Tour De France is considered to be the biggest of the three major Cycling races held throughout the year. The other two are held in Italy and Spain. The length of the race varies around 3600 kilometres over different stages in three weeks. There are two rest days in the race. Every participant is accompanied by a team. The purpose of the team is to make sure that the winning contender does not have to build pace on his own, and they act as pace makers for him. The cyclist with the overall least time at the end of 3 weeks wins the Tour.
The tour usually starts from one of the neighbouring countries of France but always ends in Paris, where the last ten rounds are taken around the chanze lizze.
There usually are Jerseys awarded after every stage for different classifications. A yellow Jersey is awarded to the overall leader of the tour. A Green Jersey is awarded to the person with the highest sprint points, as in the person with the highest ranked finishes in all the races. A red dotted Jersey is awarded to the cyclist who performs the best on the mountains, he is also given the title of ‘king of the mountains’. Also a white Jersey is awarded to the youngest best rider in terms of time.
The best way to win is to make sure that your combined time in all the stages may it be an individual time trial, a team time trial or a normal stage, is less than everyone else on the tour.
Usually cyclists ride in the peloton (the group of majority of the riders) and make occasional breakaways with the help of teammates and enthusiastic opponents.
Apart from the overall win, heavy prizes are given to stage winners as well.
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