Tour de France

DSB replied on 03/07/2019 11:28

DSB

Posted on 03/07/2019 11:28

I don't have a great interest in sport, generally, but I do like to watch the Tour de France - not just for the sport, but for the chance to spot some of the places we have visited in France by looking at the TV coverage.

The Tour starts again this coming weekend. If you want to know where the tour will take us this year, I'm sure there are various sources.....

Here is the one on Wikipedia...

HERE

and the official one....

https://www.letour.fr/en/stage-1

Happy viewing....

David

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nelliethehooker replied on 20/07/2019 21:56

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Posted on 20/07/2019 21:56

Today didn't quite work out as expected, with G loosing more time to the dominant Alaphilippe, although still in second place. Great win by Thibaut Pinot on the Col du Tourmalet.

Takethedogalong replied on 21/07/2019 14:05

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Posted on 21/07/2019 14:05

Alaphilippe is on a roll, if G can’t get there, I would be happy for him to win overall. Had to laugh at Vinokourov speculating though, talk about the pot blackening the kettle!🤣 Must be Khazack humour.....

nelliethehooker replied on 22/07/2019 21:28

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Posted on 22/07/2019 21:28

Yesterday was a grand day of racing. Great win by Simon Yates ans Alaphillipe proved that he's human after all, and lost a few seconds to most of those chasing him. It will be very interesting to see what happens when they get to the Alps for the last 3 days of proper racing.

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Pliers replied on 22/07/2019 22:01

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Posted on 18/07/2019 13:46 by Wherenext

Great to see that Chris Froome has won!

Well, I am talking about the Vuelta for 2011. He has just been declared the new winner after the previous winner, Cobo, had the title stripped from him for doping irregularities.

Makes Froome the first Grand Tour winner now instead of Wiggins. Bet that went down with BW.

Posted on 22/07/2019 22:01

Suspect not.....

slithering reptile......

🤔

Pliers replied on 22/07/2019 22:04

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Posted on 22/07/2019 21:28 by nelliethehooker

Yesterday was a grand day of racing. Great win by Simon Yates ans Alaphillipe proved that he's human after all, and lost a few seconds to most of those chasing him. It will be very interesting to see what happens when they get to the Alps for the last 3 days of proper racing.

Posted on 22/07/2019 22:04

Cetainly getting very exciting, well done Simon, good to see a local (ish) lad do so well.

Takethedogalong replied on 26/07/2019 18:47

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Posted on 26/07/2019 18:47

Extraordinary day today, one truly heart rending moment of sadness for one rider, and minutes of total disbelief for all the other riders! This has been a very different Tour from the last few years, and very exciting. How will it finish, who will take the prizes tomorrow........😲

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Wherenext replied on 26/07/2019 20:35

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Posted on 22/07/2019 22:04 by Pliers

Cetainly getting very exciting, well done Simon, good to see a local (ish) lad do so well.

Posted on 26/07/2019 20:35

Mrs WN is from Radcliffe and he is still isn't considered local as he's from Bury! Some people can be so parochial.

nelliethehooker replied on 27/07/2019 21:59

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Posted on 27/07/2019 21:59

A worthy winner ( hope I'm not jinxing him ) and at 22 yrs of age Egon Bernal should have a lot more Grand Tour wins to come. It could well have been a slightly different story had G not crashed earlier in the race and if yesterday's and today's stages had not been curtailed. I was a bit disappointed with today's stage as I expected Steven Kruijswijk to be more adventurous, but I guess he knew that G had the beating of him in the end.