Tour de France is one of three most prestigious multiple stage bicycle racing tournament which held annually since the inaugural season in 1903. This cycling event used to stage every year since the beginning but few season stopped for two world wars. This year 107th edition of Tour de France is scheduled to run from 27 June to 19 July, 2020 which is organized by Amaury Sport Organization. This cycling event is also a part of UCI World Tour.
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Let’s take a glance below where the short details of upcoming Tour de France is given.
# Short Details of Tour de France:
- Tour name: Tour de France [2020 live stream online on NBCSN network TV channel to free watch. Virtual television will be available here when this cycling race will be start on]
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- Race Name – Criterium du Dauphine
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- Local Name – Le Tour de France
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- Nickname – La Grande Boucle
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- Host Country – France
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- Edition – 107th
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- Starting Date – 27th June, 2019
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- Day – Saturday
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- End Date – 19th July, 2017
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- Total Distance – 2,187 miles/ 3,519 km
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- Rule – Road
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- Type – Stage Race
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- Stage – 21
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- Inaugural Season – 1st July, 1903
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- Current Winner – Chris Froome (Great Britain)
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- 1st Winner – Maurice Garin (France)
- Event – UCI World Tour
Total 21st stage will be placed in different route in the next Tour de France cycling event. Let’s see them details below.
# Stage Schedule:
| Stage | Type | Date | Day | Distance | Start & End |
| 1st | Flat Stage | 2nd July, 2016 | Sat | 117 miles/ 188 km | Mont Saint Michel to Sainte Marie du Mont |
| 2nd | Hilly Stage | 3rd July, 2016 | Sun | 113 miles/ 182 km | Saint Lo to Cherbourg Octeville |
| 3rd | Flat Stage | 4th July, 2016 | Mon | 138 miles/ 222 km | Granville to Angers |
| 4th | Flat Stage | 5th July, 2016 | Tue | 144 miles/ 232 km | Saumur to Limoges |
| 5th | Medium Mountain Stage | 6th July, 2016 | Wed | 134 miles/ 2016 km | Limoges to Le Lioran |
| 6th | Flat Stage | 7th July, 2016 | Thu | 116 miles/ 187 km | Arpajon sur Cere to Montauban |
| 7th | Medium Mountain Stage | 8th July, 2016 | Fri | 101 miles/ 162 km | L’Isle Jourdain to Lac de Payolle |
| 8th | Mountain Stage | 9th July, 2016 | Sat | 114 miles/ 183 km | Pau to Bagneres de Luchon |
| 9th | Mountain Stage | 10th July, 2016 | Sun | 114 miles/ 184 km | Vielha Val d’Aran (Spain) to Andorra Arcalis (Andorra) |
| Rest | 11th July, 2016 | Mon | 0 | Andorra | |
| 10th | Medium Mountain Stage | 12th July, 2016 | Tue | 123 miles/ 198 km | Escaldes Engordany (Andorra) to Revel |
| 11th | Flat Stage | 13th July, 2016 | Wed | 102 miles/ 164 km | Carcassonne to Montpellier |
| 12th | Mountain Stage | 14th July, 2016 | Thu | 115 miles/ 185 km | Montpellier to Mont Ventoux |
| 13th | Individual Time Trial | 15th July, 2016 | Fri | 23 miles/ 37 km | Bourg Saint Andeol to La Caverne du Pont d’Arc |
| 14th | Flat Stage | 16th July, 2016 | Sat | 129 miles/ 208 km | Montelimar to Villars les Dombes |
| 15th | Medium Mountain Stage | 17th July, 2016 | Sun | 99 miles/ 159 km | Bourg en Bresse to Culoz |
| 16th | Medium Mountain Stage | 18th July, 2016 | Mon | 128 miles/ 206 km | Moirans en Montagne to Bern |
| Rest | 19th July, 2016 | Tue | 0 | Bern (Switzerland) | |
| 17th | Mountain Stage | 20th July, 2016 | Wed | 114 miles/ 184 km | Bern to Finhaut Emosson |
| 18th | Individual Time Trial | 21st July, 2016 | Thu | 11 miles/ 17 km | Sallanches to Megeve |
| 19th | Mountain Stage | 22nd July, 2016 | Fri | 91 miles/ 146 km | Albertville to Saint Gervais les Bains |
| 20th | Mountain Stage | 23rd July, 2016 | Sat | 91 miles/ 146 | Megeve to Morzine |
| 21st | Flat Stage | 24th July, 2016 | Sun | 70 miles/ 113 km | Chantilly to Paris |
