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Article written by Alex Kay, guest blogger for the live Orange blog. Each summer for the past nineteen years I have been glued to my television watching the Tour de France. I saw the likes of LeMond, Indurain and Armstrong come and go. I learned about the different competitions within the Tour, the etiquette among [...]

Charly Mottet, a legend of French cycling, has been working for Orange France’s sponsoring team for the past three years as a driver of one of the cars following the Tour de France. Each year during the race, he drives Orange’s guests along the route of the Tour, sharing with them his expertise and knowledge with [...]

Once again this year, I was able to enter the technical area to meet up with Henri Terreaux, national project leader in charge of the Tour de France, as the 99th Tour comes to an end and we celebrate Bradley Wiggins’ victory. Looking back, how does he think this year’s race went? What technical difficulties [...]

Written by Alex Kay, guest blogger for the live Orange blog During a typical Tour de France, a team car will cover around 10,000km, driving to and from the stages and then pursuing the peleton as it races across Europe. For the 18th stage of the Tour, and 222km of their journey, I joined directeur [...]

The 2012 Tour de France ended on Sunday with Mark Cavendish’s record stage win and the overall triumph of Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins. For this second year on the Grande Boucle, the live Orange blog was able to get a feel of the competition from within, thanks to Orange France’s sponsoring team, masterfully led by [...]

Article written by Salama Marine, a blogger from Pleaz.fr, and a guest of the live Orange blog on the Tour de France Hugely popular on television and also on the side of the roads, I’ve been able to see for myself how much enthusiasm people have for this competition. After covering two stages of the [...]

Martine Cazillac’s day-to-day role is based at the UPR (Unité Pilotage Réseau – Network Control Unit) in South West France, where she is in charge of training. For the past 5 years, she has also been the project leader for the Tour de France within the Orange Events team, for the Languedoc Roussillon region. Find [...]

The publicity caravan is the first key event of each stage of the Tour de France, and is an integral part of the race’s folklore – one whose popularity is stronger than ever. Each day, the parade of floats is eagerly awaited by thousands of spectators lining the route of the Tour de France, hoping [...]

Last week, Céline Louis shared with you a compilation of ten original Tour de France illustrations and a certain Matt used the comment section to let us know about his charity project, which revolves around the Tour, and particularly the current yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins. Following his impressive start to the season, with wins in [...]

Last week, we gave you the opportunity to test your knowledge about the Tour de France through a series of questions. Today, you can discover the answers to that quiz. 1/ In which year did the Tour first travel outside of France? Correct answer: 1907. That year, the Tour passed through Metz, in the Alsace-Lorraine [...]

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