Clair Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 The 2009 Tour de France route has been announced:http://www.letour.fr/index.htmlhttp://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_horscourseTDF.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Ha! You beat me to it!I like the route, they'll be passing not too far from me on my birthday. Guess what I'll be doing [:D]So next year they'll be doing 4 countriesFranceSpainMonacoSwitzerland or is it just Switzerland to pick up some supplies? [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"]Ha! You beat me to it![/quote]Haha! I saw that on the news and thought it might be of interest...[:D]The map looks very bare in the north and the west... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 [quote user="Clair"]The map looks very bare in the north and the west...[/quote]Well that just balances out this year which was a bit bare in the East.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Finishing the penultimate stage on the top of Ventoux! Barely enough room to swing a cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 They've had finishes up there before.edit:7 times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starless Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I've been finished up there meself. Starless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Yes, I appreciate that it's done (2000 was the most recent occasion when it finished there, when Pantani was allowed to win the stage by Armstrong), but it must be pretty hairy for space up there, with all the entourage etc.With it being the penultimate stage this year, I wonder how they'll handle the logistics of getting everything off the mountain and up to Paris by the following day? Either there's two sets of kit, or they have a minimal entourage for places where space is tight and / or taking it down and moving it in time for the following day is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 [quote user="Starless"]I've been finished up there meself. Starless[/quote]The last kilometer's the worst [:(]I've read that the teams will go from Avignon by TGV - about 3 hours? The bikes will be transported the usual way by autoroute. Might be a bit less time for the mechanics to do the daily checking and servicing, but as Gardian says, maybe they have a couple of sets anyway.Actually, I think the smooth running of the tour year after year, with all it involves, is a major bloody miracle.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starless Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 The last km is the worst, but in some ways it's also the best, 'cause it's the last [:)]Fantastic climb, though, and what a downhill! It was the first TdF mountain I climbed since coming to France just over 3 years ago. I thought I'd done ok at the age of 50, but my friend, who did it with me, was 62. This was 3 years ago. There was a guy up there who'd climbed it 54 times that year.Since then we've also climbed Le Tourmalet, and we've done a few of the passes in The Auvergne near Salers. I'd recommend that area to anyone for cycling.There is a stage near us again this year. The Limoges stage, on July 14th no less, is fairly near, and so I reckon we'll be there for that one, even though it is flat. I'm looking forward to the finish on Le Ventoux. Although I think they are tackling it from a different direction to the one we took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Editor - France Magazine Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hi there,Where do you think some of the best places will be to watch it en route?We'd like to recommend a few places to our readers, in a kind of reader-to-reader way...Thanks!Carolyn Carolyn BoydEditor, France Magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 [quote user="Editor - France Magazine"]Where do you think some of the best places will be to watch it en route?[/quote]Unfortunately, until the detailed route is released, it will be difficult to say[:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 [quote user="Maricopa"][quote user="Editor - France Magazine"]Where do you think some of the best places will be to watch it en route?[/quote]Unfortunately, until the detailed route is released, it will be difficult to say[:(][/quote]Maricopa's comment is true, but generally, I'd say that there are three scenarios:the start or finish, cities or big townsthe mountainsen routeOptions 1 or 2 (and particularly 2): nightmare crowds, ages to get there, ages to get away. By all means do it, but don't expect a stress-free timeOption 3: recce the route a few weeks before and sort out a few likely spots to plant yourselves, bearing in mind shade, access before and (particularly) exit after. Take a good book, plenty of fluids and a really nice picnic lunch. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 In the Narbonne edition of L'Indépendant yesterday, they announced the Aude section of the Cap d'Adge-Perpignan stage, with times of the caravan and peleton at each town/village. It's still not on the Le Tour site yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panick Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Maricopa,Many thanks for the info. I was just about to ask when the detailed routes got published, and you have already provided the answer. Good job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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