"Le Tour de France" France Sports & Outdoors Tip by grayfo

The Tour de France is one of the most famous bicycle races in the world and is considered to be the biggest test of endurance out of all sports. The Tour starts in the first week of July every year and lasts for approximately 3 weeks. The race was first staged in 1903 and passes through nearby countries.

2012

Running from Saturday June 30th to Sunday July 22nd 2012, the 99th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages, nine of them in the mountains and will cover a total distance of 3,497 kilometres.

July 2012

Theme: Biking
Website: http://www.letour.fr