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The Tour de France or the Le Tour de France is a multi-stage bicycle race held annually in France and other neighboring countries. Since the first time in 1903, this renowned sports event is organized every year by the Amaury Sports Organization. Primarily a French sports event, it has gained prominence through the years and has gained participants across the world.

History

The Tour de France was held in 1903 for the first time ever in an attempt to increase the sales of the magazine L’Auto, now owned by the Amaury Sports Organization. The race takes place every year without fail, except that it was canceled during the two world wars. The event is mainly held in the month of July.

Stages of the Race

The format of the race has stayed the same for more than 100 years of its inception, though the route of the race has changed over the years. Traditionally, the race went through the Pyrenees and the Alps mountains and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. Today, the Tour de France is a 23-day long event, which has 21 stages, covering a distance of around 3,500 km. The race is known to take place alternately on clockwise and anti-clockwise circuits of France.

With nine riders on each team, the number of teams is usually from 20 to 22.

The race is timed from the starting line up to the finishing line, where a rider’s time is calculated on the basis of the time taken in all the stages. The winning yellow jersey is awarded to the rider with the lowest average time.

Alongside the main event, other contests also take place in the Tour, such as the mountains classification for climbers, the young rider classification for riders under 26 years, or the team classification for the best teams.

Tour de France 2022

The 2022 Tour de France was the 109th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1 July 2022 and ended with the final stage on the Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 July 2022. Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard won the general classification for the first time.

Tour de France 2014

The 101th Tour de France which began on 5 July 2014 will continue till 27 July 2014. It consists of 21 stages and shall cover a total distance of 3,664 kilometers. The race consists of nine flat stages, five hill stages, six mountain stages with five altitude finishes, one individual time trial stage, and two rest days.

Major Cities

Leeds, West Yorkshire in the UK is the city, which marks the starting point of the race, while Champs-Élysées in Paris is the finishing point. The initial three stages of the race took place in the United Kingdom. The third stage of the race was from Cambridge to London in the UK, after which the contest returned to France at Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, after taking a flight.

Though most of the race takes place in mainland France, this year the race will also go through Belgium and Spain. The fifth stage of the race took place from Ypres in Belgium to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, Northern France.

In the 20th stage of the Individual time trial (ITT), where the individual races lone ‘against the clock’ on a rolling or flat terrain, the race will take place from Bergerac to Périgueux. The 21st and the final stage of the contest will be from Évry to Champs-Élysées in Paris.

