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Bicycle Racing
Bicycle Racing is a very popular European sport, and it is starting to gain popularity in America. It involves either a single person, or a team racing while on bicycles. Any questions regarding racing with bikes, racing teams, or different bike races can be asked here.
299 Questions
How long is the tour de france 2009?
3,500 kilometers (about 2175 miles) 10 flat stages, 7 mountain stages, 1 medium mountain stage, 2 individual time-trial stages, 1 team time-trial stage
Why was the tour de france invented?
It was organised by L'Equipe to sell more of their newspapers.
from two news papers having a feud
In 1903 "L'Auto", the French sports newspaper now called "L'Equipe", staged the race to help promote their newspaper which was struggling to compete with France's first, and by far strongest, sports paper "Le Velo". Needless to say, the Tour was a success and Le Velo was out of circulation one year later.
Channel 4 tour de France ringtone?
Well here it is!!!! The answer all you cycling nuts have been waiting for................ You can download the ITV Tour de France (2008 version) tune by texting, FRANCE to 83339 The cost of the download is £1.50 and is obtained from the itv.com website ENJOY!!!!!
Who won the Tour De France in 1985?
Angelo Fausto Coppi (September 15, 1919 - January 2, 1960) was an Italian racing cyclist. Nicknamed Il Campionissimo ("the greatest champion") or "The Champion of the Champions", he was one of the most successful and most popular cyclists of all time. He twice won the Tour de France (1949 and 1952), and five times the Giro d'Italia (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953).
Who won the tour de France in 2009-2010?
Alberto Contador Velasco of Spain(born 6 December 1982, the professional road racing cyclist
How much does a tour de France bike weigh?
A top-of-the-line racing bicycle as used by the TdF riders is quite expensive.
If you want one, expect to pay at least 10 000 USD or 6 000 EUR or about the same in GBP for one. Probablyquite a bit more.
Which Country has won the tour de France most often?
TdF isn't raced on a national basis.
All the competitors are professional riders that race for a team, and it's the team - not a country - that claims the glory of a win.
What countries are the riders from in the tour de France?
France, Britian, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Italy
Depends on what you mean. There really aren't any countries competing, that's all done by professional teams that only represent themselves and are composed of people from all over the place. The countries that the Tour goes through can be different from year to year, but there can be occasional stages in pretty much any neighboring country, Italy, Spain, Belgium etc.
What French cyclist has won the Tour de France?
TdF isn't a race between nations, it's a race between teams of professional riders. These teams will usually have members of several different nationalities.
While a team may be based in France, and even have majority of French riders, it's still not a team officially representing France.
How do Tour de france riders pee?
At speed, if they have to. They'll move to the outside of the pack, use the stretchiness of their riding gear to get their parts out, get out of the saddle, turn sideways and let it flow.
Then they'll hope that their relief will enable them to catch up with the pack again.
on the side of the road.
What is the world record of the Tour de France?
Their cannot be a world record for the tour de france because the course changes every year. If you are asking what is the record for winning Le Tour de France the most it is held by Lance Armstrong who won it 7 times consecutivly from 1999-2005.
And before anyone says Lance didn't win them he was on drugs all tours before him were won by drugs cheats, all the rider like Indurain, Pantani, Merckx were all on drugs, and yes it was illegal back then.
So the Answer Is Lance Armstrong winning it 7 times.
How many gears on a tour de France bicycle?
Riders participating in the Tour de France use bicycles. They also wear helmets, cycling shoes, and clothing in their team colors.
Who got second place in the 2000 Tour de France?
Alberto Contador Velasco (born 6 December 1982, the professional road racing cyclist
What is the purpose of tour de France?
The Tour De France is annual Cycle race taking a route around France
It is raced by Professional Cycle Teams each having a Sponsor.
The Tour De France is the Worlds largest Cycle Race and the Worlds
largest Televised Annual Sporting Event
The Race is very long and sometimes vias off into other neighbouring countrys
but the Race its self is a bicycle race around France. The Route is changed and planned each Year and the Race is 3 weeks long with a number of Rest Days for the Riders.
See related link to help you find out more about the Tour.
It's a long - both in time and distance - bicycle race that's held - mainly in France - for
It is a multi-stage bicycle race that goes on for nearly 3 weeks mainly in the mountains between France, Italy and Spain.
How long has the tour de france been going on for?
This year - 2010 - is the 97th Tour, though the event began in 1903 (it wasn't held during the two World Wars).
in 2012 the Tour de France was cycled for the 99th time.
They have one every year, with it lasting 23 days. The first event was in 1903, but there have been 10 cancellations due to the 2 world wars, so there have only been 98 editions in 108 years.
I think there are 108
108
What is the average speed of the cyclist in the tour de France?
the overall distance in 2010 was 2263.0 miles(3641.9km) there are 21 days and 2 rest days (usually) 2263/19 is an average of 119.11 Miles a day, but some days are much shorter for example the time trial and the prologue which can be less than 40 miles a day. :)
Who has won the tour de France three times?
GREG LEMOND.
JOCK BOYER was the first American to compete at least in modern times
Greg LaMond
In 1986, Greg LeMond from Reno Nevada, became the first American to win the Tour de France. He also won in 1989 and 1990 after having to take a break from cycling in 1987 to recover from wounds he received when he was accidentally shot by his brother-in-law while they were out hunting.
How long was the shortest Tour de France?
The shortest Tour was in 1904 at 2,420 kilometres (1,500 miles).
