How Well do You Know the Tour de France?

I guess I should start this post with “Happy Fourth of July!” But honestly today I’m more concerned about the first day of one of the most famous annual cycling events. That’s right, it’s time for the Tour de France (be sure to say that with a French accent), and we’re pretty sure that there are a lot of Wend readers out there planning to be glued to their television and cycling blogs over the next three weeks…

So for a little Tour kickoff, we’re giving you a few trivia questions to figure out just how well do you know the Tour de France:

1. How many kilometers does the Tour cover?
2. How old does the Tour turn this year?
3. How do you say Yellow Jersey in French?
4. On average, how many calories does a Tour de France  rider consumer per day?
5. How many teams will be riding in the Tour?
6. How fast did Mario Cipollini cycle when he clocked the fastest stage in 1999?
7. Who was the youngest person ever to win the Tour?

Answers after the jump.

1. 3,500 kilometers (source)
2. 2009 marks the 96th Tour de France (source)
3. maillot jaune
4. 5,900 (source)
5. 20
6. 50.355 kilometers/hour
7. Henri Cornet (20) in 1904

Got all of those right? Looks like you should have layered up in fancy lycra, shaved your legs, boxed up your race bike and headed across the Atlantic. But instead we reccomend making another round of espresso and cheering on the cyclists from the comfort of your couch.