[News]TourofQatarwithoutArmstrong

The Tour of Qatar, starting January 31 in Doha, Qatar, will take place without Lance Armstrong. Despite of his initial plan to make his season' debut in the Middle Eastern country, the father of three chose to stay at home to keep his children.

Rated Cat. 2.1, the first race on the International calendar will therefore start off without him, but several other top level riders including Tom Boonen (Quick.Step), Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) and Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) will attend. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour and traditionally fast, as the parcours does not involve any climbs. The start and finish are located in the capital, Doha.

[FROM CYCLING NEWS]

一直没搞懂，到底什么时候该说“tour de *****”, 什么时候该说"tour of *****"？

另外，"le" 是否相当于英语里面的"the"呢？

如果要说环法赛，就一定是TOUR DE FRANCE，因为这已经注册了，这个词组就是环法，是用法语来表示的，简称TOUR或LE TOUR。LE是法语中的单数阳性定冠词（阴性单数为LA），的确相当于英语的THE。TOUR OF是英语了，不是法语。
环意大利的注册词组为GIRO d'ITALIA，简称GIRO，不要误认是头盔品牌哦。
环西班牙的注册词组为VUELTA A ESPANA（西班牙语），简称LA VUELTA。
其实法语，西班牙语，意大利语比较相近，意大利语最好听

专家来了！
我现在是按照北京时间起床，按照法国时间睡觉。呵呵……

我以前在单车经理人上看到好像写的环意大利是“tour of italy”（不知道记错没），不过是英文版，所以可能就是写的of了。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-1-15 8:12:00编辑过]

专门策的老人家
也来拉
哈哈大噶都是专家