How does the Tour De France work?
What is the yellow jersey? And how does the bike make’s come into this, is Team Astana representing Trek and Team Columbia representing Scott? Im wanting to get into this and need to know as much as possible!
Only 2 riders in the world get custom edition Trek slopestyle bikes, and Brandon Semenuk is one of them. Follow along at the 2009 Crankworx slopestyle event, and see what gives Brandon a leg up on the competition.
Le Tour 101 – from the 2002 tour but the info is generally the same for the current tour.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/tou…
The tour has traditionally been dominated by Europeans except for two Americans, Greg Lemond who won three times and Lance Armstrong, who won the last seven editions and retired last year. This year, the favorites to win were Jan Ullrich, the German who won before Lance won his first, and was second to Lance for five of Lance’s victories; and Ivan Basso, the Italian who won the Giro d’Italia in May and was second to Lance last year. They were pulled out on the eve of the race and so the race is wide open this year.
Things to look out for are the sprints to the finish line during flat stages and the attacks in the mountain stages.
The official site: http://www.letour.fr/indexus.html
If you’re in the US, Outdoor Life Network (OLN), a cable channel, has daily coverage of the tour. Their website: http://www.olntv.com/tdf
Bicycling Magazine also has good coverage of the tour:
http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance/
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