Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
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Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby PommieYeti » Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:52 pm
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/t ... 015-140386" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
We better start looking at accommodation and pic my viewing days and before i forget get the holiday forms in to work
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:54 am
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby Scott2468 » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:08 am
I see they first go up Chaussy but I cant find a map. Do they go up les lacets de Montvernier or through Le Chatel?
I hope they do the lacets but I expect they probably will not. Either way this is another crazy, small goat track, similar to when they took them down La Sarenne. Great overhangs, cliff faces, huge vistas, even bigger potholes. Surely they will re-pave the road. I said this with Sarenne and they didnt.
This was one of my most memorable days cycling ever. Zig and zagged up the lacets, Chaussy, down, Madeleine, La Chambre then back to camp for beer.
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby Scott2468 » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:16 am
I see in the profile of stage 18 they are climbing the lacets before descending into Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. This will be spectacular!
First they will be softened up by the brutal Glandon. I rate Glandon as probably one the toughest climb around. It is not only long but near the top it goes from 7, 8, 9, 10%, not for pinches but kilometres.
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby roller » Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:34 am
I would agree with you there. I did it on the etape 2012, madeleine > glandon > mollard > la tousuirre. Brutal.Scott2468 wrote: First they will be softened up by the brutal Glandon. I rate Glandon as probably one the toughest climb around. It is not only long but near the top it goes from 7, 8, 9, 10%, not for pinches but kilometres.
Nice to see they are doing something similar this year.
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:02 pm
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby clackers » Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:12 am
Not Chris Froome, apparently.toolonglegs wrote:So who's coming over to visit ?
Says he will probably do the Giro instead, so he won't need to use the couch at your place, TLL!
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby Scott2468 » Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:38 am
I probably will again.toolonglegs wrote:So who's coming over to visit ?
Not during the Tour. Too many people, too expensive, too little accomodation, too much traffic.
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby PommieYeti » Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:54 pm
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Postby toolonglegs » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:21 pm
If you are after a rental bike down that way my mates run a pretty good ship.
http://www.wandeo.fr/gb/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby PommieYeti » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:49 pm
ive looked here but it only shows the map for the first 2 stages unless they release the maps later on ? but i would have thought they would have it all sorted before now
http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/#summary" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:01 pm
Stage 11 is obvious as there is basically only one road for the loop they want to do. For me personally I would head to Cauterets and ride all the way up to Pont D'espagne, a stunning ride following a river ... good for a swim in the heat of summer, then cruise back down to the new S bends below Cauterets ( newly repaired after the floods a couple of years ago ) to watch the race. But then you might prefer the absolute choas on the Tourmalet .
Stage 10 is similar ... not many choices in that area, final climb is obvious. I haven't looked at stage 12.
PS I see you aren't riding. That will take a bit more planning. In areas like that if you are driving you have to be there very early and be prepared for either a long walk or wait. Bare in mind climbs like Tourmalet and maybe Aspin etc will not be open to traffic on the day of the race... or will close very early. This is totally up to the local Gendarmes depending on traffic.
If you wife isn't a fanatic then maybe one day on a climb ( where you actually get to make out who they are ) and get to enjoy the publicity caravan. Then the other days find a small village that you can get to via a side road so you don't have to hang around for a couple of hours between the caravan and the race, watch the race come through and then settle in to a bar to watch the race.
Start villages and feed zones are good fun too.
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby PommieYeti » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:25 pm
I defiantly want to see a climb as last year I was in Yorkshire waiting on a county lane just on the bend after a little incline , we were waiting at least 5 hours (I rode to that one with a mate on a borrowed bike) and they went past in about 40 seconds flat, then everyone turned around and went home ....so this time I wanna at least be able to make out who is who, and the caravan parade had run out of freebies when it got to us ...lol. But the atmosphere was great and I wouldn't change it but this time hopefully it will be better.
Your idea of 1 climb and the 2 days watching in a small village sounds the ticket, we fly in on the rest day would it be worth going to Pau(from Lourdes as thats where we staying) to see if we can see anything ?
as for getting around i hadn't thought of that fully yet I was hoping puplic transport or taxis might be the way to go and walk the rest of the ways ? my wife realizes its going to be a long day if we watch a climb and she happy with that
sounds like you know the area very well
thanks for the info it will help lots.
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:03 pm
Staying in Lourdes ... been there before?
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby PommieYeti » Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:02 pm
We never been to Lourdes all I know is that its where people go to do a religious pilgrimage thing? and something to do with miracles ? other than that nothing. Its just we were on a tight schedule in the UK and there was a plane leaving from Stanstead to Lourdes so we booked it, wanted to be in Paris for the finish but my wife has work so has to be back (she's a teacher) we were in Paris the day before the finish back in 2010 but I wasn't into cycling then so we headed to Le-Harve instead....why why did i do that..lol
yeah i think i better start having a look for a rental car or even a little scooter would prob do the trick ?
just looked at out itinerary(yeah I should have looked before now ) We were gonna catch the train from lourdes to Marseille but it looks like it will be cheaper to do a car from Lourdes and drop it off in Marseille then continue on the train to Nice Piza, Florance then Rome
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Re: Tour de France 2015 Route reveled
Postby toolonglegs » Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:21 am
AND as you are staying in Lourdes you may be looking for any excuse to get out of the place . It is a "special" sort of place. Lourdes is 2nd only to Paris in number of hotel rooms anywhere in France which is insane... and they are all there for one reason. Certainly worth a look but having a car will allow you to get out of the town and up into some of the beauty which isn't far away.
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