ORIG 1950S TOUR DE FRANCE RACERS MAP EXCEPTIONALLY RARE + LINEN BACKED GR8 GIFT

Tour de France Racer’s Map (1950s) - The Tour de France is an annual bike race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grands Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual times to finish each stage are aggregated to determine the overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears the leader's yellow jersey on the next day of racing. The course changes every year, but the race has always finished in Paris. Since 1975, the climax of the final stage has been along the Champs Elysees.

This racer’s map is one of a pair I found recently in Italy. It would have been used by a rider as the road map – before we had it linen backed it was folded to fit into the back packet of a bike shirt. The other racer’s map is from the same period and was for the Giro d”Italia (price listed is for one map). These are authentic, vintage, rare as hen’s teeth and in very good condition. They have, of course, been folded, but aside from that, there is no image loss and the colors are vibrant and bright.