- First Tour: 1903
- The 2010 Tour was the 97th race (the Tour was suspended during the two world Wars)
- Distance raced: Average around 3,600 km (2,200 mi) throughout France and bordering countries.
- Shortest was in 1904 at 2,420 km (1,500 mi)
- Longest in 1926 at 5,745 km (3,570 mi)
- 2010: 3,642 km (2,263 mi)
- Length: 21 days of racing + 2 rest days
- 2010: Start - July 3 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Finish - July 25 in Paris, France
- The race frequently starts in a neighbouring country.
- 2010 Stages: 20. Each day is a stage except day 1 which is designated as a prologue
- 1 prologue
- 9 flat stages
- 6 mountain stages with 3 summit finishes (2010 marks the hundredth anniversary of the Tour’s first passage through the Pyrenees)
- 4 medium mountain stages
- 1 individual time-trial stage
- 2 rest days
- Number of teams at the start: 20 to 22
- 2010: 22 teams
- Number of riders at the start:
- Number of riders at the start: 176 - 189 (last ten years)
- Number of riders at the finish: 128 - 155 (last ten years)
- Speed:
- Average speed entire race: 41.65 km/h
- Fastest massed stage speed: 50.4 km/h by Mario Cipollini in 1999 Laval to Blois (194.5 km)
- Fastest team trail speed: 57.32 km/h byDiscovery Channel team in 2005 Tours to Blois (67.5 km)
- Winner: Individual times to finish each stage are totalled to determine the overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears a yellow jersey, in French, the maillot jaune.
- First winner: Maurice Garin (France) 1903 [Stripped of 1904 title for cheating]
- Winner with most wins: Lance Armstrong (USA) (7 wins) 1999–2005
- Current champion: Alberto Contador (Spain) 2009
- Prize money:
- 2010 Total of all prizes:3.2 million euros (approx. US$4 million)
- Including 450,000 euros (approx. US$566,000) general classification (yellow jersey) winner.
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