The yellow shirt is up for grabs in the 4th stage (Seraing / Cambrai) of the Tour de France. The famous bicycle race was first organized in 1903 to increase paper sales for the magazine L'Auto.
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France travel guide
Travel in France is all about experiencing world-class architecture and art, alongside endless culinary opportunities, in a landscape that weaves from northern France’s cliffs and sand dunes to the piercing blue sea of the South.
Coverage Includes: Planning chapters, Paris, Around Paris, Lille, Flanders, the Somme, Normandy, Brittany, Champagne, Alsace, Lorraine, The Loire Valley, Burgundy, Lyon, the Rhône Valley, French Alps, the Jura Mountains, Massif Central, Limousin, the Dordogne, the Lot, Atlantic Coast, French Basque Country, The Pyrenees, Toulouse Area, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, The French Riviera, Monaco, Corsica, Understanding and Survival chapters.
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France travel guide
Travel in France is all about experiencing world-class architecture and art, alongside endless culinary opportunities, in a landscape that weaves from northern France’s cliffs and sand dunes to the piercing blue sea of the South.
Coverage Includes: Planning chapters, Paris, Around Paris, Lille, Flanders, the Somme, Normandy, Brittany, Champagne, Alsace, Lorraine, The Loire Valley, Burgundy, Lyon, the Rhône Valley, French Alps, the Jura Mountains, Massif Central, Limousin, the Dordogne, the Lot, Atlantic Coast, French Basque Country, The Pyrenees, Toulouse Area, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, The French Riviera, Monaco, Corsica, Understanding and Survival chapters.