The 1993 Tour de France was the 80th Tour de France, taking place July 3 to July 27, 1993. It was comprised of 20 stages, over 3714.3 km, ridden at an average speed of 38.709 km/h. Miguel Ãngel Induráin Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish cyclist. ... Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961 in Velje, Denmark) is a Swiss cyclist who won major tours four times in his career—the Vuelta a España three consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994) and Giro dItalia once (1995). ... Zenon JaskuÅ‚a (b. ... Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (b. ... Johan Museeuw (born October 13, 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. ... Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961 in Velje, Denmark) is a Swiss cyclist who won major tours four times in his career—the Vuelta a España three consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994) and Giro dItalia once (1995). ... Claudio Chiappucci (born 28 February 1963) had a great professional road cycling career without ever winning the Tour de France general classification - 2nd in 1990, 3rd in 1991 and 2nd again in 1992. ... The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is a long-distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Miguel Ãngel Induráin Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961 in Velje, Denmark) is a Swiss cyclist who won major tours four times in his career—the Vuelta a España three consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994) and Giro dItalia once (1995). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Zenon JaskuÅ‚a (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Bjarne Riis (born April 3, 1964 in Herning) was a Danish professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1996, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC. He is often nicknamed Ørnen fra Herning (the Eagle from Herning). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ...
The TourdeFrance, in contrast, has long been a household name around the globe, even amongst people who are not generally interested in pro cycling, and is for cycling what the FIFA World Cup is to football (soccer) in terms of global popularity.
He is most famous for winning the TourdeFrance a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, several years after brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy in 1996 to treat testicular cancer that had metastasized to his brain and lungs.
Yellow was chosen for its importance in professional cycling, especially as the color of famed leader's yellow jersey of the TourdeFrance.
In the mold of five-time TourdeFrance winner Miguel Induráin, Armstrong is not consistently aggressive during a Tour, preferring to gain a lead in the time trials or with a few well-placed mountain attacks before sitting back and letting his team defend the lead.
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