![]() People line the roads for miles in advance of a finish line. ![]() Riders can climb for hours and then descent at 60mph. There have been stages that literally were too steep for some cars to drive up. Some days, the courses finish on mountaintops, some in the rain, others in extreme heat. There are no boundaries to how hard the course may be. All the cycling greats measure themselves by how well they finish the TdF. The TdF has the richest history with the best stories from over the years. But the Tour is at the height of the racing season, July. The Vuelta is in September when everyone is burnt out and tired. The Giro is in May and there is often still snow on many of the mountain tops. Many have come and gone over the years (Tour du Trump) But only three have stood the test of time and they are the three Grand Tours: Tour of Italy (Giro), Tour of Spain (Vuelta) and the Tour de France (Le Tour). ![]() Demien Bigelow:There are 100s of "Tours" around the world (Qatar, Japan, Georgia, etc).
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