Tour de France: The biggest bike race of the world
The Tour de France began in 1903 by Henri Desgrange and Geo Lefèvre.
They had a dream to start a race around France over 2500 km.
Everyday, the cyclists have to ride on average 150 km.
It is a 22-day, 20-stage road race that is usually run over more than 3000km.
The race consists of 20 to 22 teams with nine riders each.
The Tour ends in Paris on the Champs-Elysées, there the different jerseys are handover to the winners.
For example:-the yellow jersey Overall leader
-the green jersey Points classification
-the Polka dot jersey King of the Mountains
-the white jersey The youngest and best cyclist
After more than a 100 years, there have been more than 2000 stages and more than 1000 cyclists. This year, there was a stage in Belgium.
There have been several legends, for instance: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Miguel Indurain has won The Tour 5 consecutive years, Lance Armstrong has won The Tour 7 consecutive years.
In 2007, the Tour de France is the most important bike race of the world.
Since 1984 there is a Tour de France for female cyclists.
So, cycling is for every age, genus and generation. Conclusion: FOR EVERYONE!!
Hello , We're Hannie en Eve, we want to stay anonimous. Privacy..., You know. We had to make a blog for English about an interesting subject. But now a little bit information about ourself: We're students of the lyceum in Ieper. And my hobbies are volleybal, chiro, cycling (as you see). Eve's hobbies are dancing and a few other things!!
I'm a big fan of Tom Boonen. He's really the best. Last year I was glad that he won the green jersey. I hear some people thinking: the green jersey, it's easy to get him. The opposite is true. Tom Boonen had to work very hard to keep his beautiful green jersey. Do I still have to convince someone? OK. Does everybody now that Tommeke Boonen wear the yellow jersey a few years ago. So, do you believe me now? Tom Boonen is the best!!!!! Tom Boonen in the green jersey.
Now a bit backgroundinformation about Tornado Tom. He was born on October 15, 1980 in Mol. He lived with his parents in Balen, but one year ago he moved to Monaco, an independent state in France. He's an professional racer by the team Quick-Step Innergetic. He rides the best at one day road races, like the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix. Tom is especially a sprinter. Because of his looks and his calibres, is het one of the most famous sportsman of Belgium and even Europe. The most of the races he won, was with a mass-sprint. This year his was winning the green jersey in the Tour the France.
More about Tom Boonen? watch this sites!!: ==> www.tomboonen.tk ==> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tom_boonen
The route of tour 2008!
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