Sigmund Fraud said:Unlikely - for securitie raisons the actual route isn't announce until depuis three jours from le depart.
And ne carp pas about Sussex, it got its fair share in 1994 mon ami
not depuis (since), but avant
2007 Tour de France to start in LONDON!!!
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guinnessdrinker said:
pardon
Sigmund Fraud said:
de riens
My housemates newspaper printed this story yesterday and is now getting done up the arse by tfl, who apparently spent a whole lot of money on the publicity launch of the route, heehee. I haven't read any of it (don't really care for men in lycra, I'm afraid) but maybe it'll have more info: www.newsshopper.co.uk
Sigmund Fraud
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Ah so he's doing the Etape - good on him. Thats a hard, hard stage and I can testify that finishing at Alpe D'Huez is a real bastard (and as Liljen commented, its hard enough trying to drive up to the ski station let alone ride a bike). If you want to go and watch accomodation is cheap and plentiful on the Alpe and the locals will be out in force to cheer him on.
Sigmund Fraud said:Incredible - the tour is going through my home town, Maidstone...never thought I'd see the day
I was about to dive in and moan about it just being a loop in the middle of the old "dusty stuff" but hey... they're taking in a god chunk of SE1. The eye, the tate, bankside, banksy... London's coolest borough. Oh yes it is. Really, it is.
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Tank Girl said:he did say that it was hard, but he's getting plenty of practice in, cycling in sub zero weather in chinese mountains - he's got guts I'll give him that!!
if you have any recommendations for somewhere to stay I'd really appreciate it
He's doing this:-
The Izoard is a total bastard and the weather is notoriously shit up there, even in summer - so your dads Chinese mountain training will come in handy.
The next mountain, The Lauteret isn't too bad - gradient is moderately sensible but its a long one at about 22km. From there on its down hill all the way to Bourg D'Oisans (beautiful little town btw and can proably lay claim to be the worlds cycling mecca) before he starts the climb up Alpe D'Huez. The first 5km of the alpe are really murderous but it gets better after that and the bends are nice little flat repsites where you can catch your breath.
I'll PM you later with some accomodation details
citydreams
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More Info on Le Tour
En route with the Tour de France
Details of the Tour de France 2007 UK route have been announced:
• Friday 6 July: Opening ceremony in Trafalgar Square.
• Saturday 7 July: ‘The Prologue’, 8 km time trial through central
London finishing on the Mall.
• Sunday 8 July: Stage 1: From the Mall, across the Thames,
through Kent to the finish line at Canterbury. The tour then leaves
England and heads for France.
The Tour de France started in 1903 as the personal brainchild of Frenchman Henri Desgrange, as a stunt to help promote his sports newspaper l‘Auto (ancestor of the present l‘Équipe). Each year the first leg of the Tour starts somewhere different. In 2005 it began in Liège in 2006 it will be in Strasbourg and in 2007 it will be London.
The Tour de France last visited Britain in July 1994 when it toured Sussex and Hampshire but 2007 will be the first time the Tour has come to the capital.
Fifty-two British riders have competed in the Tour de France. The first were Charley Holland and Bill Burl in 1937, however, Burl had to leave the race after crashing into a car, and Holland was penalised for holding onto one!
In 1994 Chris Boardman surprised everyone with a record breaking 55.152 kph in the prologue at Lille, going on to finish two tours in 1996 and 1999.
Today the race is approximately 3,500 km long, 1,000 km longer than the first edition in 1903. Bringing the Tour to London is part of a broader campaign to promote and increase cycling in London with the aim of increasing the nnumber of people cycling by 80% between the years 2000 and 2010.
En route with the Tour de France
Details of the Tour de France 2007 UK route have been announced:
• Friday 6 July: Opening ceremony in Trafalgar Square.
• Saturday 7 July: ‘The Prologue’, 8 km time trial through central
London finishing on the Mall.
• Sunday 8 July: Stage 1: From the Mall, across the Thames,
through Kent to the finish line at Canterbury. The tour then leaves
England and heads for France.
The Tour de France started in 1903 as the personal brainchild of Frenchman Henri Desgrange, as a stunt to help promote his sports newspaper l‘Auto (ancestor of the present l‘Équipe). Each year the first leg of the Tour starts somewhere different. In 2005 it began in Liège in 2006 it will be in Strasbourg and in 2007 it will be London.
The Tour de France last visited Britain in July 1994 when it toured Sussex and Hampshire but 2007 will be the first time the Tour has come to the capital.
Fifty-two British riders have competed in the Tour de France. The first were Charley Holland and Bill Burl in 1937, however, Burl had to leave the race after crashing into a car, and Holland was penalised for holding onto one!
In 1994 Chris Boardman surprised everyone with a record breaking 55.152 kph in the prologue at Lille, going on to finish two tours in 1996 and 1999.
Today the race is approximately 3,500 km long, 1,000 km longer than the first edition in 1903. Bringing the Tour to London is part of a broader campaign to promote and increase cycling in London with the aim of increasing the nnumber of people cycling by 80% between the years 2000 and 2010.
citydreams
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What do you want? Roller-skating acrobatic dwarves juggling bicycles to the theme of Streethawk?
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
citydreams said:
wrong - it began in Liege in 2004 - in 2005 it began with the Fromentine > Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile stage in Vendee, western France
What do you want, a load of borderline fat idiots standing around on a field for five days not really doing anything? Oh no sorry, the Ashes was last summer.
I can't wait for TdF every year and it'll be even better when we have two days on our doorstep. It could be a Wiggins-Millar head-to-head for the Prologue too.
