Tour de France

Before the start of stage



Animators from sponsors go and distribute viewers suvenirku





At this time, the team preparing for the race





The most expensive and sophisticated models, all the latest technology ... Of course, for fans of cycling here is a real paradise



Often bike can cost more than the car



Our team Katusha. Ride Canyon Bicycles. 18 out of 30 - the Russians riders.



On the steering wheel sticker adhered to the rider, her information on what a kilometer climb.



Bike worth 8000 euros







The audience knows the riders in person, ask for autographs at the start



The audience a lot.



Everyone tried to stand



Fans



In general, fans are trying to come up with something interesting. For example, one group of men made in their bare popah inscription "Welcome". And in 2011, farmers pose a huge tractor moving bicycle.



People come in the morning, take place. All the roads are blocked



Anyone who watched the Tour de France, I saw that cyclists are moving in groups. This group of athletes is called "peloton" (fr. "Com", "swarm"). The peloton works on the same principle as a flock of birds: with the lowest air resistance it moves faster.



Not all of the riders in the peloton claim prizes. Most of them - the so-called Domestik ("servant"), still referred to as a bollard (also "servant") or domestiques ("ordinary»).



They usually go on the edges of the peloton, with his body through the air and saving power their leaders convey water and nutrition bars, if necessary, give your bike and so on. For this help they receive part of the prize.



Let's look at this thing from a helicopter





The prize fund of the Tour de France - the biggest cycling: in 2013 it amounted to EUR 2 million. Stage win brings the rider 8000 euros. Winner of the "Great Loop" (unofficial name THP) is 450,000 euros.



The most famous stages: 1975 race will finish on the Champs Elysees. One of the most difficult stages are considered, of course, the mountains - for example, resort Alpe d'Huez. Cyclists, besides the rise, we have to deal with the cold and rarefied air. In 1967, in another area on Mount Ventoux (1900 meters) cyclist died of exhaustion.





Journalists go on mopeds and remove



Unspoken rules. At the final stage of the race leader, if he is guaranteed to win overall, allows the cyclist who rides for him to win the stage and get their share of fame and money.



Provide an opportunity to lead the rider peloton if the route passes through his native land or his birthday.







Most Viewers on the climbs



Here cyclists go slowly. On slopes, almost no one



Indispensable attribute of THP - a dieter Zenfte, or "red devil". A guy with appearance of Santa Claus dressed in red tights, black cloak, with horns on his head and a trident in his hand since 1993. Be sure to come to the race to support the cyclists.





Often write words of encouragement on the road



In the Tour de France has a special title for the latest cyclist - Lanterne rouge ("Red Lantern"). On the one hand, to reach the worst - it's not very nice. On the other hand, such a person is respected for viewers that he had found the strength to fight to the end and did not give up halfway. The latest rider is awarded a special prize in the form of a red lantern, so sometimes at this place are the real battle.



About doping. Everyone knows that cyclists use doping. However, for many years athletes skillfully pretending that it is not. Very well known story of Christophe Basson, who for refusing doping was in his team the nickname Mr Clean. The peak of his career came at the end of the 1990s, but then starred Lance Armstrong. During the Tour de France 1999 Basson commented on the speed record, delivered at the first stage: "With the wind, which blew up our sails, it's easy." Everyone understood what he was hinting at. Cyclists have announced a boycott him, with him, no one was talking, and Armstrong during one of the races drove to Christophe and asked to leave the cycling. As a result, Basson kicked out, and at age 27, he finished his career.



Armstrong also finished 7 times Tour de France first, which is totally unprecedented phenomenon. In 2012, he was disqualified for life and stripped of all titles in the constant use of doping. Another well-known scandal - it Fuentes (2006), a Spanish doctor who was part of a large doping system and supplied banned prepraty dozens of athletes, including Tour de France riders.



Source: zyalt.livejournal.com