THE 97th Tour de France finishes on Sunday July 25th in Paris after 3, 642km (2, 263 miles) of cycling over 21 gruelling days.(第97屆環法自行車賽在全程3642千米（2263英里）的21天殘酷比賽后，于7月25日巴黎落下帷幕。)

You won’t see a “clean” Tour de France winner any sooner than you’ll see a fat world cup climber.(比起看到一個“干凈”的環法自行車賽冠軍，或許你更容易看到一個肥胖的攀巖世界杯冠軍。)

Jeff: the biggest shock must be the 1998 Tour DE France Cycle Race.(杰夫：震動最大的一次可能要算1998年的環法自行車大賽了。)

That annual bicycle race, the Tour de France, much loved by the French is a good case in point.(深受法國人喜愛的一年一度的環法自行車賽就是一個很好的例子。)

African Mans Wins Tour DE France.(非洲人將問鼎環法自行車賽。)

In 1967 a British cyclist, Tommy Smith, died during a televised Tour DE France race.(1967年英國自行車選手湯米·史密斯在進行電視直播的環法大賽中喪生。)

Road cycling has been associated with drugs for years, dragging down the reputation of its most famous race, the Tour DE France.(多年來，公路自行車賽最高級別環法自行車賽就因服藥丑聞而名氣大跌。)

Lance Armstrong won the Tour DE France each year from 1999 to 2005, yet he won only a few of the daily stages.(雖然LanceArmstrong贏得1999到2005的環法自行車賽的冠軍，但他只贏得幾次每日登臺領獎的機會。)

For someone who is riding in his last Tour DE France, Armstrong is not receiving many parting gifts.(對于那些最后一次參賽的自行車手，阿姆斯特朗并沒有收到許多離別禮物。)

Spains Alberto Contador, who won the Tour de France this year for a third time, has failed the test for a banned substance.(三屆環法自行車賽冠軍得主、西班牙車手阿爾貝托康塔德在今年環法期間的藥檢結果成陽性。)