The Tour de France will begin in Brest on June 26 and will consist of 21 total days of biking with two rest days mixed in. Fans of the race can tune in earlier each day to Peacock for extended coverage of the various stages. The Tour de France will cover 3, Last year's race came in at 3, There will be eight flat stages, five hilly stages, six mountaint stages and two individual time-trials. On the six mountain stages, there will be three summit finishes. This year, there are 23 teams with eight riders on each team to total cyclists overall in the field.
Movistar Team has dominated the team classification at the Tour de France lately, having won three straight years and in five of the past six races. The field this year will have a number of former champions hoping to win. Tadej Pogacar returns to race hoping to back it back-to-back wins, while four-time champion Chris Froome , , , , winner Vincenzo Nibali and champ Geraint Thomas hope to add another win to their resumes. Should Froome win, he would be the fifth rider ever to claim the title for a fifth time.
No winner was named in his place. Tour de France. A red and white polka-dot jersey is worn by the best climber. Breakaway — A rider or group of riders who have broken away to lead the race. Slipstreaming — Riding close behind another rider in order to benefit from almost no air resistance. Domestique — Every team has a leader, and the remaining riders domestiques support the leader in whatever way they can in order for them to win stages, accumulate points and hopefully win the tour.
Directeur Sportif — Each team has a director, known as directeur sportif, that follows riders during the race and gives them instructions, water, helps with mechanical issues and replaces damaged bikes. This is not a dishonorable term. Musket Bag — A shoulder bag containing food and water that is handed to riders at feeding stations. SAG Wagon — A vehicle that follows cyclists and picks them up when they can no longer ride due to injury, fatigue, biking failure, and also carries gear.
The 21 stages of racing add up to a total of 3, kilometres which is equal to 2, miles. The race then loops back in a clockwise direction to Southern France, where the race will reach the Pyrenees. The Tour de France has been a very similar distance in recent years.
In , the race was 3, kilometres, in it was 3, kilometres whilst in it was 3, kilometres. Race organisers ASO have seemingly found a happy medium between making the race long and challenging, but also ensuring it is within the rider's limits to produce exciting, lively racing throughout.
The Tour de France now holds a very different format to when it was first introduced over years ago. The first edition of the Tour de France, held in , was shorter in total than the modern race, totalling under 2, kilometres. However, the race took place over just six stages, meaning each stage averaged around kilometres which is extraordinarily long when compared to modern stages. The speed of the Tour de France has also changed dramatically since the Tour was first raced in the early 20th century.
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On the bike, Josh has been riding and racing for over 15 years. He started out racing cross country in his teens back when inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s, racing at a local and national level for Team Tor He's always keen to get his hands on the newest tech, and while he enjoys a good long road race, he's much more at home in a local criterium.
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