Tour de France for Dummies
Chapter One
Answering All Your
Tour Questions
In This Chapter
* Sizing up the Tour
* Getting to know teams and riders
* Knowing the Tour's fashion statements
* Eating to ride - everyday
* Gearing up and packing up to watch the race
Every July, daily life changes in France, and has for the past 100
years or so. That's when the Tour de France - a fast-moving
circus of cyclists - makes its way around the country. The Tour
consists of nearly 200 riders from a couple dozen countries pedaling
through fields of sunflowers and vineyards and climbing into
thin mountain air.
Why do cyclists want to do this? This chapter tells you why. You
discover how and why the Tour began and how to understand race
operations and strategies. You get all Tour basics: what equipment
riders are using, what apparel they're wearing, and what they're
eating and drinking. You also find out how they do what they do,
every day, for three weeks. You find out how, as a Tour de France
fan, you can follow the Tour in per ... read full excerpt from Tour De France For Dummies ebook
