Grand Tours

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Grand Tours are the three prestigious three-week professional road cycling stage races—Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España—that represent the pinnacle events of the sport.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cycling competition category
series of road cycling stage races
alsoKnownAs cycling Grand Tours
three Grand Tours
classificationBasis cumulative time
mountain points
points
consistsOf Giro d'Italia
Tour de France
Vuelta a España
discipline men's professional road cycling
duration three weeks
economicImpact significant tourism and sponsorship revenue
feature general classification competition
mountains classification competition
points classification competition
team classification competition
young rider classification competition
firstGrandTourEstablished Tour de France
frequency annual
geographicScope Europe
governingBody Union Cycliste Internationale
impactOnSport major influence on rider careers
importanceInCycling highest category of stage races
includeFlatStages yes
includeMountainStages yes
includeTimeTrials yes
jerseyLeaderType best young rider
mountains leader
overall time leader
points leader
level UCI WorldTour
mediaCoverage global television coverage
numberOfEvents 3
oldestEvent Tour de France
participantLevel ProTeam
WorldTeam
participantType trade teams
prestige pinnacle events of professional road cycling
primaryAudience international
professionalLevel elite
raceType stage race
seasonTiming spread across cycling season
secondOldestEvent Giro d'Italia
sport road cycling
stageCountRange approximately 21 stages
youngestEvent Vuelta a España

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