- by cnn
- 15 Aug 2024
Tour de France Fast Facts
Here's a look at the Tour de France.
July 1-23, 2023 - The 110th Tour de France is scheduled to take place.
July 1-24, 2022 - The 109th Tour de France takes place. Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard wins his first Tour de France title.
The Tour de France is a prestigious multistage bike race that takes place annually in France and sometimes the surrounding countries.
The race, also known as Le Tour or La Grande Boucle, includes 21 stages and covers 3,405 kilometers in 2023.
There have been four cyclists who have won the Tour five times:Jacques Anquetil of France (1957 and 1961-1964)Eddy Merckx of Belgium (1969-1972 and 1974)Bernard Hinault of France (1978-1979, 1981-1982, and 1985)Miguel Indurain of Spain (1991-1995), the first competitor to win five consecutive races.
Lance Armstrong held the record for most Tour de France wins (seven), but he was stripped of those wins in 2012.
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