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7 Exciting Facts About the Tour de France, and Where to Stream the Race

Lasting nearly three weeks and involving several hundred competitors, the Tour de France is one of the biggest sporting events across the globe — and in the world of cycling, it’s definitely the biggest. This much-anticipated annual race faced some setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, and while the world hasn’t returned to normal yet, devoted cycling fans (and those of us who simply love edge-of-our-seats competition) are eager for the big return slated for this summer.

In honor of the Tour de France’s grand 2021 re-entry to the sporting universe on Saturday, June 26, we’re taking a look at some fun facts that’ll get your anticipation building even more. Plus, you’ll discover where and how you can watch every minute of the race from the comfort of home — no cleats or helmet necessary.

Thousands of People Are Involved

You might already know that a bevy of bicyclists participate in the race — 198 riders spread across 22 different teams compete each year. But the number of people involved in ensuring the race goes off without a hitch is much higher than the number of athletes participating. Organizers take logistics to the next level with team staff members, members of the race jury, thousands of security professionals and members of the media. If you include the spectators in that count, the numbers — pre-pandemic, at least — can run into the millions . From city to city along the race route, hundreds upon hundreds of people follow the action throughout the course of the event. And organizers and support staff keep things running smoothly to the finish line.

The Race Has a Surprising Connection to a Newspaper

The first Tour de France wasn’t held because a bunch of bicycling fans got together and thought it’d be a great idea to start a competition — at least not totally. It was actually a promotional event hosted with the intention of bringing more publicity to L’Auto , a French newspaper that focused on reporting details about different sporting events. Although L’Auto  has since closed down, the parent company of its replacement,  L’Equipe , continues to organize the Tour de France today. 

It’s Not Just Big, but Also Long

And it’s long in multiple ways, too. The race itself takes place over the course of nearly a month, with 21 different day-long segments making up the bulk of the competition. The length of the course is also extensive, however; it’s typically over 2,000 miles long and can pass through multiple neighboring countries. It wasn’t even always this short, either — in 1926, the course encompassed a winding 3,570 miles and took a full month for riders to finish.

Different Jerseys Mean Different Things

As you watch the race, you’ll notice cyclists wearing the bright kits and bibs that represent their teams — but you’ll also spot some even more unique colors and designs among the pack. One of these is a yellow jersey, called the “maillot jaune,” that’s bestowed upon the racer who had the lowest cumulative ride time for the day. Other special jerseys include the green “maillot vert,” which is awarded to the rider with the most points, and the “maillot a pois” — a red and white polka-dotted jersey given to the cyclist who earns the most points during the areas of the course that have steep inclines to climb. The rider who wears the maillot a pois is affectionately known as “the king of the mountain.”

There Was Almost Only One Tour de France

The first Tour de France took place in 1903 – and that was almost the one and only iteration of the race. That’s because newspaper editor Henri Desgrange, who helped organize the initial tour, was so aghast at the conduct not only of the fans but also of the competitors in the 1903 race that he wanted to discontinue it despite its clear appeal. Boisterous crowds turned violent, with spectators assaulting racers as they passed along the course. The riders themselves found numerous ways to cheat, disqualifying themselves in the process. But the Tour de France was so lauded — and it increased circulation of L’Auto  so extensively — that the organizers had no choice but to continue hosting the event.

The Race Has Its Own Language

Bonking, anyone? As you’re watching the Tour de France, you might hear commentators use some curious turns of phrase — and many of them will be unique to the race itself. Boost your bicycling know-how by learning what these terms mean before catching one of the race segments:

• Bonking: Cyclists don’t want to “bonk” during this race; it means they’ve run out of energy and are too wiped to continue.
• Peloton: No, it’s not the fancy exercise bike you bought during the pandemic. In Tour de France context, a peloton is the main group of riders where most of the participants are cycling together.
• Sag Wagon: If someone bonks, they may need the assistance of the sag wagon. This is a car that follows the pack of cyclists and picks up those who become too fatigued or injured to keep riding.
• Musket Bag: While it may sound like something you’d find at a Civil War battleground, a musket bag is sort of like a bagged lunch — but it’s packed with energy gels, water, sandwiches and other fuel for the cyclists. It’s also called a “musette” or, sometimes, a “bonk bag.”
• Lanterne Rouge: In French, this term means “red light,” and it refers to the cyclist who’s in the very last place in the race. Being in this position gets riders ample attention, and those who know they won’t win sometimes compete for this distinction instead.

You Can Watch the Action at Home — Here’s How

Now that the race has returned to regularly scheduled programming in 2021 following its 2020 pandemic postponement, you might be eager to catch the three-week racing saga unfold from the comfort of home. Fortunately, you have the convenient option to stream the tour live on both NBC Sports and NBC’s Peacock streaming service.

The race coverage on Peacock is only available through Peacock Premium, a paid tier of the service that costs $4.99 — a worthwhile investment if you’re a serious cycling fan who can’t wait to watch this Grand Tour. NBC Sports is accessible if you’re already paying for regular cable, but without that subscription you won’t be able to stream the program online or watch it on TV unless you spring for Peacock. 

Keep in mind that, if you’re not already a Peacock subscriber, you’ll receive a free weeklong trial to better help you determine if the service is right for you. You can use that to catch up on the race and decide if you want to make the month-long (or longer) investment.

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The time Salvador Dali took his dead wife for a ride in a Cadillac de Ville

Salvador Dali may be dead, but his mustache is in fine form. Spanish authorities confirmed that the surrealist painter’s slender, gravity-defying facial hair was in good condition after exhuming his remains  on Thursday (July 20), in the hopes of resolving a paternity suit.

“The mustache preserved its classic ten-past-ten position,” Lluis Peñuelas, secretary-general of the Dalí Foundation, said in Spanish newspaper El Pais . “Checking it was a very exciting moment.”

The robustness of Dali’s mustache might seem surprising. But his body was embalmed according to his wishes back in 1989, and temporarily put on display before his funeral. “Doctors said embalming would preserve the body for up to 300 years,” The Guardian reported after his death. Nearly 30 years in, so far, so good.

Tales of dead celebrities disturbed from their graves , from Eva Peron to Pablo Neruda, tend to provoke a certain morbid fascination among the living. But the occasion of Dali’s exhumation also offers an opportunity to consider the tale of his late wife, Gala—who took one last ride in a Cadillac after her passing, Weekend at Bernie ‘s style.

As Marlene Wagman-Geller writes in the 2015 book Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World’s Famous and Infamous , Gala died of the flu seven years before Dali, in 1982. The distraught Dali wanted to fulfill his late wife’s request to be buried in the medieval castle  in Púbol, a small Catalonian town in Spain,   that he had purchased for her as a gift. There was just one problem: She had died at their home in the village of Portlligat, and Dali wasn’t supposed to move her. Wagman-Geller writes :

He broke a plague law enacted in the 1940s that prohibited moving the dead without official permission. He wrapped her body in a blanket and, aided by his nurse, her corpse was placed in the backseat of their 1969 Cadillac de Ville where they took a surrealistic last ride together. The driver, Gala’s personal chauffeur, worried her ghost would be angry with him as she had always insisted on taking the front seat. Dali’s muse was as intimidating in death as she was in life.

Happily, Gala’s body made it to the castle, where Wagman-Geller reports that she was “embalmed and laid to rest in her favorite red Dior evening gown in a crypt watched over by mythical carved animals.” Dali himself was buried at the Dalí Museum Theater in his hometown of Figueres. But while the couple may be physically separated in death, it seems they are both remarkably well-preserved.

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