We are used to repeating that the Tour is a reflection of France.
And that in this mirror, sometimes distorting since it is far from visiting the whole territory, only lingering for example very rarely in the suburbs, can be read the good humor of a nation that gathers on the edges of the roads and sees life in yellow.
Christian Prudhomme, the big boss of the Grande Boucle, often says that this unique race in the world is "3500 km
(3349.8 km exactly for this year)
of smiles".
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