{"id":7865,"date":"2011-07-02T13:37:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T17:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=7865"},"modified":"2017-10-19T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:38:18","slug":"let-le-tour-de-france-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/let-le-tour-de-france-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Le Tour de France Begin!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le Tour de France a commenc\u00e9 !<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re not a serious\u00a0cycliste<\/em><\/strong>, it can be hard to get excited about watching a\u00a0monthlong bike race, and it\u2019s also sometimes hard to find the Tour on TV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Voici une solution au premier probl\u00e8me<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Suivez le Tour de France en direct<\/a><\/em>. That\u00a0lien <\/em>(link) should show the Tour “en direct” (live).<\/p>\n

\u201cMais attendez!<\/strong>\u201d (<\/em>But wait!), you could say, “That\u00a0lien <\/em><\/strong>is\u00a0en fran\u00e7ais!<\/strong>\u201d <\/em>*So,\u00a0voici le guide officiel du French Blog pour regarder le Tour de France!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*<\/span> Official Guide of the French Blog for Watching the Tour de France:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Le peloton<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: The pack of riders. Riders tend to stick together to fight wind resistance, with the best or most\u00a0ambitieux <\/em><\/strong>riders up front. The\u00a0peloton <\/em><\/strong>is likely to contain the riders you want to watch, even if some riders charge ahead to try to win the\u00a0\u00e9tape<\/em>. \u00a0It\u2019s not uncommon for some guy to exhaust himself biking to win one\u00a0\u00e9tape<\/em><\/strong>, never to be seen again outside the\u00a0peloton<\/em>. The smart money sticks with the pack until he\u2019s ready to take over.<\/li>\n
  2. L\u2019\u00e9tape<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: The stage; the leg of the race covered on a given day.\u00a0Le Tour de France<\/strong> <\/em>is composed of 20\u00a0\u00e9tapes<\/em>, of varied terrain. Each\u00a0\u00e9tape <\/em>has a winner, who gets to start the next\u00a0\u00e9tape<\/em>sporting..;<\/li>\n
  3. Le maillot jaune<\/em>:<\/strong><\/span> The yellow jersey. Awarded to the rider who wins\u00a0l\u2019\u00e9tape<\/em>, to be worn in the next\u00a0\u00e9tape<\/em>. Yellow is also the color of the Tour de France\u2019s branding (which is why it sometimes looks like a tennis competition to me.)\u00a0\"\"<\/li>\n
  4. Le maillot vert<\/span>\/blanc \u00e0 points rouges<\/span>\/blanc\/aux dossards de couleur rouge <\/span><\/em>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span> The green\/ red polka dot\/ white\/ red-numbered jersey.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n