Cable Stay Bridge

pat1cp

What year did Le Tour go over something like this:-
http://bridgepros.com/projects/LePontde ... mandie.htm

I thought it was the prologue in 2005 when Lance steamed past Ullrich but I can't find any evidence for it.

Trivial I know but........myself and a collegue need to know.

Iain, where are you, you'll know.

iainf72

You rang

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/to ... es/tour051

andyp

It wasn't a prologue - it was a road stage in 2000 I think.

pat1cp

Now I've seen a picture of the 2005 prologue I don't think it was that one.

My collegue thinks it might have been a team trial. He tells me little Spaniards were getting dropped going over this bridge because of the winds and the incline.

Any help appreciated. Thanks for your replies guys.

ContrelaMontre

I can't think of a suspension bridge but in 1999 the Noirmoutier bridge featured and saw Zulle and Boogerd get stuffed.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1999 ... tage2.html

This is the bridge:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... l%26sa%3DN

andyp

pat1cp wrote:

Now I've seen a picture of the 2005 prologue I don't think it was that one.

My collegue thinks it might have been a team trial. He tells me little Spaniards were getting dropped going over this bridge because of the winds and the incline.

It was the 2000 team time trial;

http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2000 ... st4r.shtml

pat1cp

andyp wrote:

pat1cp wrote:

Now I've seen a picture of the 2005 prologue I don't think it was that one.

My collegue thinks it might have been a team trial. He tells me little Spaniards were getting dropped going over this bridge because of the winds and the incline.

It was the 2000 team time trial;

http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2000 ... st4r.shtml

Correct Andy:-

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... n%26sa%3DN

LangerDan

The Tour did go over the Pont de Normandie shown in the first post, but as a road stage in 1995.

flattythehurdler

I thought it was yet another bit of a bike I hadn't heard of.

andrewgturnbull

pat1cp wrote:

andyp wrote:

pat1cp wrote:

Now I've seen a picture of the 2005 prologue I don't think it was that one.

My collegue thinks it might have been a team trial. He tells me little Spaniards were getting dropped going over this bridge because of the winds and the incline.

It was the 2000 team time trial;

http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2000 ... st4r.shtml

Correct Andy:-

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... n%26sa%3DN

Hi there.

If I remember right, the crosswinds blew everyone to pieces on that day. Bruyneel was fined for driving the Postal team car alongside two of Lance's boys who had been dropped.

Cheers, Andy