I-Tour de France, umdyarho weebhayisikile odumileyo otsala abantu abathanda iimbaleki ngokufanayo, ubhiyozela iminyaka eli-120 kulo nyaka. Ukususela ekusekweni kwawo ngo-1903, esi siganeko sibalaseleyo siye safana ne-adrenaline, ukunyamezela, kunye nosukelo lokugqwesa. Kweli nqaku, singena kwimbali etyebileyo, amaxesha amangalisayo, kunye nelifa elihlala lihleli leTour de France. Sijoyine njengoko sithatha uhambo ngokuhamba kwexesha, sijonga indaleko kunye nokubaluleka kwalo mboniso ungenakuthelekiswa nanto wezemidlalo.
Ukuzalwa Kwentsomi:
I-Tour de France yaququzelelwa okokuqala liphephandaba i-L'Auto kwilinge lokukhuthaza ukuhambahamba nokukhuthaza ukuhamba ngebhayisikile njengomdlalo odumileyo. Ugqatso lokuqala, olwalunabathathi-nxaxheba abangama-60, lwalucetywe ukuba luqalise ngoJulayi 1, 1903. Kukho imithombo ethi, ngenxa yemozulu embi, olu gqatso lwamiselwa usuku olunye, lwaza usuku olusemthethweni lwaqala ngoJulayi 2. 1903, nangona kunjalo, asazi ukuba yeyiphi imihla echanekileyo. Babengazi ukuba olu linge lobuchule lwaluza kuzala owona msitho webhayisikile waziwayo ehlabathini, utsala izigidi zabalandeli kwihlabathi liphela.
I-Extravaganza yezemidlalo:
Kule minyaka ili-120 idlulileyo, iTour de France iye yaguquka yaba lugqatso olunamanqanaba amaninzi oluthatha iiveki ezintathu, lunendlela engumngeni ebonisa iimbonakalo zomhlaba ezahlukeneyo zaseFransi. Abakhweli beebhayisikile abasuka kwihlabathi jikelele bajongana nokunyuka intaba okudinayo, ukuhla ngobuqhophololo, kunye nokubaleka okugqithisileyo, besilwela ijezi emthubi ebawayo. Ngezigidi zababukeli abasecaleni kwendlela kunye nezigidi ezingakumbi ezibukeleyo zivela kuzo zonke iimbombo zehlabathi, iTour de France ngumboniso ongekho omnye.
Amaxesha Angalibalekiyo:
Kuyo yonke imbali yayo, iTour de France ibone imiboniso eyothusayo kunye namaxesha angalibalekiyo azibeke kwiingxelo zebhayisikile. Ukusuka kukhuphiswano oluyintsomi phakathi kukaJacques Anquetil kunye noRaymond Poulidor ukuya kuloyiso lukaEddy Merckx kunye nokongamela kukaMiguel Indurain, uhlelo ngalunye lwezisa amaqhawe amatsha kunye namabali achukumisayo ngaphambili.
Iqonga leeNtshatsheli:
ITour de France isebenze njengendawo yokuphehlelela amabali amaninzi okuhamba ngebhayisikile. Iqhubele phambili iimbaleki ezifana no-Eddy Merckx, uBernard Hinault, kunye noChris Froome kwiindawo zobukhulu. Ijezi enqwenelekayo emthubi iye yaba luphawu lwewonga, inxitywe ngabona bakhweli baphume izandla ehlabathini kwaye isebenza njengobungqina bokuzinikela, isakhono kunye nokuzimisela.
Ukwamkela imingeni kunye noTshintsho:
I-Tour de France ithe gqolo yamkela inkqubela phambili yezobuchwepheshe, ityhala imida yezemidlalo. Ulingo lwexesha, ulingo lwexesha leqela, kunye nezigaba zeentaba ziye zaba yinxalenye yogqatso, umngeni kubakhweli beebhayisikile ukubonisa amandla abo kunye nokuguquguquka. Ukongeza, ukungeniswa kweefreyimu zekhabhoni zefiber, iinkqubo zokutshintsha kwe-elektroniki, kunye nezixhobo ze-aerodynamic ziye zawuguqula umdlalo, zaphucula ukusebenza kunye nokutyhalela iimbaleki kwiindawo eziphakamileyo.
Izizukulwana ezizayo ezikhuthazayo:
Ilifa elihlala lihleli leTour de France lidlulela ngaphaya kommandla wobuchwephesha bokukhwela ibhayisekile. Ikhuthaze inkitha yabadlali abangabaziyo nabanomdla ukuba bathathe umdlalo, bekhuthaza indlela yokuphila esempilweni nekhutheleyo. Ukufikeleleka komdyarho kunye nesibheno sehlabathi kuye kwaphembelela ukwanda kwentatho-nxaxheba, kunye ngebhayisikili iiklabhu kunye nemisitho ivela kwihlabathi liphela. ITour de France ibe yibhakana yenkuthazo, ifaka umoya wokonwaba kunye nobudlelwane phakathi kwabakhweli beebhayisikile kuwo onke amanqanaba.
Ikwakhuthaza ukwenza okufanayo nakwamanye amazwe. Ukunyuka kwe-meteoric ye-L'Auto (iphephancwadi eliququzelele i-Le Tour) ayibonakali. Kwiminyaka emithandathu emva kokuqaliswa kweLe Tour, iphepha lezemidlalo lase-Italiya, Gazzetta dello Sport uququzelela iGiro D'Italia yokuqala kwaye ilandela impumelelo yabo yephepha leSpanish Ulwazi uququzelela iLa Vuelta Ciclista a España.
Isiphelo:
Njengoko sibhiyozela isikhumbuzo seminyaka eli-120 yeTour de France, siwonga umoya ongayekeleliyo, umdla, kunye nokudlala okuthe kwachaza olu gqatso luyimbali. Ukusukela kwisiqalo esiphantsi ukuya ekubeni luphawu lokugqwesa kwihlabathi lokukhwela ibhayisekile, iTour de France isaqhubeka nokutsala umdla nokukhuthaza. Njengoko sijonge phambili kwi ikamva, silindele ngolangazelelo izahluko eziqhubekayo zolu hambo lumangalisayo, luzaliswe luloyiso, imiceli mngeni, kunye namaqhawe amatsha okukhwela ibhayisekile ayakuthi abhale amagama awo kwi-tapestry etyebileyo yesi siganeko sinembali.
