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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | The Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España make up cycling's prestigious, three-week-long Grand Tours; the Tour is the oldest and generally considered the most prestigious of the three. Traditionally, the race is held primarily in the month of July. While the route changes each year, the format of the race stays the same with the appearance of at least two time trials,[1] the passage through the mountain chains of the Pyrenees and the Alps, and the finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The modern editions of the Tour de France consist of 21 day-long segments (stages) over a 23-day period and cover around 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi). The race alternates between clockwise and anticlockwise circuits of France. The number of teams usually varies between 20 and 22, with nine riders in each. |
| Face value | 80 Cent |
| Catalog code (Michel) | 1582 |
| Stamp colour | multicolour |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 7.950.525 |
| Issue date | 25/06/1996 |
| Designer | Kees Hubers |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
