Game offered on 1961, june 2nd. As far as I know, this one was the first Corriere dei Piccoli cycling game.
IL GIOCO DEL TOUR
A game for two to six players. The six riders are divided between the players (it must be therefore difficult to play for 4 or 5 players).
The game uses a custom dice 123CFG where C, F and G (Caduta –fall-, Foratura –puncture-, Guasto –avería-) are equivalent
The race is composed of 21 stages of three squares each.
For every stage, all riders are placed at the beginning of the stage. Then each rider throws the dice in his turn and advances the number displayed. If he throws G, F or C he loses on point on the overall classification (he may not go under zero points, nevertheless), and he rethrows.
When a rider reaches the end of the stage, all the other riders complete their turn and the stage ends. Every rider advances so many points in the overall classification as squares has completed during the stage (never more than three), and the next stage begins.
Two of the stages are a time trial. The rider who wins one of those gets three extra points (it is not specified what happens in case of a tie).
There are three mountains on the board (two of them in the same stage in the Pyrenées!). Three points are awarded to any rider who falls on these squares. On the other hand, there are three penalties (marked with red arrows) on the board. One point is lost by any rider who falls on them.
The winner, of course, is the one with most points when the riders reach Paris.
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