 | The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most... 62 KB (2,575 words) - 10:32, 12 March 2024 |
The Tour de France (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də fʁɑ̃s]; English: Tour of France) is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France... 171 KB (18,698 words) - 18:13, 19 April 2024 |
The Tour de France was not held because of World War II because the organisers refused German requests. Although a 1940 Tour de France had been announced... 22 KB (2,087 words) - 15:42, 12 April 2024 |
 | Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug... 170 KB (22,598 words) - 23:44, 3 April 2024 |
 | The 1904 Tour de France was the second Tour de France, held from 2 to 24 July. With a route similar to its previous edition, 1903 Tour de France winner... 29 KB (2,296 words) - 07:13, 25 January 2024 |
 | The 1939 Tour de France was the 33rd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 10 to 30 July. The total distance was 4,224 km (2,625 mi). Taking... 37 KB (1,652 words) - 07:34, 25 January 2024 |
 | The general classification of the Tour de France is the most important classification of the race and determines the winner of the race. Since 1919, the... 27 KB (3,701 words) - 15:49, 19 December 2023 |
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the most well-known and... 20 KB (381 words) - 11:49, 14 November 2023 |
 | Eiffel Tower (redirect from Eiffel tower paris in france) Tower (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer... 84 KB (9,164 words) - 19:41, 24 April 2024 |
 | June 1940, sometimes referred to as the Second Armistice at Compiègne, was an agreement signed at 18:36 on 22 June 1940 near Compiègne, France by officials... 14 KB (1,758 words) - 19:02, 13 April 2024 |
 | Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale (redirect from Tour de France Feminin) professional women's cycle stage races across France have been held as an equivalent to the Tour de France for women, with the first of these races staged... 22 KB (1,723 words) - 03:08, 7 February 2024 |
 | The Open de France is a European Tour golf tournament. Inaugurated in 1906 it is the oldest national open in Continental Europe and has been part of the... 31 KB (560 words) - 15:53, 24 September 2023 |
 | Tours (/tʊər/ TOOR, French: [tuʁ] ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire... 42 KB (4,694 words) - 10:54, 11 March 2024 |
 | September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to... 160 KB (20,473 words) - 06:05, 18 April 2024 |
considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calendar approximately two weeks after the end of the Tour de Suisse. Since 2011 the event... 20 KB (504 words) - 08:49, 8 January 2024 |
Events from the year 1940 in France. Chief of State: Albert Lebrun (until 11 July), Philippe Pétain (starting 11 July) Vice-president of the Council of... 8 KB (977 words) - 11:20, 29 February 2024 |
 | Jan Janssen (category Tour de France winners) Janssen (born 19 May 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist (1962–1972). He was world champion and winner of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España... 18 KB (1,546 words) - 17:44, 9 April 2024 |
 | Joseph Marie de Gaulle (/də ˈɡoʊl, də ˈɡɔːl/ də GOHL, də GAWL, French: [ʃaʁl də ɡol] ; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer and... 171 KB (19,844 words) - 21:57, 18 April 2024 |
 | fabuleuse d'Anne de La Tour, BNF Fr. 20209 Stuart, Marie W., The Scot who was a Frenchman, (1940), 293: Luneau, Jean-François, Revue de l'Art, vol. 107... 6 KB (456 words) - 06:25, 21 October 2023 |
 | Forces (1958–1960) French Agrarian and Farmer Party [fr] (PAPF; 1927–1939) Agrarian and Social Republican Party [fr] (PRAS; 1936–1940) National Popular... 48 KB (662 words) - 02:22, 24 April 2024 |
back at the First Battle of the Marne. Tours (10–13 June 1940), the city served as the temporary capital of France during World War II after the government... 4 KB (477 words) - 17:44, 2 December 2023 |
| sporting event", the Tour de France. Other popular sports played in France include: football, judo, tennis, rugby union and pétanque. France has hosted events... 266 KB (25,348 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2024 |
 | The French Section of the Workers' International (French: Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière, SFIO) was a political party in France that was... 38 KB (4,193 words) - 03:30, 24 March 2024 |
 | establishment of the Fourth Republic in 1947. Nazi Germany attacked France on 10 May 1940. De Gaulle led his new division on 12 May. The Nazis broke through... 112 KB (16,561 words) - 12:43, 11 February 2024 |
 | Henri Desgrange (category Tour de France journalists) kilometres (21.950 mi) on 11 May 1893. He was the first organiser of the Tour de France. Henri Desgrange was born into a comfortably prosperous middle-class... 19 KB (2,663 words) - 05:35, 25 July 2023 |
 | The 2024 ATP Tour is the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2024 tennis... 164 KB (2,296 words) - 04:57, 25 April 2024 |
1915 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1946, because of the First World War and Second World War respectively. The winner of the Tour de France is determined by the... 58 KB (2,217 words) - 17:05, 24 July 2023 |
 | Maurice Garin (category Tour de France winners) Italian-French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904... 27 KB (3,506 words) - 15:04, 1 March 2024 |
 | (left) and sculptor Arno Breker (right) on 23 June 1940 during the Battle of France In 1948, the Palais de Chaillot hosted the third United Nations General... 7 KB (672 words) - 01:39, 1 April 2024 |
 | Paris (redirect from Paris, Île-de-France, France) European Championships were also held in the city. Every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The... 243 KB (24,019 words) - 00:24, 19 April 2024 |