Tour de France

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  1. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    The only hedgerows I've seen during the first three stages have been bordering the roads. I guess all of the small fields have been opened up and consolidated into large ones. Same thing has happened to small farms here in the States. No fighting progress but definitely not as picturesque.
     
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  3. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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  4. Owen

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    Today they are going through Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises where de Gaulle lies.
    GRAVE OF GENERAL DE GAULLE

    The 1960 Tour stopped there to see him.
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  5. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    I just saw that clip on TV not five minutes before I saw your post. Learning a lot about WWII during this years race. They showed an aerial shot of his home, which he purchased in 1934. Very beautiful.

    I wonder what the Germans did with it during WWII.

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  6. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

    Having a look at Mapping Le Tour book and see that the Tour has not visited the Calvados region except for Caen which was one of the preferred locations before the war.

    The tour have not taken the tour past Normandy beaches except for Omaha & Utah. Be interesting for the route to be taken from Port en Bessin, Bernieres to Ouistreham covering Gold, Juno and Sword beaches up to Benouville, hairpin bend over Caen Canal & Orne River bridges lots of past Ranville up to Honfleur options for routes through Lower Normandy.

    If only.
     
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  7. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    They went through Normandy last year, might have been the two years ago. It was great.
     
  8. Owen

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    It was last year.

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  9. Owen

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    Tour de France 2017 - 06/07/2017 - Etape 6 - Vesoul / Troyes (216 km) - France - Passage du peloton à Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises © ASO/Alex BROADWAY
     
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  10. Jonathan Ball

    Jonathan Ball It's a way of life.


    I was listening to the journalist Francois Thomazeau speaking about the 1960 tour last night on The Cycling Podcast. Apparently, De Gaulle was staying in his private summer residence when the race was passing and took an unannounced stroll to the side of the road to watch. It was the Race Director (and Journalist) Jacques Goddet who spotted De Gaulle and realised this was one photo opportunity that was far too good to miss. Goddet ran the tour for 50 years as his own private fiefdom and could do pretty well what he liked. He also sported the same outfit for 50 years as well. Bush shirt and shorts and a rather dapper Solar Topee.

    Jacques_Goddet_(1962).jpg
     
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  11. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Any idea what type of car he is standing in?
     
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  14. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Paul Sherwen just said that the Eiffel tower was opened in 1900 for the Paris 1900 Exposition. Yeesh.
     
  15. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Just finished watching.

    Congratulations to the Brits. That was a good one.
     
  16. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Is Froome a cheater?

    What do you guys think of the drug test? The commentators seem to be split. I haven't a clue
     
  17. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    My feelings are that Froome is clean

    Wiggins on the other hand ........................ not so sure

    TD

    might nip out and watch it tomorrow
     
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  18. Owen

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    Will be watching today's stage simpley because it starts in Arras where we were for the umpteenth time back in March.
     
  19. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Just saw an aerial shot of a beautiful WWI cemetery but they didn't say what it was. I couldn't identify it. Around 87 miles into stage 9

    Edit:

    Found it Notre Dame de Lorette - Wikipedia
     
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