Beau Collines Hosts Tour de France
The tiny town of Beau Collines hosts the Tour de France for the first time ever! For the French, this cycle race is more than a sporting event. It is a national celebration! As the world’s best cyclists ride through the French countryside, they bring the international ---131--- to the villages they pass through. ---132---.
Beau Collines, in the district of Loire, has been preparing for months. Town officials have encouraged citizens ---133--- fix up the town. Officials have even used public funds for improvements. Town employees have painted the only hotel and roads have ---134---. Shopkeepers have decorated their windows with displays of bicycles. Banners hang everywhere around Beau Collines, whose residents proclaim that their town will be the most beautiful one on the cycle route.
