How does the Tour de France work?

Rules are fun! If you know the rules, you’ll understand the sport.  This massively applies to the Tour de France. 

How is it that riders cross the line first, but don’t win? Why is the event lots of teams, but individuals win? How far do they ride? What are the different coloured jerseys about? When do they eat and go to the loo?

Tour credentials

Having done the range of watching the highlights, cycling classic Tour de France climbs, cheering on roadside, and progressing to cycling the whole TdF route 2 days ahead of the Pros, I am a huge Tour fan.  Read my 4 short posts below and I hope you will love the Tour.