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The Tour de France The Tour de France is the most famous road cycling race in the world. The race, which is held in July every year, consists of twenty one-day stages, plus several rest days. 环法自行车赛（法语：le Tour de France）是公路自行车运动中规模最大、影响最广的国际自行车大赛。每年7月举行，每次赛期23天，总数21段，平均赛程超过3500公里（约2200英里）。 The course follows a clockwise route around France, and often neighboring countries, including Luxembourg, Belgium, and Italy. The winner is the rider who completes all twenty stages of the race in the shortest overall time. 整个赛程每年不一，但都是环绕法国一周，经常也出入周边的国家，包括卢森堡，比利时和意大利。 在最短时间内完成二十段赛程的车手获胜。 Race Details The Tour de France first started on July 1,1903. The winner of the first Tour de France, Maurice Garin, the most popular cyclist in France at that time, received 2000 francs (about $350).It took him 94 hours and 33 minutes to ride all 2428 kilometers of the race, three hours faster than the runner-up. Over the weeks during which the race was run, the idea of the Tour de France slowly caught on with the people of France . The race has been held every year since that time, except during the years of World Wars Ⅰ and Ⅱ. Bonus 奖金 Prize money has always been awarded. From 20,000 old francs the first year, prize money has increased each year, although from 1976 to 1987 the first prize was an apartment offered by a race sponsor. The first prize in 1988 was a car, a studio-apartment, a work of art and 500,000 francs in cash. Prizes only in cash returned in 1990. Special Honors The Tour de France has developed several special honors for which racers compete. The highest honor is the “yellow jersey.” Henri Desgranges, the founder of the race, introduced the yellow jersey in 1919 to show the leading racer each day of the Tour de France. Each day, the officials who keep track of all the riders’ times compare each rider’s total time up to that point. The racer with the lowest overall time wears the yellow jersey during the following day’s race. Other honors include the “green jersey,” w