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25 June 2010
Tour de France - Five Fact Friday
Tour de France Trivia
The heaviest rider ever in the Tour de France was Magnus Backstedt at 95 kgs or 209.5 lbs. The lightest was Leonardo Piepoli at 57 kgs or 125.7lbs.
The 1903 Tour de France had only 6 stages. The 1937 Tour de France had 37 stages. The 2010 Tour de France will have 20 stages.
The Tour de France has its own traveling bank. The only bank open in France on Bastille Day (July 14th).
The United States may have riders who have won the TDF in recent years, but they have not always been prominant: France 38 wins, Belgium 18, Spain 11, United States 10.
In 1967, British rider Tom Simpson died mid-race after taking amphetamines, prompting the event to adopt drug-testing.
