Tour de France stages

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cycling race stage type sporting event component

Tour de France stages are the individual daily race segments that together compose the multi-week Grand Tour, varying in distance and terrain and often featuring iconic climbs and decisive time trials.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Tour de France stages canonical	5
Tour de France mountain stages	4
Tour de France Stage 1 2014	1
Tour de France stage finish	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6671461 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tour de France stages
Context triple: [Mont Ventoux, usedIn, Tour de France stages]

A. L’Étape du Tour
L’Étape du Tour is an annual mass-participation cyclosportive that lets amateur cyclists ride a full mountain stage of the Tour de France under race conditions.
B. Col de Turini stage
The Col de Turini stage is a legendary, high-altitude mountain pass section of the Monte Carlo Rally, famed for its tight hairpins, dramatic night runs, and challenging winter conditions.
C. Grand Tours
Grand Tours are the three prestigious three-week professional road cycling stage races—Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España—that represent the pinnacle events of the sport.
D. Tour de la Chaîne
Tour de la Chaîne is a historic medieval defensive tower guarding the entrance to the old harbor of La Rochelle on France’s Atlantic coast.
E. French National Road Race Championships
The French National Road Race Championships are annual cycling races that determine the national road race champions of France across various categories.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tour de France stages
Target entity description: Tour de France stages are the individual daily race segments that together compose the multi-week Grand Tour, varying in distance and terrain and often featuring iconic climbs and decisive time trials.

A. L’Étape du Tour
L’Étape du Tour is an annual mass-participation cyclosportive that lets amateur cyclists ride a full mountain stage of the Tour de France under race conditions.
B. Col de Turini stage
The Col de Turini stage is a legendary, high-altitude mountain pass section of the Monte Carlo Rally, famed for its tight hairpins, dramatic night runs, and challenging winter conditions.
C. Grand Tours
Grand Tours are the three prestigious three-week professional road cycling stage races—Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España—that represent the pinnacle events of the sport.
D. Tour de la Chaîne
Tour de la Chaîne is a historic medieval defensive tower guarding the entrance to the old harbor of La Rochelle on France’s Atlantic coast.
E. French National Road Race Championships
The French National Road Race Championships are annual cycling races that determine the national road race champions of France across various categories.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cycling race stage type ⓘ sporting event component ⓘ
audience	global TV and online viewers ⓘ on-site spectators ⓘ
broadcastOn	international television ⓘ
contributesTo	mountains classification ⓘ points classification ⓘ team classification ⓘ young rider classification ⓘ
determines	general classification time gaps ⓘ stage winner ⓘ
feature	decisive time trials in some editions ⓘ iconic climbs such as Alpe d’Huez ⓘ iconic climbs such as Col du Tourmalet ⓘ iconic climbs such as Mont Ventoux ⓘ
follows	previous stage ⓘ
governingBody	Amaury Sport Organisation ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	categorized climbs ⓘ daily race segment ⓘ fixed start and finish locations ⓘ flat sections ⓘ hilly profiles ⓘ intermediate sprints ⓘ mass-start or time trial format ⓘ measured distance ⓘ mountain climbs ⓘ neutralized start on some days ⓘ road closures for traffic ⓘ summit finishes ⓘ time bonuses on some stages ⓘ time cut rules ⓘ timed competition ⓘ varied terrain ⓘ
hasParticipant	professional cycling teams ⓘ professional road cyclists ⓘ
includesType	final parade stage ⓘ flat stages ⓘ high mountain stages ⓘ hilly stages ⓘ individual time trials ⓘ mountain stages ⓘ short explosive stages ⓘ team time trials ⓘ transition stages ⓘ
location	France ⓘ neighboring European countries ⓘ
occursDuring	Tour de France edition ⓘ linked to: Tour de France
partOf	Tour de France ⓘ
precedes	next stage ⓘ
regulatedBy	Union Cycliste Internationale rules ⓘ
sport	road cycling ⓘ
typicalDistance	about 100 km to over 230 km ⓘ

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