List of Tour de France winners

Tour	Year	Winner	Country	Sponsor/Team	Distance	Time/Points	Stage wins
101	2014
100	2013	Chris Froome	United Kingdom	Team Sky	2,115 mi)	83h 56′ 20″	3
99	2012	Bradley Wiggins	United Kingdom	Team Sky	2,172 mi)	87h 34′ 47″	2
98	2011	Cadel Evans	Australia	BMC Racing Team	2,130 mi)	86h 12′ 22″	1
97	2010	Andy Schleck	Luxembourg	Team Saxo Bank	2,263 mi)	91h 59′ 27″	2
96	2009	Alberto Contador	Spain	Astana	2,149 mi)	85h 48′ 35″	2
95	2008	Carlos Sastre	Spain	Team CSC	2,211 mi)	87h 52′ 52″	1
94	2007	Alberto Contador	Spain	Discovery Channel	2,220 mi)	91h 00′ 26″	1
93	2006	Óscar Pereiro	Spain	Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears	2,272 mi)	89h 40′ 27″	0
92	2005	Lance Armstrong	United States	Discovery Channel	2,233 mi)	86h 15′ 02″	1
91	2004	Lance Armstrong	United States	US Postal	2,107 mi)	83h 36′ 02″	5
90	2003	Lance Armstrong	United States	US Postal	2,129 mi)	83h 41′ 12″	1
89	2002	Lance Armstrong	United States	US Postal	2,033 mi)	82h 05′ 12″	4
88	2001	Lance Armstrong	United States	US Postal	2,149 mi)	86h 17′ 28″	4
87	2000	Lance Armstrong	United States	US Postal	2,275 mi)	92h 33′ 08″	1
86	1999	Lance Armstrong	United States	US Postal	2,291 mi)	91h 32′ 16″	4
85	1998	Marco Pantani	Italy	Mercatone Uno-Bianchi	2,408 mi)	92h 49′ 46″	2
84	1997	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Team Telekom	2,450 mi)	100h 30′ 35″	2
83	1996	Bjarne Riis	Denmark	Team Telekom	2,339 mi)	95h 57′ 16″	2
82	1995	Miguel Indurain	Spain	Banesto	2,259 mi)	92h 44′ 59″	2
81	1994	Miguel Indurain	Spain	Banesto	2,472 mi)	103h 38′ 38″	1
80	1993	Miguel Indurain	Spain	Banesto	2,308 mi)	95h 57′ 09″	2
79	1992	Miguel Indurain	Spain	Banesto	2,475 mi)	100h 49′ 30″	3
78	1991	Miguel Indurain	Spain	Banesto	2,432 mi)	101h 01′ 20″	2
77	1990	Greg LeMond	United States	Z Vêtements	2,177 mi)	90h 43′ 20″	0
76	1989	Greg LeMond	United States	ADR Agrigel	2,041 mi)	87h 38′ 35″	3
75	1988	Pedro Delgado	Spain	Reynolds	2,042 mi)	84h 27′ 53″	1
74	1987	Stephen Roche	Ireland	Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	2,629 mi)	115h 27′ 42″	1
73	1986	Greg LeMond	United States	La Vie Claire	2,544 mi)	110h 35′ 19″	1
72	1985	Bernard Hinault	France	La Vie Claire	2,553 mi)	113h 24′ 23″	2
71	1984	Laurent Fignon	France	Renault–Elf–Gitane	2,499 mi)	112h 03′ 40″	5
70	1983	Laurent Fignon	France	Renault–Elf–Gitane	2,367 mi)	105h 07′ 52″	1
69	1982	Bernard Hinault	France	Renault–Elf–Gitane	2,179 mi)	92h 08′ 46″	4
68	1981	Bernard Hinault	France	Renault–Elf–Gitane	2,332 mi)	96h 19′ 38″	5
67	1980	Joop Zoetemelk	Netherlands	TI–Raleigh	2,387 mi)	109h 19′ 14″	2
66	1979	Bernard Hinaultdagger	France	Renault–Elf–Gitane	2,339 mi)	103h 06′ 50″	7
65	1978	Bernard Hinault	France	Renault–Elf–Gitane	2,428 mi)	108h 18′ 00″	3
64	1977	Bernard Thévenet	France	Peugeot	2,545 mi)	115h 38′ 30″	1
63	1976	Lucien Van Impe	Belgium	Gitane–Campagnolo	2,496 mi)	116h 22′ 23″	1
62	1975	Bernard Thévenet	France	Peugeot	2,500 mi)	114h 35′ 31″	2
61	1974	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Molteni	2,546 mi)	116h 16′ 58″	8
60	1973	Luis Ocaña	Spain	Bic	2,540 mi)	122h 25′ 34″	6
59	1972	Eddy Merckxdagger	Belgium	Molteni	2,390 mi)	108h 17′ 18″	6
58	1971	Eddy Merckxdagger	Belgium	Molteni	2,242 mi)	96h 45′ 14″	4
57	1970	Eddy Merckx*	Belgium	Faema	2,643 mi)	119h 31′ 49″	8
56	1969	Eddy Merckxdouble-dagger	Belgium	Faema	2,558 mi)	116h 16′ 02″	6
55	1968	Jan Janssen	Netherlands	Sauvage–Lejeune	2,791 mi)	133h 49′ 42″	2
54	1967	Roger Pingeon	France	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	2,970 mi)	136h 53′ 50″	1
