In sports, European soccer is very popular. Soccer teams from Europe have gone to the World Cup finals every year except 1930 and 1950. Many people say that the British, Italian, and Spanish soccer leagues are the world's best. Cycling is also very popular in Europe - especially in France. The Tour de France is the biggest bicycle race in the world in 1903, when the race first began, racers had to ride along the entire border of France. That's a long distance!