2010
07.06

Tour De France Fast Facts

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For all those struggling with the Tour De France concept, this post is for you. Some may find useful, others may still show no interest, but for this month I will endeavour to give you a few fast facts to get you onboard. Be aware though, you will have sleepless nights and live a life of very little sleep for July every year.

  • The Tour De France is made up of 1 Prologue and 20 Stages.
  • The prologue, stage 1 and stage have already been completed, Fabian Cancellera won the prologue and Allessandro Pettachi won the 1st stage, Sylvain Chavanel won the 2nd Stage
  • There are 4 jerseys on offer throughout the tour, Yellow – The General Classifcation, Green – The Sprinters, Polkadot – The Climbers, White – The Yound Rider (under 25 years of age)
  • This years tour will travel 3642km
  • Stage 3 winds it’s way from Belgium to France, another epic 213km journey but this time with a notoriously bad 13.9km cobblestoned section
  • The Tour is made of 22 teams with 9 riders in each
  • Ray’s average nightly sleeping hours through the tour will be approx 5 hours per night
  • Shao Wu and quite a few others will blame the Tour for missing the Tuesday morning run sessions, although he just wanted to sleep in

More to follow tomorrow and all are more than welcome to add to this list!

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  1. Rach said: 2010.07.06 15:10

    Thanks for keeping us so informed Ray! 8pm! I’ll try to get a lack of sleep and an addiction to the tour :)

  2. claudia(one of the germans) said: 2010.07.06 18:41

    what else is important?
    oh i like the pretty pink and blue jerseys and fabian is the hottest rider out there. what else? contador is an arrogant brick and the brown jerseys are ugly. honestly? no matter what you are wearing or what picture the press paints of the riders i respect all of them for the achievement of making the team and joining the tour of insanity!

  3. Rayzo said: 2010.07.06 18:47

    Claudia…

    What’s an Arrogant Brick?

  4. Tom said: 2010.07.06 19:47

    a brick that thinks he is too good for the other bricks.. what if we rendered???

  5. Nathalie said: 2010.07.07 14:44

    Watching the tour is amazing! I love the scenery and the arrogant bricks out there.I’m with Claudia on Fabio! But I’m really waiting for Cadel to have a sooky lala day so i can see him cry!

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