Tour de France Vocab

Get your forty winks now, cycling fans, because Le Tour is back – and you know what that means. Kicking off on 5th July, the 112th edition of the premier international cycling event, Le Tour de France, will see 23 *équipes traverse 3,320 kilometres of picturesque terrain over three action-packed weeks. As plenty of eager Aussies swap sleep for late nights glued to SBS.

Want to impress your colleagues at the water cooler with your informed cycling chat? Here are a handful of phrases to pedal out in the local lingo.

 You can find a more comprehensive list here.

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