| The design was originally white, then a patchwork with areas resembling each individual jersey design | Check back frequently for updates and to see who wins the polka-dot, white, green and yellow jerseys |
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| Film was flown or taken by train to Paris, where it was edited and then shown the following day | Over the next few years, a new star in came onto the scene; however, during the edition, a veteran Danish rider, , was in the late in the Tour, in position to win, when his own team sacked him for a possible doping infraction; this allowed the rising star Contador to ride mistake-free for the remaining stages to win his first |
Probably, the race kicks into gear with a flat individual time trial in Copenhagen.
| A similar award, the , is made at the summit of the , at the memorial to , Desgrange's successor | Following Armstrong's retirement in , the edition saw his former teammate finally get the chance he worked so hard for with a stunning and improbable solo breakaway on Stage 17 in which he set himself up to win the Tour in the final time trial, which he then did |
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| The only other rider to come close to this achievement is Bernard Hinault in , who won the overall and points competitions and placed second in the mountains classification | In 1993 ownership of L'Équipe moved to the , which formed ASO to oversee its sports operations, although the Tour itself is operated by its subsidiary the Société du Tour de France |
It reflected not only the daring of the enterprise but the slight scandal still associated with riding bicycle races, enough that some preferred to use a false name.
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