TdF 2007 stages announced....

cupra said:

http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/presentation/us/parcours.html

no team time trial.....

Again. I can't say that I miss it. TT stages are pretty boring to
watch most of the time and TTT even more so. Mind you it's a shame
they couldn't have squeezed one onto the itinerary this side of the
channel then all us South Eastern Roadies (well some of us - the fit
ones, ie not me) could have had fun seeing if we could get anywhere
near their time.

On the linked site there is a brief paragraph about the London
Canterbury stage:

“After leaving the heart of London and setting off the timers as it
passes by the Greenwich Meridian, the peloton will speed off across
Kent. A flat route through the English countryside which should favour
the sprinters hoping to win the green jersey.”

Do you think anybody has told them that Kent is lumpy? :-)
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Phil Cook said:

cupra said:

http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/presentation/us/parcours.html

no team time trial.....

Again. I can't say that I miss it. TT stages are pretty boring to
watch most of the time and TTT even more so. Mind you it's a shame
they couldn't have squeezed one onto the itinerary this side of the
channel then all us South Eastern Roadies (well some of us - the fit
ones, ie not me) could have had fun seeing if we could get anywhere
near their time.

On the linked site there is a brief paragraph about the London
Canterbury stage:

"After leaving the heart of London and setting off the timers as it
passes by the Greenwich Meridian, the peloton will speed off across
Kent. A flat route through the English countryside which should favour
the sprinters hoping to win the green jersey."

Do you think anybody has told them that Kent is lumpy? :-)

lol - it's certainly not flat whenever I visit!

Phil Cook said:

cupra said:

http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/presentation/us/parcours.html

Quoted message said:

Do you think anybody has told them that Kent is lumpy? :-)

Not by the standards of those boyos!

I'll be there for stages 17, 18 & 19 -- plus Prolog & Kent of course!

Happy Mike.

Mike Causer said:

Phil Cook said:

cupra said:

http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/presentation/us/parcours.html

Quoted message said:

Do you think anybody has told them that Kent is lumpy? :-)

Not by the standards of those boyos!

I'll be there for stages 17, 18 & 19 -- plus Prolog & Kent of course!

and l'Étape du Tour...
http://www.letapedutour.com/