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.
Aliases (1)
- Grand Tour ×1
Statements (47)
| 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
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| duration |
three weeks
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| economicImpact |
significant tourism and sponsorship revenue
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| feature |
general classification competition
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mountains classification competition → points classification competition → team classification competition → young rider classification competition → |
| firstGrandTourEstablished |
Tour de France
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| frequency |
annual
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| geographicScope |
Europe
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| governingBody |
Union Cycliste Internationale
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| impactOnSport |
major influence on rider careers
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| importanceInCycling |
highest category of stage races
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| includeFlatStages |
yes
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| includeMountainStages |
yes
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| includeTimeTrials |
yes
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| jerseyLeaderType |
best young rider
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mountains leader → overall time leader → points leader → |
| level |
UCI WorldTour
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| mediaCoverage |
global television coverage
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| numberOfEvents |
3
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| oldestEvent |
Tour de France
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| participantLevel |
ProTeam
→
WorldTeam → |
| participantType |
trade teams
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| prestige |
pinnacle events of professional road cycling
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| primaryAudience |
international
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| professionalLevel |
elite
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| raceType |
stage race
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| seasonTiming |
spread across cycling season
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| secondOldestEvent |
Giro d'Italia
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| sport |
road cycling
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| stageCountRange |
approximately 21 stages
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| youngestEvent |
Vuelta a España
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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UCI WorldTeams
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competeIn |
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UCI WorldTour
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includes |
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UCI WorldTour
("Grand Tour")
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notableEventType |
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Giro d'Italia
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partOf |
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UCI World Ranking
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pointSource |