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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Did you know that Lance Armstrong holds the record as the only rider to have won the Tour De France seven times (consecutively 1999–2005)?


Did you know that the shortest person to compete in the Tour De France was Samuel Dumoulin  he was 5' 2"?

Did you know that the  tallest rider to compete in the Tour De France was Johan van Summeren at he was  6' 5.5"?






Did you know that Lance Armstrong holds the record as the only rider to have won the Tour De France  seven times (consecutively 1999–2005)?














Did you know the lightest rider to compete in the Tour De France was  Leonardo Piepoli he weighed 125.7lbs?




The heaviest rider to compete in the Tour De France was Magnus Backstedt he weighed 209.5 lbs?




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Did you know that the youngest Tour De France winner was Henri Cornet, 19 years 50 weeks in 1904?







Did you know that the oldest Tour De France winner was Lambot, 36 years four months in 1922?









    Did you know that 4 racers have died while competing in the Tour de France?





    Now if you didn't know, now you know...



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