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The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries.

The race was first organized in 1903 to increase sales for the newspaper L'Auto; which is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organisation.

The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except when it was stopped for the two World Wars.

As the Tour gained prominence and popularity the race was lengthened and its reach began to extend around the globe.

Participation expanded from a primarily French field, as riders from all over the world began to participate in the race each year.

The Tour is a UCI World Tour event, which means that the teams that compete in the race are mostly UCI WorldTeams, with the exception of the teams that the organizers invite.

The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation.

Most events since the inception in 1978 were from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, but due to security threats in Mauritania, which led to the cancellation of the 2008 rally, races since 2009 have been held in South America.

The race is open to amateur and professional entries, amateurs typically making up about eighty percent of the participants.

Paris (French) is the capital and most populous city of France.

It has an area of and a population in 2013 of 2,229,621 within its administrative limits.

The city is both a commune and department and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12,005,077, comprising 18.2 percent of the population of France.

The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) is part of the French media group, EPA (Éditions Philippe Amaury).

It organises sporting events including the Tour de France, Vuelta a España and Paris–Nice professional cycle road races, and the Dakar Rally.

In 2008 it began the Central Europe Rally, a rally raid endurance race in Romania and Hungary.

The marathon is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 miles, or 26 miles 385 yards), usually run as a road race.

The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides (more correctly, Philippides), a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory.