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The Tour de France
The Tour de France is a well-known
(A) race. It began in 1903. It is
held in France every
(B). It is one of the most famous races in Europe,
and it has some of the highest prizes. The race goes
(C) France, but can
have some parts in other
(D), including England, Belgium, or Spain.
The tour lasts about three weeks. At the end of each day's race the leader gets a
yellow shirt, the
(E) sprinter has a green shirt, and the best rider in
the mountain races gets a polka dot jersey. He is sometimes called the King of the
Mountains. The best young rider, who must be under 25. gets a white jersey. The
winner is the one who
(F) the race to Paris in the fastest time. There
is a lot of prize money for the teams of the winners of the Tour, but the winner of
each day's race also gets prize money.​