2007-03-17 01:15:57 · 9 answers · asked by lainny1 1 in Sports ➔ Cycling
Not just anybody can enter, it's not like a local race. You have to be a wicked fast rider. They average about 25-27 mph or 40+ kph over the course of 100+ miles per day. Then you have to be a member of 1 of the 21 teams invited to participate. Even then, only 9 members from a team of 25 or more are chosen to ride (Discovery has a 28 man roster).
2007-03-17 01:42:07 · answer #1 · answered by crazydave 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am sure you are getting the message from the other answers.
If you would really like to race a stage, there is a ride called L'Etape du Tour. It is a stage from the current years Tour de France and provided you enter before the limit on numbers is reached you can actually cycle a stage fo the tour. These rides a very tough and there are time limits and time checks so you have to be prepared.
otherwise as already suggested, get training really hard, get noticed, join a local pro team and who knows what will happen from there.
2007-03-21 07:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by advent m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be good enough to get picked up by a Pro Tour team AND make the 9-member cut (most teams have 15-20 riders) to race.
Other than that, spend a few grand, fly to France, and take a nice vacation as a fan.
2007-03-17 11:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No one can "just participate". It's years and years of training and conditioning. Start with local races... get picked up by a national team... work your way to Pro Elite... pray you get a contract with one of the Pro Tour teams... hope your team gets a bid to enter the Tour... then be good enough to make the elite/select squad of your team that gets to go.
2007-03-18 14:50:49 · answer #4 · answered by Switch Angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send $500 entry fee to P.O. Box 101 Nowhere, USA.
2007-03-17 08:19:06 · answer #5 · answered by Agent Orange 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Buy a bicycle, train like heck for 5 years, then get fast enough to get through the qualifying heats.
2007-03-17 08:23:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Bicycle.
2007-03-17 08:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by manjunath_empeetech 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
get on a bike a ride very fast for a long time.
2007-03-17 08:19:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Well, I know you need a bike to start with,
then some sunglasses,
apart from that you are in. lol.
2007-03-17 08:26:37 · answer #9 · answered by iain xx 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