The 100th edition of the Tour de France kicked off in Corsica today. It's the first time the peloton is riding through the "island of beauty" since the tour's inception in 1903 (yes, if you do the math that's technically 110 years, but the tour took some breaks during WWI and WWII.) Over the next 3 weeks, riders will pedal over 2,110 miles throughout the country before the maillot jaune and other cyclists' final sprint up the Champs Elysees on July 21st. To honour le tour, I thought I'd dedicate a post to biking in Washington. Earlier in the year, Walk Score ranked Washington, D.C. as the 6th most "bikeable" city in the country based on factors such as bike lanes, hilliness, road ...