nine riders, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders. Of these, 45 were riding the Tour de France for the first time. The riders came...

eight riders usually compete. All of the stages are timed to the finish and the riders' times are compounded with their previous stage times. The rider with...

stage lengths in modern Tours. Of the riders on this list only Van Impe (1976) and Zoetemelk (1980) have won the race. Riders who are still active are...

maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198 riders. Of these, 35 were riding the Tour de France for the first time. The riders came from...

nine riders, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders. Of these, 54 were riding the Tour de France for the first time. The riders came...

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...

Knight Riders), in the International League T20 (Abu Dhabi Knight Riders) of UAE, and the Major League Cricket (Los Angeles Knight Riders). In June 2015, the...

the following eligible rider) will be in polka dot jersey. At the top of many climbs in the Tour, there are points for the riders who are first over the...

The young rider classification is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1975. Excluding the years 1989 to 1999, the leader of...

preferred support riders. For both riders in both years, only the Tour de France was ridden to its conclusion. Over the years, 34 riders have completed all...

of nine riders, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders. Of these, 33 were competing in their first Tour de France. The riders came from...

conventional style. Riders had to pull them over their head on the rostrum. For many years the jersey was made in only limited sizes and many riders found it a...

under the following scheme: Riders can lose points for various infractions to the rules, which means some riders finish the Tour with a negative points tally...

This tour also works as a series of scouting events for Team Series managements looking to add riders as alternates to their teams in cases of riders on...

successful in the early Tours; the first non-Frenchman to win the Tour was François Faber of Luxembourg, who won in 1909. Belgian riders were more successful...

Grand Tour is a rare feat that only 110 riders have achieved in their careers. Fiorenzo Magni was the first rider to win a stage in each Grand Tour with...

from the Kelme riders Óscar Sevilla (7th last year, 2nd in last year's Vuelta a España) and Santiago Botero (8th last year). Other riders to keep in account...

than 10 riders in the race: France (39), Italy (18), Belgium (16), Germany (16), the Netherlands (15), and Spain (13). The average age of riders in the...

these, 35 competed in their first Tour de France. The riders came from 30 countries. Seven countries had more than 10 riders in the race: France (35), Belgium...

crash which involved many riders, most notably Andy Schleck, a contender for overall victory, and Alessandro Petacchi. The riders in the peloton chose to...

2010. Retrieved 25 July 2015. Culbert, David (26 June 2013). "Tour de France: 45 riders make up Australia's proud history at Le Tour". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved...

nine British riders have led the general classification in the Tour de France at the end of a stage during one of the 103 editions of the Tours de France...

race in Australia Two one-day races in Canada In 2009 and 2010, only riders for ProTour teams and Professional Continental teams could earn points. When a...

town. In this way, riders ride huge distances each day, the current ride record averaging over 186 miles (300 km) per day. The Tour Divide has been ridden...

day of the tour on Mont Ventoux. The UCI introduced a ban on radio communication between team management and riders on stage 10, but the riders responded...

winner of the Tour. The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey. The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points...

his promise, leading to a rift between the two riders and the entire La Vie Claire team. The 1986 Tour de France is widely considered to be one of the...

Belgium all had 10 or more riders in the race. Giant–Shimano's Ji Cheng was the first Chinese rider to participate in the Tour. Riders from eight countries...

three categories of rider: road-riders A, road-riders B, and track riders. I was registered with the federation as a track rider. At first they wouldn't...

than ten riders in the race: France (43), Belgium (21), Italy (15), Spain (13), Germany (11) and the Netherlands (11). The average age of riders in the...