Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba mayelana neTour de France, ingabe umjaho wake wangagijinywa
Context:Umjaho wahlelwa okokuqala ngo-1903 ukukhulisa ukuthengiswa kwephephandaba i-L'Auto futhi njengamanje uqhutshwa yi-Amaury Sport Organisation. Lomjaho ubulokhu ubanjwa minyaka yonke kusukela ngo-1903 ngaphandle kwalapho wamiswa ngenxa yezimpi zezwe ezimbili. Njengoba iTour yayiduma futhi ithandwa, lo mncintiswano wanwetshwa futhi waqala ukwanda emhlabeni wonke. Ukubamba iqhaza kwanda kusuka emkhakheni oyinhloko waseFrance njengoba abagibeli abaningi abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba baqala ukubamba iqhaza kulo mjaho unyaka nonyaka. I-Tour ingumcimbi we-UCI World Tour, okusho ukuthi amaqembu ancintisanayo emncintiswaneni ikakhulukazi ama-UCI WorldTeams, ngaphandle kwamaqembu abamenywa ngabahleli. Sesibe "umcimbi wezemidlalo waminyaka yonke omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni".
I-Tour de France ibilokhu iqhutshwa kusukela ngo-1903, kanti okuwukuphela kokukhanselwa okuphawulekayo okwenzeka ngezimpi zezwe ezimbili