53	1966	Lucien Aimar	France	Ford–Gitane	2,690 mi)	117h 34′ 21″	0
52	1965	Felice Gimondi	Italy	Salvarani	2,602 mi)	116h 42′ 06″	3
51	1964	Jacques Anquetil	France	Saint–Raphaël	2,799 mi)	127h 09′ 44″	4
50	1963	Jacques Anquetil	France	Saint–Raphaël	2,571 mi)	113h 30′ 05″	4
49	1962	Jacques Anquetil	France	Saint–Raphaël	2,656 mi)	114h 31′ 54″	2
48	1961	Jacques Anquetil	France	France	2,732 mi)	122h 01′ 33″	2
47	1960	Gastone Nencini	Italy	Italy	2,593 mi)	112h 08′ 42″	0
46	1959	Federico Bahamontes*	Spain	Spain	2,708 mi)	123h 46′ 45″	1
45	1958	Charly Gaul	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2,684 mi)	116h 59′ 05″	4
44	1957	Jacques Anquetil	France	France	2,901 mi)	135h 44′ 42″	4
43	1956	Roger Walkowiak	France	France	2,795 mi)	124h 01′ 16″	0
42	1955	Louison Bobet	France	France	2,793 mi)	130h 29′ 26″	2
41	1954	Louison Bobet	France	France	2,893 mi)	140h 06′ 05″	3
40	1953	Louison Bobet	France	France	2,781 mi)	129h 23′ 25″	2
39	1952	Fausto Coppi*	Italy	Italy	3,043 mi)	151h 57′ 20″	5
38	1951	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	Switzerland	2,910 mi)	142h 20′ 14″	5
37	1950	Ferdinand Kübler	Switzerland	Switzerland	2,966 mi)	145h 36′ 56″	3
36	1949	Fausto Coppi*	Italy	Italy	2,988 mi)	149h 40′ 49″	3
35	1948	Gino Bartali*	Italy	Italy	3,058 mi)	147h 10′ 36″	7
34	1947	Jean Robic	France	France	2,884 mi)	148h 11′ 25″	3
#	1946 – 140	not held due to World War II
33	1939	Sylvère Maes*	Belgium	Belgium	2,625 mi)	132h 03′ 17″	2
32	1938	Gino Bartali*	Italy	Italy	2,917 mi)	148h 29′ 12″	2
31	1937	Roger Lapébie	France	France	2,743 mi)	138h 58′ 31″	3
30	1936	Sylvère Maes	Belgium	Belgium	2,760 mi)	142h 47′ 32″	4
29	1935	Romain Maes	Belgium	Belgium	2,696 mi)	141h 23′ 00″	3
28	1934	Antonin Magne	France	France	2,780 mi)	147h 13′ 58″	3
27	1933	Georges Speicher	France	France	2,731 mi)	147h 51′ 37″	3
26	1932	André Leducq	France	France	2,783 mi)	154h 11′ 49″	6
25	1931	Antonin Magne	France	France	3,163 mi)	177h 10′ 03″	1
24	1930	André Leducq	France	Alcyon	2,996 mi)	172h 12′ 16″	2
23	1929	Maurice De Waele	Belgium	Alcyon	3,285 mi)	186h 39′ 15″	1
22	1928	Nicolas Frantz	Luxembourg	Alcyon	3,403 mi)	192h 48′ 58″	5
21	1927	Nicolas Frantz	Luxembourg	Alcyon	3,354 mi)	198h 16′ 42″	3
20	1926	Lucien Buysse	Belgium	Automoto	3,570 mi)	238h 44′ 25″	2
19	1925	Ottavio Bottecchia	Italy	Automoto	3,380 mi)	219h 10′ 18″	4
18	1924	Ottavio Bottecchia	Italy	Automoto	3,371 mi)	226h 18′ 21″	4
17	1923	Henri Pélissier	France	Automoto	3,347 mi)	222h 15′ 30″	3
16	1922	Firmin Lambot	Belgium	Peugeot	3,340 mi)	222h 08′ 06″	0
15	1921	Léon Scieur	Belgium	La Sportive	3,408 mi)	221h 50′ 26″	2
14	1920	Philippe Thys	Belgium	La Sportive	3,419 mi)	228h 36′ 13″	4
13	1919	Firmin Lambot	Belgium	La Sportive	3,450 mi)	231h 07′ 15″	1
#	1918 – 1915	not held due to World War I
12	1914	Philippe Thys	Belgium	Peugeot	3,340 mi)	200h 28′ 48″	1
11	1913	Philippe Thys	Belgium	Peugeot	3,285 mi)	197h 54′ 00″	1
10	1912	Odile Defraye	Belgium	Alcyon	3,286 mi)	49	3
9	1911	Gustave Garrigou	France	Alcyon	3,320 mi)	43	2
8	1910	Octave Lapize	France	Alcyon	2,942 mi)	63	4
7	1909	François Faber	Luxembourg	Alcyon	2,795 mi)	37	6
6	1908	Lucien Petit-Breton	France	Peugeot	2,794 mi)	36	5
5	1907	Lucien Petit-Breton	France	Peugeot	2,789 mi)	47	2
4	1906	René Pottier	France	Peugeot	2,881 mi)	31	5
3	1905	Louis Trousselier	France	Peugeot–Wolber	1,860 mi)	35	5
2	1904	Henri Cornet	France	Conte	1,509 mi)	96h 05′ 55″	1
1	1903	Maurice Garin	France	La Française	1,509 mi)	94h 33′ 14″	3

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