# Participating Teams:
| S/N | Teams | Country |
| 1. | AG2R La Mondiale | France |
| 2. | Astana Pro Team | Kazakhstan |
| 3. | BMC Racing Team | United States |
| 4. | Bora Argon 18 | Germany |
| 5. | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | Italy |
| 6. | Cofidi | France |
| 7. | Direct Energie | France |
| 8. | Etixx – Quick Step | Belgium |
| 9. | FDJ | France |
| 10. | IAM Cycling | Switzerland |
| 11. | Lampre Merida | Italy |
| 12. | Lotto Soudal | Belgium |
| 13. | Movistar Team | Spain |
| 14. | Orica GreenEDGE | Australia |
| 15. | Team Dimension Data | Russia |
| 16. | Team Katusha | Russia |
| 17. | Team Lotto NL Jumbo | Netherlands |
| 18. | Team Sky | Great Britain |
| 19. | Tinkoff | Russia |
| 20. | Fortuneo Vital Concept | France |
| 21. | Team Giant Alpecin | Germany |
| 22. | Trek Segafredo | United States |
# Last Ten Year Winners List:
| SL No. | Winner | Nation | Team | Year |
| 1. | Cadel Evans | Australia | Davitamon Lotto | 2006 |
| 2. | Thomas Dekker | Netherlands | Rabobank | 2007 |
| 3. | Andreas Kloden | Germany | Astana | 2008 |
| 4. | Roman Kreuziger | Czech Republic | Liquigas | 2009 |
| 5. | Simon Spilak | Slovenia | Lampre Farnese Vini | 2010 |
| 6. | Cadel Evans | Australia | BMC Racing Team | 2011 |
| 7. | Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | Team Sky | 2012 |
| 8. | Chris Froome | Great Britain | Team Sky | 2013 |
| 9. | Chris Froome | Great Britain | Team Sky | 2014 |
| 10. | Ilnur Zakarin | Russia | Team Katusha | 2015 |
World tour Calendar:
Amstel Gold Race (Netherlands) : 17-04-16
La Fleche Wallonne (Belgium) : 20-04-16
Liege – Bastogne – Liege (Belgium) : 24-04-16
Tour de Romandie (Switzerland) : 26-04-16 to 01-05-16
Giro d’Italia (Italy) : 60-05-16
Criterium du Dauphine (France) : 05-06-16 to 11-06-16
Tour de Suisse (Switzerland) : 11-06-16 to 19-06-16
Tour de France (France) : 02-07-16
Tour of Poland (Poland) : 12-07-16 to 18-07-16
Vuelta a Espana (Spain) : 20-08-16 to 11-09-16
Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian (Spain) : 30-07-16
Vattenfall Cyclassics (Germany) : 21-08-16
Bretagne Classic – Ouest France (France) : 28-08-16
Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec (Canada) : 09-09-16
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal (Canada) : 11-09-16
Eneco Tour (TBA) : 19-09-16 to 25-09-16
Il Lombardia (Italy) : 01-10-16
Broadcasting List: NBCSN, CNBC, NBC and Universal Sports will cover all the live event of World tour 2016.
Past champions list:
Gerrans : Tour Down Under (2016)
Geraint Howell Thomas : Paris–Nice (2016)
Van Avermaet : Tirreno–Adriatico (2016)
Arnaud Demare : Milan–San Remo (2016)
Nairo Alexander Quintana : Volta a Catalunya (2016)
Michał Kwiatkowski : E3 Harelbeke (2016)
Peter Sagan : Gent–Wevelgem (2016)
Peter Sagan : Tour of Flanders (2016)
Alberto Contador Velasco : Tour of the Basque Country (2016)
Mathew Hayman – Paris–Roubaix (2016)
Michał Kwiatkowski : Amstel Gold Race (2015)
Alejandro Valverde : La Fleche Wallonne (Belgium) (2015)
Alejandro Valverde : Liege – Bastogne – Liege (Belgium) (2015)
Ilnur Zakarin : Tour de Romandie (Switzerland) (2015)
Alberto Contador : Giro d’Italia (Italy) : 60-05-16 (2015)
Christopher Clive froome : Criterium du Dauphine (2015)
Simon Spilak : Tour de Suisse (2015)
Christopher Clive froome : Tour de France France (2015)
Adam Yates : Tour of Poland (2015)
Alberto Contador : Vuelta a Espana Spain (2015)
Alejandro Valverde : Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian (2015)
Kristoff : Vattenfall Cyclassics (2015)
Chavanel : Bretagne Classic – Ouest France (2015)
Gerrans : Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec (2015)
Gerrans : Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal (2015)
Wellens : Eneco Tour (2015)
Nibali : Il Lombardia (2015)
Most Successful riders:
Philippe Gilbert – 10 times
Alberto Contador – 9 times
Simon Gerrans – 9 times
Fabian Cancellara – 7 times
Alejandro Valverde – 7 times
Tom Boonen – 6 times
Chris Froome – 6 times
Vincenzo Nibali – 6 times
Joaquim Rodríguez – 6 times
Peter Sagan – 6 times
Edvald Boasson Hagen – 6 times
Bradley Wiggins – 5 times
The Union Cyclists Internationale (UCI) Road racing World tour Championships, generally considered as the World Cycling Championships which refers to annual world championship base of bicycle. Apart of the World tour there also some other aspects of cycling which held in every year in different corner of the world.
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