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We have often seen
the great orange tide

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of Basque fans in
the Tour de France.

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Here are 8 facts
about this great race:

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Although he didn't finish,

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Maurice Dartigue, from Lapurdi,

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was the first Basque

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to participate in
the Tour de France,

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in the 1904 edition.

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The first Basque to win the
Tour de France, however,

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was Roger Lapébie, from Bayonne;

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he did it in 1937.

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Miguel Indurain, from Atarrabia,

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is one of those who
have won 5 Tours,

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but the only one to have
won them consecutively;

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between 1991 and 1995.

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Joane Somarriba, from Gernika,

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has won 3 Tours de France:

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in the years 2000,
2001, and 2003

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she wore the yellow jersey.

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There are many Basque cyclists

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who have won the
Tour de l'Avenir:

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Miguel Indurain
himself, David Etxebarria,

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Unai Osa, Iker Flores, Egoi
Martinez, and Romain Sicard.

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In the 1990 Tour

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Marino Lejarreta, from
Berriz, achieved 5th place.

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He won the 14th
stage of that edition

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although he did not
celebrate at the finish line,

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as he was not sure he was first.

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In 2015, writer and
journalist Ander Izagirre

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published the book
<i>Lead in the Pockets</i>

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with stories about
the Tour de France.

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In the history of
the Tour de France,

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Basque cyclists have won

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more than 50 stages.