🧠 Tour de France Quiz

The yellow jersey (maillot jaune) has been worn by the overall race leader since 1919, reportedly inspired by the yellow pages of L'Auto newspaper.

Armstrong's seven consecutive titles from 1999 to 2005 were all stripped by the UCI in 2012 following the most extensive doping scandal in cycling history.

The polka dot jersey (maillot à pois) features red spots on a white background and is awarded to the rider who accumulates the most climbing points.

Bradley Wiggins became the first British winner of the Tour in 2012, riding for Team Sky — his teammate Chris Froome would win the following year.

The modern Tour consists of 21 stages run over 23 days, including two rest days, covering approximately 3,500 kilometres across France and occasionally neighbouring countries.

Pogačar won the 2020 Tour with a sensational final-stage time trial that overturned Primož Roglič's lead, and defended his title in 2021 with commanding authority.

Mont Ventoux's barren, windswept summit and punishing gradients have made it one of the most feared and dramatic stages in Tour de France history.

The Tour resumed in 1947 after the Second World War, with Jean Robic winning a race that symbolised France's post-war recovery and renewed national spirit.

The Col du Tourmalet is the most frequently climbed mountain pass in Tour de France history, first included in 1910 when roads were little more than dirt tracks.

LeMond's eight-second victory in 1989 remains the closest in Tour history — he overturned a 50-second deficit on the final stage time trial into Paris.