The race would be run entirely in July _______ than from late May to early July.

Cook and his crew first saw tattooed men and women in Tahiti, and _________ of that, the English word comes from the Tahitian word tatau.

Such a long race was just too much for most riders and very ______ wanted to take part.

Circulation figures for the newspaper, ________ had been 25,000, went to 65,000 within a year, and on to half a million by 1923.

So the race became half _______ length, and it would be run entirely in July .

Nowadays we might think the aim of _________ an idea would be to bring in lots of television money.

People get tattoos in _______ of the pain caused by having a needle make hundreds of holes in their skin.

It was not until the late 18*h century, ________ Captain James Cook sailed to Polynesia, that Europeans took an interest.

People see getting a tattoo as a way of expressing their individuality, and in _________ to do this, they are constantly looking for new styles and designs.

Even _________, their initial design for the race changed in several important ways before the first one was run.

The very first Tour de France, the greatest cycle race ______ the world, was held in 1903.

_________ people tend to think of it as a modern practice. tattooing has in fact been around for a long time.