The 1972 Tour de France was the 59th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place from 1 to 22 July, with 20 stages covering...
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The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most...
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The Tour de France (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də fʁɑ̃s]) is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and...
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This is a list of records and statistics in the Tour de France, road cycling's premier competitive event. One rider has been King of the Mountains, won...
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There have been allegations of doping in the Tour de France since the race began in 1903. Early Tour riders consumed alcohol and used ether, among other...
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The 1973 Tour de France was the 60th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 30 June and 22 July, with 20 stages...
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The 2020 Tour de France was the 107th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. Originally scheduled to start on 27 June 2020...
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Tour de France Soundtracks (renamed to Tour de France for its remastered release) is the eleventh and final studio album by German electronic music band...
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"Tour de France" is a song by German electronic band Kraftwerk. It was first issued in early August 1983, peaking at number 22 in the United Kingdom singles...
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The 1982 Tour de France was the 69th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 25 July. The total race distance was 22 stages over 3,507 km...
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Tour de l'Avenir (English: Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France...
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Tour de France Automobile was a sports car race held on roads around France regularly (mostly annually) between 1899 and 1986. The first edition in 1899...
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Akker, Pieter. "Sprintdoorkomsten in de Tour de France 1972" [Sprint results in the Tour de France 1972]. TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl (in Dutch). Archived...
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The combativity award is a prize given in the Tour de France for the most combative rider overall during the race. Historically, it favored constant attackers...
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The general classification of the Tour de France is the most important classification of the race and determines the winner of the race. Since 1919, the...
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The points classification (French: classement par points) is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, which started in 1953. Points are given for...
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The Open de France is a European Tour golf tournament. Inaugurated in 1906 it is the oldest national open in Continental Europe and has been part of the...
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The 1971 Tour de France was the 58th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,608-kilometre (2,242 mi) race consisted of 22...
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The mountains classification is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1933. It is given to the rider that gains the most points...
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The 1972 Tour de France started with the following 12 teams, each with 11 cyclists: In the previous year, Ocana was on his way to beat Merckx, when he...
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The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the most well-known and...
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The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973...
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La Défense (redirect from La Défense, Île-de-France)
La Défense (French: [la de.fɑ̃s]) is the major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city limits. It...
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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale (redirect from Tour de France Feminin)
professional women's cycle stage races across France have been held as an equivalent to the Tour de France for women, with the first of these races staged...
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Lance Armstrong (redirect from Tour de Lance)
road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped...
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Yellow jersey statistics (redirect from American tour de france stage winners)
Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,205 stages, up to and including the final stage of the 2021 Tour de France. Since 1919, the race...
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the Tour de France worn by the leader of the combination classification. In 1968 the combination classification was introduced in the Tour de France. From...
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Eiffel Tower (redirect from Tour eiffel)
Tower (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer...
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bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively...
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cyclist. He rode in the 1972 Tour de France. "Willy Van Malderghem". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 8 September 2020. "Tour de France 1972". Cycling Archives...
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