Yorkshire 2014

tailwindhome

TDF to start in Leeds in 2014 apparently - 3 stages finishing in that London.

DDD please stay out of Richmond Park that day


http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/yorkshi ... 2014-start

rolf_f

Fabulous. So much better than that ludicrous mini Tour of Britain bid. Can't wait!

rubertoe

Nice that its on your doorstop Rolf.

At least us London types wont be completly left out.

Kieran_Burns

Sod Richmond bloody Park.

Yorkshire??? Wow. Just. Wow.

TDF going over the moors? That would be an epic day to watch

gtvlusso

TailWindHome wrote:

TDF to start in Leeds in 2014 apparently - 3 stages finishing in that London.

DDD please stay out of Richmond Park that day


http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/yorkshi ... 2014-start

DDD and Optimus prime, please stay out of Richmond Park....

Kieran_Burns

I wish to register that le Tour should now be officially renamed to The Tour t' France 8)

mudcow007

might be useful Yorkshire translation to some

also stay out of local pubs... "we dont like strangers around 'ere" *waves pitch forks*

Kieran_Burns

email from my mate:

I’m in.

Now, where is my mankini...I’ll have to dust it down for 2014 and tan up my crotch.

:shock:

CiB

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I wish to register that le Tour should now be officially renamed to The Tour t' France 8)

T'tour ot that Frence, surely?

greg66_tri_v2.0

CiB wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I wish to register that le Tour should now be officially renamed to The Tour t' France 8)

T'tour ot that Frence, surely?

More like: "Eee. Tour? Call that a Tour? These riders, soft as sh!te they are these days. When I were a lad, we used to ride twice tha' distance, and we didn't take three weeks to do it, neither. A day! That's as long as we 'ad. And we 'ad a full day's werk down t'mine after. And then anuther full day's werk at t'mill after tha'. AND we 'ad t'ride same distance 'ohm after. An' tha' were with a bike with NO WHEELS! And no saddle, an' no 'andlebars neither. Don't know they're born, these "Tour" riders..."

Etc, etc, etc...

DonDaddyD

Good news! I missed the Olympic road race so I won't be missing this!

Kieran_Burns

CiB wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I wish to register that le Tour should now be officially renamed to The Tour t' France 8)

T'tour ot that Frence, surely?

I asked my Sheffield based mate (stood in the Rotherham by-election btw... more than once) and he said "don't forget you don't SAY the t', it's more of a glottal stop.

So it would actually be:

. .our . France

zx6man

Wi don't talk like those sheffield types up ere...

First.Aspect

It's such a relief that the UK will be able to showcase the city of Leeds to the world, rather than Edinburgh.

bushu

Be interesting to know the route in Leeds I could predict a few security/safety issues
Otherwise being new to watching TDF, not quite sure why it's starting in Yorkshire :?
Can't it just be "tour o'dales" then them ruddy southerners have their day blockading the capital city
before beggaring off to do the actual TDF, I mean if a Korean won would they start it from there?
Whinge over, suppose it would be nice to see something this big happening locally though

bigmat

First Aspect wrote:

It's such a relief that the UK will be able to showcase the city of Leeds to the world, rather than Edinburgh.

Agreed, no need to advertise the smackhead capital of the UK.

CiB

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I asked my Sheffield based mate (stood in the Rotherham by-election btw... more than once) and he said "don't forget you don't SAY the t', it's more of a glottal stop.

So it would actually be:

. .our . France

Indeed. Clarkson has made the same point, that the t isn't sounded. And my in-laws are from the north (eee the poor mites) so we get a lot of it.

Yorkshire then? That'll be worth a trip up the motorway then; it might even passs near to us doon here if it's wending its way to London. Sorry - that there Lunnun.

rubertoe

bushu wrote:

Be interesting to know the route in Leeds I could predict a few security/safety issues
Otherwise being new to watching TDF, not quite sure why it's starting in Yorkshire :?
Can't it just be "tour o'dales" then them ruddy southerners have their day blockading the capital city
before beggaring off to do the actual TDF, I mean if a Korean won would they start it from there?
Whinge over, suppose it would be nice to see something this big happening locally though

Its always started outside of france (well not always but there have been plenty of starts outside).

jonginge

Great news. The 2007 TdF grand depart in London and the southeast was fantastic.

jonginge

rubertoe wrote:

bushu wrote:

Be interesting to know the route in Leeds I could predict a few security/safety issues
Otherwise being new to watching TDF, not quite sure why it's starting in Yorkshire :?
Can't it just be "tour o'dales" then them ruddy southerners have their day blockading the capital city
before beggaring off to do the actual TDF, I mean if a Korean won would they start it from there?
Whinge over, suppose it would be nice to see something this big happening locally though

Its always started outside of france (well not always but there have been plenty of starts outside).

