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(huán)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(gè)“干凈”的環(huán)法自行車賽冠軍，或許你更容易看到一個(gè)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(dòng)最大的一次可能要算1998年的環(huán)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(guó)人喜愛的一年一度的環(huán)法自行車賽就是一個(gè)很好的例子。)

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

In 1967 a British cyclist, Tommy Smith, died during a televised Tour DE France race.(1967年英國(guó)自行車選手湯米·史密斯在進(jìn)行電視直播的環(huán)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(jí)別環(huán)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(huán)法自行車賽的冠軍，但他只贏得幾次每日登臺(tái)領(lǐng)獎(jiǎng)的機(jī)會(huì)。)

For someone who is riding in his last Tour DE France, Armstrong is not receiving many parting gifts.(對(duì)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(huán)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(huán)法期間的藥檢結(jié)果成陽性。)