The Tour de France began last week in parallel with the World Cup (Congrats to Spain!). Some sporting events of international significance, such as the World Cup and the NBA Finals, require no translation. Thus, nothing more than Tour de Franc is needed to understand what is meant by it.
In any case, these events agglomerate many interpreters and translators of different languages, since its participants come from different nations (Alberto Contador of Spain, Lance Armstrong of the United States, Ivan Basso of Italy, Frank Scheleck of Luxembourg, Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, just to name a few …), and that means the translation and interpretation of everything that happens in the Tour de France, not only at the site but also in every corner where the race is broadcast.
The Tour de France began with 8.9 km in Rótermdam, Netherlands, on July 3, 1996, and since then it starts there every year and ends on Champs-Élysées, Paris on July 25.
- 1 prologue
- 9 flat stages,
- 6 mountain stages with three arrivals at altitude,
- 4 rough stages,
- 1 individual time trial (52 km).
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