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Miguel Indurain Tour de France How fast is the Tour de France? Cyclist Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the yellow leader's jersey, rides with the pack during a stage of the Tour de France on a rural road lined with trees. Alberto Contador wearing the yellow jersey holds a Spanish flag above his head and smiles after winning the Tour de France, with a crowd in the background. Alberto Contador of the Tinkoff-Saxo Team leads a group of cyclists around a curve at Col du Glandon, with cheering spectators lining the road during the Tour de France. Greg LeMond, wearing a yellow jersey, rides a bicycle uphill during Stage 17 of the 1989 Tour de France, with support vehicles and a motorcycle following behind. Lance Armstrong wearing a yellow jersey and cap, standing on the podium with both arms raised and holding a trophy after winning the Tour de France. Fignon, Laurent
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Miguel Indurain Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurain riding in the penultimate stage of the 1993 Tour de France; Indurain won the race for the third successive year.

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Tour de France, the world’s most prestigious and most difficult bicycle race. Of the three foremost races (the others being the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España), the Tour de France attracts the world’s best riders. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of 9 male riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles), mainly in France, with occasional and brief visits to...

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