Since the Tour de France was first held in 1903, it has gone through 1 14 seasons. Although some competitions were cancelled for some reasons, the total number of events up to 20 17 and 104 still made the Tour de France one of the professional sports events with the longest history and the most events.

Equipment history

Like other sports competitions, the Tour de France has experienced vigorous development and equipment changes in its long history of more than a century. After World War II, the Tour de France has basically matured. Today, let's go back to the 1960s and see what is the difference between the equipment of riders in the Tour de France more than 50 years ago and now. Different from the carbon fiber frame that has been popularized in this field for many years, the bicycles used by drivers in the Tour de France in the last century were almost all made of steel.

Although it is not as good as carbon fiber frame in weight, hardness and aerodynamics, the pavement feedback of high-quality steel frame is commendable. Therefore, almost until the beginning of the 20th century, the manufacturing level of carbon fiber frame became mature, and the steel frame gradually withdrew from the historical stage of professional cycling competition. Nowadays, there are still a large number of steel frame lovers who are addicted to this skinny classical aesthetics.