Tour de France 2021 presentation tonight

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It has gone from the congress in Paris to a Zoom !
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • durhamwasp
    durhamwasp Posts: 1,247
    Looks like another cracker
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    durhamwasp said:

    Looks like another cracker

    150 km stages rather than 200 km stages....

    This will please the riders.....................Rick, not so much. #notagrandtour
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  • Matti66
    Matti66 Posts: 190
    Stage 11 2x Ascents of mt. Ventoux
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Matti66 said:

    Stage 11 2x Ascents of mt. Ventoux

    Awful idea.
    We may well rejoice, but in reality, we all know how that will work out.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    edited November 2020
    blazing_saddles said:

    Matti66 said:

    Stage 11 2x Ascents of mt. Ventoux

    Awful idea.
    We may well rejoice, but in reality, we all know how that will work out.
    Race up 1/2 Ventoux.

    More interested in Luz Ardiden.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    No obvious Etape stage
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Wtf happened to this forum. Too long ....too short, twice up Ventoux finishing in Paris AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Looks like the 2021 Etape will be the 2020 Etape with no new event.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    I rode over the Cormet d'Areches the other day... That would make a good climb. The Jumbo boys did it recently.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    specialgueststar said:

    Wtf happened to this forum. Too long ....too short, twice up Ventoux finishing in Paris AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣

    So how about you tell us why it's such a good route, other than the fact it's in France?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I'm glad they've got two TTs and the most TTing since 2013.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Lots of crosswind opportunities
    _
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    edited November 2020
    blazing_saddles said:

    specialgueststar said:

    Wtf happened to this forum. Too long ....too short, twice up Ventoux finishing in Paris AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣

    So how about you tell us why it's such a good route, other than the fact it's in France?
    Troll. That really is the worst post on this forum . I am not sure of your agenda. I am not bothered. I'll leave it there.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    tailwindhome said:


  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    edited November 2020
    The ascent from Sault is not a given. Andorra interesting and Tignes will be a decider
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Feels like a fairly standard Tour route to me. Other than the double Ventoux stage there doesn't seem to be much gimmick and it feels like they've given up trying to manufacture a 'climber's Tour'. Hopefully travel will be back to normal by then as it looks reasonably accessible for a short break.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    specialgueststar said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    specialgueststar said:

    Wtf happened to this forum. Too long ....too short, twice up Ventoux finishing in Paris AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣

    So , other than the fact it's in France?
    Troll. That really is the worst post on this forum . I am not sure of your agenda. I am not bothered. I'll leave it there.
    It should have been a simple question to answer.

    Tw*t.
    I'll leave that there too.



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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    Brittany should be good racing, I like the long boring stages mean short transfers, so feels like a proper tour.

    Not too much TT, not too little. Should look good, even with the wrong side of tourmalet and Luz Ardiden not a favourite, but it's a fun little climb.

    Carcassonne to Quillan looks a cracking, pretty stage.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Pross said:

    Feels like a fairly standard Tour route to me. Other than the double Ventoux stage there doesn't seem to be much gimmick and it feels like they've given up trying to manufacture a 'climber's Tour'. Hopefully travel will be back to normal by then as it looks reasonably accessible for a short break.

    Looks to me as if it's all about the double header of summit finishes in the Pyrenees.
    Hopefully having the first ITT before the mountains will help to stir things up a bit, but the Alps are pretty meh.
    In fact there are more downhill off a mountain finishes than MTFs.
    I wonder why?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    Maybe they're worried about Zakarin beating the French riders.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    blazing_saddles said:

    specialgueststar said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    specialgueststar said:

    Wtf happened to this forum. Too long ....too short, twice up Ventoux finishing in Paris AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣

    So , other than the fact it's in France?
    Troll. That really is the worst post on this forum . I am not sure of your agenda. I am not bothered. I'll leave it there.
    It should have been a simple question to answer.

    Tw*t.
    I'll leave that there too.



    Nobody calls me a twat. You are on dodgy ground.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    It's all hotting up in here!

    I demand to see this resolved by hand to hand combat.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    Pross said:

    Feels like a fairly standard Tour route to me. Other than the double Ventoux stage there doesn't seem to be much gimmick and it feels like they've given up trying to manufacture a 'climber's Tour'. Hopefully travel will be back to normal by then as it looks reasonably accessible for a short break.

    Of course they have. There's no reason to build it to hamper froome anymore.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    specialgueststar said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    specialgueststar said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    specialgueststar said:

    Wtf happened to this forum. Too long ....too short, twice up Ventoux finishing in Paris AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣

    So , other than the fact it's in France?
    Troll. That really is the worst post on this forum . I am not sure of your agenda. I am not bothered. I'll leave it there.
    It should have been a simple question to answer.

    Tw*t.
    I'll leave that there too.



    Nobody calls me a censored . You are on dodgy ground.
    Ooooo! Go on, both take it to the next level.
    Long time since we had a serious squabble. No mods either.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Ladies
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    With these modem routes the devil is in the detail anyway
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    What has been released gets a pretty good write up from CW.
    The opening stages surely aimed at getting Alaphilippe into yellow, so also an opportunity for the two Vans.

    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-route-192041
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    rick_chasey said:

    With these modem routes the devil is in the detail anyway

    is it a zwift tdf?
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.

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