<P> The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July . Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the most well - known and prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España . The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi), passing through France and neighbouring countries such as Belgium . The race is broken into day - long stages . Individual finishing times for each stage are totalled to determine the overall winner at the end of the race . The course changes every year, but has always finished in Paris; since 1975 it has finished along the Champs - Élysées . </P> <P> The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears the yellow jersey, representing the leader of the general classification . There are other jerseys as well: the green jersey, worn by the leader of the points classification; the polka dot jersey, worn by the leader of the mountains classification; and the white jersey, worn by the leader of the young rider classification . </P> <P> Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain, have won the most Tours with five each . Lance Armstrong was the winner of seven consecutive Tours between 1999 and 2005, but he was stripped of these titles in October 2012 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) after it emerged that he had used performance - enhancing drugs . Indurain is the only man to win five consecutive Tours . Henri Cornet is the youngest winner; he won in 1904, just short of his 20th birthday . Firmin Lambot is the oldest winner, having been 36 years, 4 months old when he won in 1922 . French cyclists have won the most Tours; 21 cyclists have won 36 Tours among them . Belgian cyclists are second with 18 victories, and Spanish riders are third with 12 wins . The most recent winner is Chris Froome of Team Sky, who won the 2017 Tour, his third in succession, and fourth in total . </P> <P> The Tour de France was established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, in an attempt to increase its sales . The first race was won by Frenchman Maurice Garin . He won again the next year, but was disqualified after allegations that he had been transported by car or rail arose . Henri Cornet became the winner after the dispute was settled; he is the youngest to win the Tour . Following the scandals in 1904, the scoring system was changed from being time - based to a points - based system, in which the cyclist who has the fewest points at the end of the race is victorious . This system lasted until 1912, when the time - based system was re-introduced . French cyclists were successful in the early Tours; the first non-Frenchman to win the Tour was François Faber of Luxembourg, who won in 1909 . </P>

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