Five promising changes in the structure of Tour de France

The Tour de France is going to be something different in 2020 than it was before. Race director Christian Prudhomme called it “a race for the millennials” and spoke about the basic principles of the changes: it shouldn’t be harder, but more varied, due to the changed habits of the television audience in the recent time.  Let’s take a closer look, what it exactly does mean.

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Francois Faber’s Best (and Worst) Tour de France

Francois Faber was a Luxemburgian cyclist racing as professional between 1906 and 1914. His nickname was “Le Géant de Colombes” [The Giant of Colombes] due to his height (1.86 m /6.1 ft) and the Parisian suburb where he came from. Although he was born and raised in France, officially, he was the first non-French winner of the Tour de France.

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