Wizzer Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/us/le_tour_2008.htmlExcellent news for those of us in the Massif Central - at last we get to see some good stages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 The Figeac & Aurillac stages should go almost past my front door! Great![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike1958 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Great news for us again here in Bagneres de Luchon. The tour will hit us again on the 9th of July as it heads up to the Col de Peyresourde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 WizzerThanks for posting the info. I always thought that we won't know the route until MUCH nearer the time so this is a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauhoum Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Living near Pau, we get to see Le Tour most years, but this year should be exceptional. With the Bastille Day stage going from Pau to the ski resort of Hautacam, and then a rest day in Pau the day after. Lets just hope for a cleaner race this year. Not sure if the new format will make the race more interesting though[8-)] Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocccie Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 My husband was on Le Tour website at the stroke of 12.30 today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 May not be the most exciting part of the Tour but no excuse not to take a look when it passes through Cerilly - five miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeJay Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 But the web site does not show the detailed route. For example it only shows that there is a stage from Narbonne to Nimes with nothing inbetween or am I not looking in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 No, you're right - no detailed info yet (unless I couldn't find it!)It's usually a good few months yet before the precise route is published. Probably a lot to do with the organisers being sure that any necessary road upgrades / potential glitches are going to be sorted before July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 CeeJay,It's always done this way . The outline route is published in October ( Town of Departure, Town of Arrival and significant points en-route such as the classic cols). The detailed route, as in road numbers, etc is not made availalable to the general public until May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Lets just hope there are plenty of pharmacies forthem to stop off an re-stock at along the way.(I am too much of a cynic on occasions - OKalways).Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le rouge Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Mike1958 - You might be the only one in Luchon watching the Tour on 9th July as it finishes in Chateauroux!!!Sorry for the sarcasm! Just knew that date as it is my wedding anniversary and as my wife loves cycling like I do I always look to see where they finish on that date. Chateauroux is also less than 2 hours for us.I think B de Luchon is a few days later. At least you will see a better stage than me. I would love to see them on the Peyresourde. Have done a few Pyrenees climbs inc Tourmalet and Aspin. Enjoy!Mike (another one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Narbonne-Nimes this year, lucky us! That is 2 whole days accounted for, as we will have to go and see the finish in both places, and probably the start in at least one of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Anybody on here ride a bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauhoum Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Yes I ride a fair bit. Mainly around where I live, north of Pau, near Lembeye. Great roads with good climbs[:)] I started riding some of the Pyreneen cols this summer, hard but well worth the effort. I also mountainbike occasionally too. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 [quote user="Mauhoum"]Yes I ride a fair bit. Mainly around where I live, north of Pau, near Lembeye. Great roads with good climbs[:)] I started riding some of the Pyreneen cols this summer, hard but well worth the effort. I also mountainbike occasionally too. Tony [/quote]Must be great riding country round there. Where I am we don't have massive climbs - my "training" hill is 7 ks long and pretty steep at the top, but nothing like you get in the Pyrenees or Alps. Would love to do some of that stuff one day (before i'm too old to manage it![:D])What kind of bike do you have? Recently bought myself a Vitus - nice, well made French iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauhoum Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Yeah the mountain passes can be killers. I'm not super fit, so haven't yet got the legs for the Tourmalet or the Aubisque etc. I did ride the Col d'Aspin, the Col de Somport, Col de Marie Blanque (easier side) and the Pont d'Espagne amongst others. The Somport is not steep, but starting from a village called Cette-Eygun, you climb for 23kms[:'(] Can't wait to climb the Col de Soulor and the Aubisque next year. For that though, I'll have to get rid of my dodgy old Peugeot (made of lead I think!!) and buy the Cannondale CAAD 5 I've been saving up for[:)] Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Mauhoum, don't chuck that steel frame away will you? Steel is comfortable to ride, and with modern equipment, I doubt it's much heavier (unless you're talking the latest seven kilo carbon fibre jobs)I used to ride Mercian when I was young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauhoum Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 HiDon't worry, I won't be chucking the steel bike away. I'll use it as a winter 'hack bike'. Thing is it's not worthwhile bolting expensive modern lightweight goodies onto that old frame. I've ridden 'Dales' before, although they were mountainbikes not road bikes. I loved my old Cannondale mtb, no suspension and with no lightweight bits on it, it still weighed next to nowt! Handled superbly as well. I have a passion for light aluminium frames, as I own a Klein mtb and a KHS mtb tandem!! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 [quote user="raindog"]Anybody on here ride a bike?[/quote]You mean a half-bike? Well, sometimes in the UK [:D][:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 You mean half-bike as in unicycle ?Johnnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 No John [:D] A bike is what you se in my avatar [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizzer Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 For anyone interested, the detailed route is now available on the website - http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/us/le_tour_2008.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Thanks Wizzer.Won't quite see them from the house but less than five miles away. And our village big-wigs apparently have some great plans..... (Just hope it's more than yet another Rifles - they do love their bingo here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 No maps or details yet tho - or is it just thick old me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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