Tour de France
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Today marks the start of the worlds most famous bicycle race the Tour De France. The Tour de France runs for three weeks starting in London passing through Belgium and eventually ending up Paris France. The cyclists compete daily riding from one city to the next with each day counting as individual stage. Contestant compete individually but enter as a team. Teams are allowed to compete only by invitation and are usually known by the name of the team sponsor. While the team members can work together and form strategies it is an individual race. During the race the leader where the coveted “yellow jersey” signifying he is the leader. The green jersey also known as the sprinting jersey is worn by the person who has the most points from sprinting parts of the race. The third jersey is the polka dot jersey or mountain jersey. This jersey is given to the first rider at the top key mountains along the race.
Saturday July 7th 2007 London 7.9 KM
Sunday July 8th 2007 London to Canterbury 203 KM
Monday July 9th 2007 Dunkirk France to Gent Belgium 167 KM
Tuesday July 10th 2007 Waregem to Compiègne France 236 KM
Wednesday July 11th 2007 Villers-Cotterêts to Joigny 190 KM
Thursday July 12th 2007 Chablis to Autun 184 KM
Friday July 13th 2007 Semur-en-Auxois to Bourg-en-Bresse 200 KM
For travelers London and Canterbury are always popular tourist destinations. Dunkirk is the third largest port city in France and is known for it’s museums and annual Carnival at Dunkirk. Gent is an often overlooked city in Belgium, that features a lot old world charm and Gothic inspired architecture. Compiègne France has several historic sites devoted to Armistice and World War I memorials. Joigny is a quaint little French village with houses dating back to the 1500’s, it’s free from the trappings of modern European tourist cities. Autun is in the Burgundy region of France this town has many architectural elements from ancient Rome such as walls, gates and even a theater which are still intact.
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July 28th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
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