Tour De France 1934

First organized in 1903 to increase paper sales for the magazine L'Auto, The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage bicycle race which takes place primarily in France.

The race is usually held in the month of July with route changes each year. The format of the race consists of at least two time trials, stages passing through the mountain chains of the Pyrenees and the Alps, and a finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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.