Tour de France 2014

[Ray_Evans]

An excellent stage - by - stage guide, including an overiew of tactics for those unfamiliar with road cycling, is here:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng...e-tactics-guide-route-maps-profiles-yorkshire

& more: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/27/tour-de-france-2014-stage-by-stage-guide

Not long to go now

 

[Rocksuperstar]

All i know is, Monday July the 7th, my day is going to be a f*cking nightmare.

edit: just to clarify, this thing is, literally, rolling within view of my front door so the quiet little World War II village i live in is going to be rammed with random people and the main road through it is closed virtually all day. On the plus side, the apocalypse that i had predicted for my working day (i drive a van now, delivering stuff) is looking unlikely as i've just come off the phone to the boss of the firm i contract to and apparently most of our regular customers aren't going to be trading that day anyway.

Bonus.

Still boarding up the windows though.

 

[Col_M]

Bring it on!! Love the tour.

 

[timfrancis]

All i know is, Monday July the 7th, my day is going to be a f*cking nightmare.

edit: just to clarify, this thing is, literally, rolling within view of my front door so the quiet little World War II village i live in is going to be rammed with random people and the main road through it is closed virtually all day. On the plus side, the apocalypse that i had predicted for my working day (i drive a van now, delivering stuff) is looking unlikely as i've just come off the phone to the boss of the firm i contract to and apparently most of our regular customers aren't going to be trading that day anyway.

Bonus.

Still boarding up the windows though.

I live in Saffron Walden and work for an Epping based firm........we are being made to take a day's holiday on the 7th

 

[Col_M]

That's freaky. The ad above my post is for Shimano gears.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Very stoked because the first stage goes through a lot of places i grew up around in north Yorkshire.

But a bit narked that my commute is going to be painful on Monday. Gah.

 

[absolute bobbins]

If anyone's interested, I've created a SC fantasy Tour de France mini league

http://www.velogames.com/

League Code:30135727

 

[Rocksuperstar]

That's freaky. The ad above my post is for Shimano gears.

The ads pick up on key words in the threads and stuff -can't remember if it was the drugs thread, but ads for breaking bad and various pharmaceuticals were all over it.

Usually I tend to get ads for stuff I've recently looked at on Amazon or similar

 

[al_pacino]

If anyone's interested, I've created a SC fantasy Tour de France mini league

http://www.velogames.com/

League Code:30135727

Entrant #2

 

[absolute bobbins]

Previews of stage one and two

 

[beats1]

Previews of stage one and two

Im a bit gutted Derbyshire didnt get it. You would think if we would have the tour de france, it surely has to go through the peak district

 

[PaddoSpurs]

Entrant #3

 

[Lo Amo Speroni]

I'm in

 

[Lo Amo Speroni]

I find it hard to warm to Froome so I don't know if that influences me but after the Dauphine I think he is vulnerable. Looks a good route this year and really looking forward to it.

 

[nightgoat]

Contador, Froome, Nibali in that order. Sagan for the points, Rolland for the KoM (if Contador or Froome don't take that as well), Pinot for the Young Riders.

Anyone planning on going to watch a stage?

 

[Ray_Evans]

A mention also for the Inner Ring, the best pro cycling blog out there:

http://inrng.com/2014/07/tour-de-france-stage-1-preview-leeds-harrogate/#more-21031

 

[Chezaspur]

I quite like the Tour de France.........in France !

I work in Sheffield and at week-ends.
Stage 2 finishes in Sheffield , Sunday 5 pm
So they start shutting the roads at 7.30 am
WTF !

 

[Mustard]

Greatest Grand Depart ever.

They should just give us all the sporting events from the World Cup to the all village amateur Kabbadi championships from Nagpur province.

We would still turn up. Even in the rain.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Incredible crowds, great scenery, and yellow sheep. Brilliant.

Just hope Cavendish is still fresh after the hills.

 

[nightgoat]

Haha.