I read somewhere that the ASO aim was to start 2 of every 5 outside of France. Can't remember where now. May be bobbins.

il_principe

Bikes, BIKES? There's nowt wrong with Shanks' Pony.

rick_chasey

S' gonna be brill.

bushu

ey up Doris, that thar pony 'as wheels, quick look. Ar ye daft git that was one o those fancy french horses, as they've eaten all the real ones luv..


'I've already got mi coyt'

tailwindhome

Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

CiB wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I wish to register that le Tour should now be officially renamed to The Tour t' France 8)

T'tour ot that Frence, surely?

More like: "Eee. Tour? Call that a Tour? These riders, soft as sh!te they are these days. When I were a lad, we used to ride twice tha' distance, and we didn't take three weeks to do it, neither. A day! That's as long as we 'ad. And we 'ad a full day's werk down t'mine after. And then anuther full day's werk at t'mill after tha'. AND we 'ad t'ride same distance 'ohm after. An' tha' were with a bike with NO WHEELS! And no saddle, an' no 'andlebars neither. Don't know they're born, these "Tour" riders..."

Etc, etc, etc...

So you heard Boycott on t'wireless then?

tailwindhome

Not getting my hopes up, but this would be even more frickin' awesome

JonS123

I can't wait! now it would be even better if it made its way through Pudsey and I can just watch from my front door

rolf_f

First Aspect wrote:

It's such a relief that the UK will be able to showcase the city of Leeds to the world, rather than Edinburgh.

Do you not think that just possibly, just maybe Edinburgh already gets a teensy bit more than its fair share of showcasing and that maybe it might help occasionally to showcase other UK citys that are less well funded but rather nicer than peoples prejudices might assume?

Twostage

mudcow007 wrote:

might be useful Yorkshire translation to some

also stay out of local pubs... "we dont like strangers around 'ere" *waves pitch forks*

I didn't realise some of those words needed translating as I use them regularly.

Ben6899

Rolf F wrote:

First Aspect wrote:

It's such a relief that the UK will be able to showcase the city of Leeds to the world, rather than Edinburgh.

Do you not think that just possibly, just maybe Edinburgh already gets a teensy bit more than its fair share of showcasing and that maybe it might help occasionally to showcase other UK citys that are less well funded but rather nicer than peoples prejudices might assume?

What Rolf said. It'll be grand, tha gret wazzerk!

And anyway, if it was to start in Scotland then I'd vote for Glasgow over Edinburgh...

First.Aspect

Ben6899 wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

First Aspect wrote:

It's such a relief that the UK will be able to showcase the city of Leeds to the world, rather than Edinburgh.

Do you not think that just possibly, just maybe Edinburgh already gets a teensy bit more than its fair share of showcasing and that maybe it might help occasionally to showcase other UK citys that are less well funded but rather nicer than peoples prejudices might assume?

What Rolf said. It'll be grand, tha gret wazzerk!

And anyway, if it was to start in Scotland then I'd vote for Glasgow over Edinburgh...

That's like saying, "No, lets not start the tour in Bath. Slough is much nicer."

rolf_f

First Aspect wrote:

That's like saying, "No, lets not start the tour in Bath. Slough is much nicer."

Oooh, that's harsh! A bit fairer would be - let's not start the tour in Bath, Bristol is much nicer.

But anyway, that's not the point. The Tour goes to all sorts of places and not just the obvious ones. Half the point is that it showcases the less obvious. Besides, the trouble with attractive British cities is that they are all second rate compared to the good French ones. We have nothing that, for example, even comes close to Laon in terms of spectacular unspoiled gems and that's hardly one of the best known French cities.

In anycase, there's no difficulty in showing off Leeds as a nice city on the filming - it will look great.