The Tour de France Explained

The Tour de France covers approximately 3,500 kilometres every single year.

The race is an annual men's road cycling event in France.

Twenty to twenty-three teams of eight riders usually compete together.

The Tour de France was first organized in 1903.

Maurice Garin won that first race at 25.68 kilometres per hour.

Modern editions consist of 21 day-long stages over 23 or 24 days.

The rider with the lowest cumulative time wears the famous yellow jersey.

A green jersey rewards the fastest sprinters in the points classification.

Climbers fight for the polka-dot jersey across the Pyrenees and Alps mountains.

Riders under the age of 26 compete for white jersey.

The first Tour de France Femmes was held in 2022.

The format still includes a finish on the Champs-Élysées, except in 2024.