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Le Tour de France

Le Tour de France

Prononciation tips:
Peloton (peh-loh-ton): the pack of cyclists
Contre le Montre (kontr-lah-montr): time trial (literally: against the clock), abbreviated to CLM during the telecast
CLM individuel (un-deev-eed-wel): individual time trial
CLM par équipes (pa-ray-keep): team time trial
Départ (deh-pahr): start
Arrivée (ah-ree-vay): finish
Étape (eh-tahp): stage
Chrono (kro-no): time check
Écart (eh-cahr): the time gap between riders
Repos (ruh-po): rest day





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