Hell Yeah It's July, Tour de France!!

Posted by Kitty on Jul 1st 2016

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The 103rd Tour de France begins July 2nd and ending July 24th 2016. Excited? We are!! Hell yeah it's July, Tour de France all month long!!








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 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=201315...

Let's review the facts!

  • ⇒The 103rd Tour de France takes place in 4 countries: France, Spain, Switzerland and the Principality of Andorra.
  • ⇒198 riders (22 teams of 9 riders)
  • ⇒21 teams from 11 different nationalities
  • ⇒The race will be made up of 21 stages
  • ⇒A total distance of 3,535 kilometers/ 2,196.5 miles will be covered
  • ⇒9 flat stages, 1 medium mountain stage, 9 mountain stages (includes 4 summit finishes: Andorre Arcalis, Mont Ventoux, Finhaut-Eosson et Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc)
  • ⇒660 cities will be crossed
  • ⇒Broadcast in 190 countries
  • ⇒Only 2 rest days

Who are you rooting for? Here are the Teams and Countries:

  • ⇒AG2R LA MONDIALE / France
  • ⇒ASTANA PRO TEAM / Kazakhstan
  • BMC RACING TEAM / United States
  • ⇒BORA-ARGON 18 / Germany
  • ⇒CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM / United States
  • ⇒COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS / France
  • ⇒DIRECT ENERGIE / France
  • ⇒ETIXX-QUICK STEP / Belgium
  • ⇒FDJ / France
  • ⇒FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT / France
  • ⇒IAM CYCLING / Switzerland
  • ⇒LAMPRE - MERIDA / Italy
  • ⇒LOTTO SOUDAL / Belgium
  • ⇒MOVISTAR TEAM / Spain
  • ⇒ORICA-BikeExchange / Australia
  • ⇒TEAM DIMENSION DATA / South Africa
  • ⇒TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN / Germany
  • ⇒TEAM KATUSHA / Russia
  • ⇒TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO / Netherlands
  • ⇒TEAM SKY / Great Britain
  • ⇒TINKOFF / Russia
  • ⇒TREK - SEGAFREDO / United States
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Map!

TDF_2016_MAP.pdf

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