Sports: Tour De France (Updated)

Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2007, the 94th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometres.

Distinctive aspects of the race
- 3 mountain finishes
- 2 rest days
- 117 kilometres of individual time-trials (including the prologue)
- 21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed

Extracted from official site

The following pages are a very good resource
Event News
Race Preview 2007

Tour De France has a very passionate following, however it is a sport that is caught in a bunch of controversies these days. Personally I watch the event whenever I get a chance and hope that I go to France and watch the final race at Paris Champs-Élysées, someday.

Some more views:

Dopers on Wheels: The Tour's sorry history
A Freakonomics Blog