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Benjamin Franklin was the agent of the American Congress in France who signed a military alliance with that government. He was the first United States Ambassador to France.
Motorola No, it was '7-Eleven'!
TdF isn't raced by nations, it's raced by teams.These teams will usually have riders of several different nationalities.Most of the riders, regardless of nationality, will ride in the team jersey.Rides who do specially well, will get a jersey from the race organisation displaying their specialty:Shortest overall time - yellowbest sprinter - greenbest uphill - red dots on whitebest young rider - white
Greg LeMond was the first American to win the Tour de France and was the only American other than Lance Armstron. Greg LeMond won back to back Tour de France races in 1989 and 1990.
Canada's Alex Stieda was the first North American to wear the yellow jersey, on Stage 2 of the 1986 Tour de France.
The one with the overall shortest time.If the previous year's winner participates, he gets to wear it on the first stage of the new race as well.The yellow jersey indicates the race leader. The colour was picked up by the Tour's first sponsor, a newspaper which was printed on yellow paper.The rider that had the shortest overall time counted on finishing the previous stage(yesterday) gets to wear the yellow jersey that day.If the overall winner of the previous year's race is participating, he will ride the 1st stage in the yellow jersey. If he isn't there won't be a yellow jersey until stage 2.
France and England
France built it's first North American settlement in what is now Florida.
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France provided the weapons for the first American units.
France was the first country to grant diplomatic recognition to the new American state. France was an ally of the U.S. in the American Revolutionary War.
The American Revolution was over before 1799 when Napoleon became the First Consul of France.
The first European to explore the New Jersey coast was Giovanni da Verrazzano. He was a Florentine who explored North America in the name of King Francis I of France.
Philip Grant Anderson was not only the first Australian to wear a yellow jersey in the Tour de France, but was the first non-European to do so. In 1981, Anderson lead the race during the 117km Saint-Gaudens to Saint-Lary-Soulan stage and came in 10th overall. In 1982, Anderson wore the yellow jersey for 9 days and won the second stage of the Tour. In 1991, Anderson won the Rennes to Quimper stage of the race.
Spanish- American War.
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