The Tour De France Explained In 5 Levels Of Difficulty

The Tour de France is the world’s most celebrated bike race and one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Whether you’re cycling-mad or you don’t know anything about the sport, you will have heard of it. If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about or want to know even more about this iconic race, this is the video for you!

00:00 Intro
00:41 Level 1 - Beginner
01:33 Level 2 - Amateur
03:10 Level 3 - Advanced
05:48 Level 4 - Expert
09:38 Level 5 - Pro
13:03 Outro

Correction:
10:41 Col du Tourmalet is the most featured climb in Tour history

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[gcn]

What is your favourite thing about the Tour de France?

[Lacking_something]

Please do a video on breakaways... So many permutations on why teams put riders in (or not), chase them (or not). I've read numerous cyclist biographies and still get confused!

[you_down_with_pjc]

Dudes, more 5-levels videos please! This is great

[ianstewart]

Thanks for including info on the Femmes race

[MistressBlah]

Level 0: It's a bike race around France.

[henriks]

You forgot to mention the team competition. The team with the best overall time combined between riders gets a yellow nr plate. There is also a time limit on each stage, calculated from the winners time. Also the team captain almost always has the nr 1 last on their nr plate.

[RandmRansm]

I appreciate the breakdown of the Femmes edition. So many other outlets are completely leaving it out.

[saturday]

I really enjoy Conor's style of presentation. A great job he did on this video.

[kathyastrom]

I could have used this when I started watching cycling on tv about ten years ago. 

I was drawn in by the gorgeous scenery, stuck around for what I call “the NASCAR effect” of the possibility of spectacular crashes (early watching had a brutal one into barbed wire IIRC), then I got hooked by one rider having a remarkable rookie TdF—Nairo Quintana. He had me paying attention beyond the pretty and/or potentially gruesome images, and I took note of the tv commentators’ discussion of team tactics. In the past year, YouTube has been great about posting daily recaps of the one-day races and various countries’ tours, so my interest has expanded beyond the TdF and other Grand Tours.

[imprezaaudi]

So pleased the women's tour is taking place. Hope it grows in duration and popularity

[권용대-bv]

The best introduction of Tour I’ve ever seen. Bravo!!

[porthose]

Please consider a video on how teams develop strategies for a given stage or even The Tour overall. I've seen a bunch of wild strategies over the years and I'd love to learn more about the thinking behind them. Thanks!

[RogerWilcoSnr]

Nicely done, GCN. Allez le Tour!! 🇫🇷👊

[apm]

I'm looking forward to the highlight reel of the Tour de France Femmes. The ladies just seem to enjoy cycling races.

[tannerslomko]

This is awesome. I just got into watching cycling like 2 months ago and videos like this help out alot understanding it. Someone else said doing a video on breakaways would be great. I agree.

[declanfaughey]

Conor you forgot that in 1998 the Grand départ was in Dublin Ireland. I was there after getting up at 3am and cycling 15km with a backpack full of food and coffee, worth it got a fantastic viewing spot.

[chriscole]

Love to learn more about the Tour and other awesome bike races.

[lorikendrick]

Would love to watch a race with someone with this kind of knowledge about what the neck is going on....tactics, game ( race) plans, points for various wins in each to keep track, rely on PCS, a lot... I love it all, learn stuff every race, have favorite riders, some more special than others....crazy, fun, tricky, scary, exhausting sport...these guys are monsters in their CONOR 🍀🌟🌟🌟 LET'S GO !

[joshklein]

Awesome breakdown. As a newbie following the tour for the first time, I would love a video giving some context on each competitive team, their leaders, and key themes! Thanks again.

[LUCYDIAMONDBOXER]

What about a 5 unwritten rules of the Tour like don't attack the yellow jersey on the last stage, take a sticky bottle in event of a mechanical etc....