96th Tour de France teams will be racing from July 4th, Saturday to July 26th 2009 for the 21 stages for a total distance of 3,500 kilometers. The stages profiles are: 10 flat stages, 1 team time-trial stage, 7 mountain stages, 2 individual time-trial stages, 1 medium mountain stage. The race will start from Rotterdam an urban center in France.

As of the writing of the article, tour de France is already on their 6th stage in Spain which is from Gerona to Barcelona with leading bikers Fabian Cancellara, Lance Armstrong and Cadel Evans.

Tour de France is the most prestigious and famous among so many similar races in the world. If compared to the same races in Italy and Spain, by far tour de France is the most grand. Tour de France is a yearly bicycle race event that races a 3,500 kilometers of distance throughout the whole country of France and also including the bordering countries.

The race usually last in an average of 23 days and is broken down into several segments which they termed as stages. The events attract bikers all over the world bringing with them the latest of the bicycle from the famous bicycle makers. A yellow jersey will be worn by the rider with the least minimum elapsed time.

The course each changes but it ends up every year in Paris. This race events has really great history, Greg Lemond prove that one can be a winner without winning stage in 1990. It must be truly a surprise for the spectators then. It was in 1904 when the shortest race distance happened with only 2,420 kilometers and in 1926 it was the longest race ever with 5,745 kilometers.

At this time the photographers and artist are already making a feast of photographs to capture the moment. Lance Armstrong seems to be always on the front page of the news. Televisions are turned on for live coverage of the said event. Tour de France winners are considered the most popular among the athletes at this time of the year.