Etape du Tour and Tour 2011 dates and routes rumoured

kingofthemountains

Strong rumours from a reliable source, the newspaper Dauphine Libere, that the Etape du Tour 2011 will be either a stage finishing on Alpe d'Huez (from Modane via the Col du Galibier) or Pinerolo to the Col du Galibier. The rumoured date/s are 16th or 17th July 2011.

The actual Tour stages are said to be 21st July, Pinerolo - Col du Galibier and 22nd July, Modane - Alpe d'Huez. We have heard from another source that the 23rd will be a rest day.

We'll post more here or on our blog (http://kingofthemountains.blogware.com/blog) if and when we learn more.

Dauphine article: http://www.ledauphine.com/hautes-alpes/2010/09/25/les-hautes-alpes-accueilleront-l-etape-du-tour-velo-magazine

dulldave

It's practically set in stone mate. Last year was the 100th anniversary of the Pyrenees and this year it's the Alps. Missing out Alpe d'Huez would be like missing out the Tourmalet last year. It's not going to happen.

OK, time for me to fess up. I actually clicked into this thread in the hope of seeing some irate amateur racers berating you and saying that sportives aren't proper races (which while true is hardly worth getting angry about) and that you're in the wrong forum.

Guess I should have looked and seen that nobody had replied.