Why do they call the race tour de france,tour de france?
September 3, 2010
Its not tourng thats racing. Be better to call it race de france.
Tour means race in French.
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September 3, 2010
Tour means race in French.
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I just made that up. It’s not true.
Because the race gives the riders a tour of France.
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Because if it was located in Russia it’d be called the Tour de Russia!
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Because "People that ask dumb questions" was already taken by you.
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Tour de France. The reason the race is called Tour de France is that the race is a tour of France and the racers cycle all over France during the race.
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in french it can also have other meanings other than a tour like youre being guided through a museum or something. so it is used more extensively than a ‘tour’ in english. but they really are doing like a tour through the country.
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