Tour de France

E2389

The Tour de France is the world’s most prestigious multi-stage cycling race, held annually and primarily contested on roads across France.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Tour
annual sporting event
cycling stage race
alsoKnownAs Tour de France
surface form: La Grande Boucle

Tour de France
surface form: Le Tour
broadcastMedium internet streaming
television
classification general classification
mountains classification
points classification
young rider classification
competitionType men's professional road cycling
country France
discipline road race
finishLocation Champs-Élysées
surface form: Champs-Élysées, Paris
firstEditionYear 1903
founder Henri Desgrange
frequency annual
governingBody Union Cycliste Internationale
hasWomenEdition Tour de France self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tour de France Femmes
inception 1903
jersey green jersey
polka dot jersey
white jersey
yellow jersey
mostOverallWinsHolder Bernard Hinault
Eddy Merckx
Jacques Anquetil
Miguel Indurain
mostOverallWinsRecord 5
notableFeature often includes stages in neighboring countries
passes through different regions of France
numberOfStages 21
oneOf three Grand Tours
organizer Amaury Sport Organisation
partOf UCI WorldTour
raceFormat multi-stage race
stage race
restDays 2
scope international
sisterRace Giro d'Italia
Vuelta a España
sport road cycling
surface road
terrain flat stages
mountain stages
time trials
typicalDurationDays 23
typicalStartMonth July

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tour de France alsoKnownAs Tour de France
this entity surface form: Le Tour
Tour de France alsoKnownAs Tour de France
this entity surface form: La Grande Boucle
L’Auto newspaper associatedEvent Tour de France
subject surface form: L’Auto
Le Blaireau associatedWithEvent Tour de France
Eurosport broadcasts Tour de France
NBC Sports broadcasts Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France (historical)
Grand Tours consistsOf Tour de France
L’Auto created Tour de France
L’Auto createdEvent Tour de France
L’Auto newspaper createdEvent Tour de France
subject surface form: L’Auto
Grand Tours firstGrandTourEstablished Tour de France
Renault–Gitane focus Tour de France
Henri Desgrange founded Tour de France
ASO hasNotableEvent Tour de France
subject surface form: Amaury Sport Organisation
Tour de France hasWomenEdition Tour de France self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tour de France Femmes
France hostsEvent Tour de France
Champs-Élysées knownFor Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France final stage
Henri Desgrange notableWork Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France race regulations
Grand Tours oldestEvent Tour de France
Amaury Sport Organisation organises Tour de France
ASO organizes Tour de France
subject surface form: Amaury Sport Organisation
Amaury Group organizes Tour de France
subject surface form: Amaury Sport Organisation
Giro d'Italia otherGrandTour Tour de France
Giro otherGrandTour Tour de France
subject surface form: Giro d'Italia
Faema participatedIn Tour de France
Helyett–Potin participatedIn Tour de France
Reynolds participatedIn Tour de France
Vuelta a España sisterRace Tour de France
Vélodrome de Vincennes wasFinishOf Tour de France
Vélodrome de Vincennes wasFinishOf Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France 1968–1974
Vélodrome de Vincennes wasFinishOf Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France 1975
Bernard Hinault won Tour de France
Eddy Merckx won Tour de France
Jacques Anquetil won Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France 1957
Jacques Anquetil won Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France 1961
Jacques Anquetil won Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France 1962
Jacques Anquetil won Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France 1963
Jacques Anquetil won Tour de France
this entity surface form: Tour de France 1964
La Vie Claire wonRace Tour de France