The Tour de France is the BIG one; its the World cup and the Olympics all in one. It has it all, the high mountains, the wind swept northern planes and the heat of the south. It also has the worlds media, all the top teams and riders and millions of cycling mad fans watching. The other Grand Tours of Italy and Spain are as exciting, sometimes more so, but they dont have the thing the Tour has, that unique Tour ness, that unique French ness.
How it started.
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