Tour route 2018
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No more guessing - route released tomorrow. I think it's quite common knowledge now although the Alpe climbs not clear. Looking forward to a few days in Carcassonne!
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Prepare for some serious cyclist fashion fails this morning!0
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Froome wins Velo d'Or 2017 - that'll annoy the locals!0
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As my kids always say in the car "are we there yet??"0
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Double Mur de Bretagne by the looks of things0
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15 cobbled secteurs on way to Roubaix, 21.7 kms.0
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The locals are the ones who vote for it.Dorset Boy wrote:Froome wins Velo d'Or 2017 - that'll annoy the locals!Twitter: @RichN950 -
Nibbles starts his rain dance!0
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Annecy to Grand Bornard for the Etape - second climb will be tough with 6 kms @ 11% average!0
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St 12 Bourg St Maurice to Alpe d'Huez will be a monster day: Madelaine, Croix de Fer & the Alpe :shock:0
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Stage 1 - crosswind fest.
stage 2 - snooze
stage 3 - 35km TTT (meh)
Stage 4 -& 5 - sprint?
stage 6 - Bretagne (hill sprint)
stage 7 - sprint
stage 8 sprint
stage 9 COBBLES0 -
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Alps: 3 back to back.
Stage 10: Annecy - Le Grand-Bornand, 159 km << very high.
Stage 11: Albertville - La Rosière Espace San Bernardo, 108km < now becoming standard super short stage
Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs - Alpe d’Huez, 175km < classic Alpine stage.0 -
Its the new way of racing... short and hopefully sweet.Rick Chasey wrote:No Alpine stages to even reach 180km.
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St 17 - just 65 kms!0
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Pyrenees.
Stage 14: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Mende, 187km << Cummings won there right?
Stage 15: Millau - Carcassonne, 181km
Stage 16: Carcassonne - Bagnères-de-Luchon, 218km << finally, a long(ish) Mountain stage.0 -
Yes, stage 17 looks bananas. 65km including mountains.
ITT on stage 20 (so not a normal TT) has a steep hill in it (21%).0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:Time bonuses available on all stages apaz.
Not quite right.
Time bounses late on in stage on stages 1-9.
(watch the breakway catch happen at x kilometres, where x is 1km before the time bonus sprint).0 -
So 30kms of ITT, which itself has a big climb in it.
Snooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooze.0 -
I guess Doumoulin will give it a missIt's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.0
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I was hoping for Ventoux after a (now false) leaked version of the course.
I guess we cant have the Alpe and Ventoux in the same year.It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.0
