1) Thousands won't be riding.
2) It's April 21-27 this year.
3) No 'Nooga.
Possible others:
4) Landis didn't win the Tour de France in 2006 -- at least not according to the Tour de France.
5) It is wrong, and absolutely wrong, for any self-respecting American state, an here even a proud Southern state that does not have New Orleans in it, to call their race the Tour "de" something, instead of the Tour "of" something.