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This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the 2017 Tour de France bicycle race. There’s listener news, music from Zambia’s Zamar Peters and, of course, the new quiz question. Just click on the arrow in the photo and enjoy!

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Welcome to our new RFI Listeners Club members! Tom Nnebe from Delta State in Nigeria, and two new members from Cameroon: Mokom Wilson from Bamenda and Ekane Etape from Kumba. So glad you’ve joined us!

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This week’s quiz: On 22July, I asked a question for you to answer the next day, when we would know the winner of the 2017 Tour de France bicycle race. You were to send the winner’s name and nationality.

The answer is: Chris Froome of Great Britain. This year’s race is Froome’s fourth Tour de France victory. He won by all of 54 seconds – right behind him was Colombian Rigoberto Uran.

The Tour de France race has been held annually since 1903, except when it was stopped for the two World Wars.

The 3,500 kilometer route changes every year, but always finishes on Paris’ most famous avenue, the Champs d’Elysées.  There are 21 day-long segments over a 23-day period. There are between 20 and 22 teams, each with nine riders. Chris Froome rides with Team Sky.

The winners are: Jean Forget from Massachusetts, U.S.A; Christer Brunströ from Halmstad, Sweden; RFI Listener’s Club members Sunil Dhungana  from Kathmandu, Nepal and Ibrahim Umar Abdulkarim from Kano State, Nigeria. Ibrahim texted his answer to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone, which you can do too. Scroll down to find the number. Last but not least, Tapsi Bain of Chhattisgarh, India.

Congratulations winners!

Here’s the music you heard on this week’s program: Sounds of the Shofar; Zamar Peters: “Chanda Mayanda”.
Have a musical request? Write me and let me know! thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr

This week’s question: You'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 16 October to enter this week's quiz. The winners will be announced on the 21 October program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

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