tour de France is its flexibility. Organizers arrange the course as they choose, but always with a plan to include a balance of most of [more…]
Understanding the Tour de France and the Strategies
Condensed to its basic premise, the Tour de France is a simple athletic contest: The cyclist who completes a strenuous and often perilous course of more than 2,000 miles in the lowest total time wins. [more…]
A Few Dramatic Tour de France Moments
Sudden, spectacular moments make the Tour de France what it is. Racing can change in an instant, whether from a rider's quick acceleration, an unseen obstacle in the road, or a cyclist's unscripted emotional [more…]













