Cyclomundo offers riders who could not enter l'Etape du Tour 2005 the opportunity to ride a cyclosportive alternative. Riders who will bring a group of 5 will be rewarded with a free entry to l'Etape du Tour 2006.

Following France's acceptance of Terrorist Yasser Arafat, the American Board of Rabbis voted unanimously to ask the Jewish people for a world-wide ban of everything French.