Tour de France - Five Fact Friday
Tour de France Trivia
- The 2010 Tour de France will have 22 teams on 20 different bike frames. Only Specialized and Pinarello frames will sponsor and be ridden by two teams.
- Not every year begins with a Prologue. There are not always 21 stages. In 2010 there will be 1 prologue and 20 stages.
- The smallest time difference between overall first and second place was in 1989, Greg Lemond beat Laurent Fignon by 8 seconds on the last day.
- The largest time difference between overall first and second place was in 1952, Fausto Coppi beat Stan Ockers by 28:17.
- Fabio Felline (age 20) of FOT will be the youngest rider at the 2010 Tour de France. There are 4 riders who will be the oldest (racing age 39). They are Lance Armstrong, Chris Horner, Christophe Moreau, and Jens Voigt.
