Tour de France

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  1. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    The 2015 route looks great for WWI and WWII buffs
     
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  2. CommanderChuff

    CommanderChuff Senior Member

    Froomey has just won the Criterium de Dauphane and the Sky team is looking really good for the TdF. I have just clocked up 1,500 miles on my new build Colnago Titanio in 4 months,

    Next up is Ben Ansilie and the Americas Cup, Ashes, Rugby World Cup, Lewis for F1 x2 Champ, it going to be British sporting heaven this year.
     
  3. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Blimey CC glad your hopeful
    dont forget Murray who is on form ( that was the kiss of death sorry Andy)

    regards
    Clive
     
  4. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

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  5. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    How the hell do you decide to build a road like that
     
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  6. NickFenton

    NickFenton Well-Known Member

    Can l go join the reverse race going down?
     
  7. ritsonvaljos

    ritsonvaljos Senior Member

    Attached are a couple of photographs I took in June 2007 of the RAF Waddington band performing at the Whitehaven Maritime Festival next to the publicity caravan for that year's Tour de France. That year's Tour de France 'Prologue' was held at London (7 July) and Stage 1 was from London to Canterbury (8 July).

    Inside the Tour de France caravan there were a couple of stationary bicycles where you could have a free go to see how good you might be as a Tour de France rider. The RAF Waddington band performed really well - and no doubt better than 'yours truly' did as a would-be Tour de France rider!
     

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  8. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Well done Chris Froome.

    Tour de France win number 2
     
  9. CommanderChuff

    CommanderChuff Senior Member

    Fantastic ride by the whole of the SKY team. It looks like my collection of cycling jerseys commemorating British success ( Froome 2013, Wiggo 2015 - 1 hour record)) will be added to very soon.

    Here's to more British winners in this great year for sport.
     
  10. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Congratulations to the British.
     
  11. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Yes, congratulations to anyone and any tewam that wins the TdF.

    Just looking at the severity of some of the climbs makes you appreciate just how hard these riders work at their Profession.

    Some of the helicopter shots are superb and I was watching live, the assault on Lacets de Montvernier that Owen has posted.

    Incredible endurance to climb that Peak.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  12. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    2016 is coming down the Cherbourg peninsula.

    Should be wonderful scenery. Hope to see some hedgerows.
     
  13. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Just saw the 2016 version of this on TV.
    Here's one from a couple of years ago. Apparently it is a 'thing' now. Love it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCXqyrZcUWQ

    Country side in Cherbourg is just ridiculously beautiful
     
  14. TriciaF

    TriciaF Junior Member

    We're only 50km from the Pyrenees, and have driven up and down the steep winding roads there a few times . I've read that cyclists can reach 60kph on parts of the descent.
    This year, I think for the first time, there will be checks of the cycles to see if there's a tiny hidden battery to help up the hills.
     
  15. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Lucky! Love to see that part of the world.

    Did you mean to type 60 MPH? Even that is too slow though because they hit well over 100 KPH on the downhills
     
  16. TriciaF

    TriciaF Junior Member

    Sorry - yes mph. but my memory must have let me down ! Again.
    We are lucky, it's beautiful here. a few years ago the racers passed on a route just up the road from us - saw the tailenders.
     
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    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

  19. redtop

    redtop Well-Known Member

    Face book translation of Cantal Gendarmerie request



    So that the tour is still a party:
    - respect the safety distance compared to the runners;
    - show the utmost vigilance with your kids;

    - you don't expose on the carriageway (sport or other! )

    - keep your pets on a leash;
    - don't try to pick up the promotional items on the lanes.
     
  20. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Every video of any dog interfering with the race (or any other event) has immediately been over dubbed with the original Fenton audio :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmpONxJ7JSw
     

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