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Input (English): Context: France, officially the French Republic, is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European, or metropolitan, area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017. It is a unitary semi-presidential republic with the capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse and Bordeaux., 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 ParisNice 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 1981 Tour de France was the 68th Tour de France , taking place June 25 to July 19 , 1981 . The total race distance was 24 stages over 3753 km , with riders averaging 38.96 km / h. It was dominated by Bernard Hinault , who led the race from the sixth stage on , increasing his lead almost every stage , and winning the race with a margin of almost 15 minutes . Only Phil Anderson was able to stay close to him , until the seventeenth stage when he lost 17 minutes . The points classification was won by Freddy Maertens , who did so by winning six stages . The mountains classification was won by Lucien Van Impe , Peter Winnen won the young rider classification , and the Peugeot team won the team classification ., 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., Subject: 1981 tour de france, Relation: journey_origin, Options: (A) lille (B) lyon (C) nice (D) paris
Output (English): nice