2010 Tour De France route unvieled

[Grahame]

Well, here it is - follow the [url=http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_horscourseTDF.html]clicky, linky thing[/url].

It's a hilly one. Clockwise, so sprints for a week, then alps, then Pyrenees (including the Tourmalet twice), an individual timetrial in the Bordeux flatlands and a dash into Paris as usual to finish.

[Dombo]

Pau - Tourmalet for the etape? Might get to see it this time.

[-Adam-]

Bring on the pavé. I'll be able to see that stage in the flesh, my house is less than 50k's from the course!

[Dombo]

Is the trick on pave to ride fast over them? I always tend to slow down, stand up and worry about wheels, forks, frame breaking.

[Dan_K]

[quote="Dombo"]Is the trick on pave to ride fast over them? I always tend to slow down, stand up and worry about wheels, forks, frame breaking.

[-Adam-]

As big a gear, and as fast as you can. If you can avoid them, do.

[Dombo]

[quote="Dombo"]Pau - Tourmalet for the etape? Might get to see it this time.

[Rob Q]

Bring it on!!!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 75301.ece#

[Sylv]

Believe it or not i've never seen a TdF stage ever
But stage 8 sounds good - Col de la Faucille is basically where i used to live near Geneva (see my Cristalp report), Les Rousses in the Jura near the old farm, and Avoriaz where my uncle has a studio
Might forego the road bike and take the mtb rato do a bit of downhilling there which i haven't done since about 2003!

Adam gets full marks for writing pavé correctly.

[-Adam-]

[quote="Sylv"]Adam gets full marks for writing pavé correctly.