2013 Tour de France 2013 Tour de France The 2013 Tour de France was the 100th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on the island of Corsica on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 21 July. The Tour consisted of twenty-one race stages and covered a total distance of . The race was won by Chris Froome of . Second and third respectively were Nairo Quintana () and the rider, Joaquim Rodríguez. Marcel Kittel () was the first rider to wear the race leader's yellow jersey after winning stage one. He lost the
1954 Tour de France winner of this classification. After he won the Tour de France, Bobet would later win the 1954 UCI Road World Championships. The next year he would win the 1955 Tour de France, thereby becoming the first cyclist to win three Tours in a row. 1954 Tour de France The 1954 Tour de France was the 41st edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 8 July to 1 August, 1954. It consisted of 23 stages over . The race was won by Louison Bobet, the second of his three consecutive wins. As was the custom since the 1930 Tour