Tour de France 2015 route released

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Calling the MN peloton. No Yorkshire this time. Interesting looking route though.

I resurrected the cycling thread last week and posted a picture today. Can't link as I'm on the app

It's in the exercise section if that helps

I will go and look! The joy of a new bike needs to be shared.

Can't cut an paste it..but....it's gorge. A Bianchi frame! My buddy has a v old classic Bianchi, in the old colour that he used to ride from Manchester to the ferry to Shetlands....just the name on a frame stands out. Well done you!

It's lovely isn't it! Well done to my DP for finding it for me. Hes very jealous as its waaaaay better than the Triban 3 he had as his first bike (now his commuting/winter training bike) and he's a foot taller than me so he can't ride it. Mwuhahahaha

My recreation bike, the Spech, has "Specialised" in BIG white letters on the frame. Understated it isn;t.

Make sure everyone can see you coming

True.

Interesting cycling story on BBC news website this morning, can't link as on phone but it's about a cyclist called Christian haettich who cycles over the Pyrenees, worth looking up.

Holy shit! This is the chap(eau) Endo is talking about.

Yup that's him. Chapeau indeed.

Chapeau! It's the sort of reminder I need when I look out of the window in the mornings and think 'it's a bit too dark/cold/rainy to ride to work....'. Wuss!

Is it timely to consider related gifts we are ordering/giving this Christmas? Books, equip, clothing, vides, anything? I'm putting in a bid for a B'twin 7000 floor pump from one Christmas, and a vid of those magical Tour de Yorkshire days, if I can find one.

And it looks like Froomey has changed his mind about le tour this year - from querying his ride, he's now making it his opus major for 2015. Funny man.

And it's only a few short Christmas left overs until the UCI calendar 2015 starts us all over again, with a quick trip round the barbie in Oz.....arrange holidays, or your time on remand, with this list.

Start End
20.01 25.01 Tour Down Under Australia
08.03 15.03 Paris – Nice France
11.03 17.03 Tirreno – Adriatico Italy
22.03 22.03 Milan – San Remo Italy
23.03 29.03 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Spain
27.03 27.03 E3 Harelbeke Belgium
29.03 29.03 Ghent – Wevelgem Belgium
05.04 05.04 Tour of Flanders Belgium
06.04 11.04 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Spain
12.04 12.04 Paris – Roubaix France
19.04 19.04 Amstel Gold Race Netherlands
22.04 22.04 La Flèche Wallonne Belgium
26.04 26.04 Liège – Bastogne – Liège Belgium
28.04 03.05 Tour de Romandie Switzerland
09.05 31.05 Giro d’Italia Italy
07.06 14.06 Critérium du Dauphiné France
13.06 21.06 Tour de Suisse Switzerland
04.07 26.07 Tour de France France
01.08 01.08 Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian Spain
02.08 08.08 Tour of Poland Poland
10.08 16.08 Eneco Tour —
22.08 13.09 Vuelta a España Spain
23.08 23.08 Vattenfall Cyclassics Germany
30.08 30.08 GP Ouest France – Plouay France
11.09 11.09 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec Canada
13.09 13.09 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal Canada
04.10 04.10 Il Lombardia Italy

anyone hear the R5 item this evening on 'inside the mind of a cyclist'? Really interesting 2 hrs. Available as a podcast apparently.

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Looking at the dates and if I win the lottery I think I could do the last week of the tour with my boys, assorted tents and a following wind. Camping up the Alpe d'Huez will be fiiiine surely?

It'll be perfect m'dear.

I'm still harbouring a fantasy of being in Paris for a Cav sprint win....hey-ho.

It could happen, it could! if we manage to knock Kittel off the week before

Eh-up! That race list is out-of-date already. Tour de Yorkshire May 1-3, including such exotica as Scarborough and Bridlington. Who needs Corsica??!!

Have put T de Y in my diary, my parents live out that way so will be paying them a visit! There has been talk of a race in Harrogate too, well it was in the local paper but can't find much online.

Endo, with so little opportunities for pro-bike views I'm waiting to see how the start-end programme will work out, and get over to Yorks for one of the stages at least. It was such a buzz in summer to be surrounded by 1,000s of bikes I want to re-live it..me and a matey are planning to camp, once we know where!

The word on the street is that Father Christmas will indeed deliver a floor pump on Christmas Day! No more chasing round an upturned bike across the kitchen floor as the tyre pressure increases.

Hope all is well for the peloton at Christmas!

Some of us will be there because it is home (sorry, hueeerme in the local language) Pan. I will be leaving my away base in Wales for that little spectacular. Local tour guide available for hire right here .

Just looking at hotel rooms for the tour, Alpe d'Huez has totally booked out and I'm getting wibbles at camping. Not so much the chilly evenings just remembering the state of the portaloos on site after the hordes had all left. I'm not going into details but you didn't actually have to go within 50 feet to see how awful they were. Uck.

Just re-found this thread

DH is getting lots of cycling bits & pieces for Xmas, including a mini pump, winter socks and a bottle holder & bottle that co-ordinates with his bike.

Wishing all the MN peloton a happy Christmas & hope you all keep the rubber side down in 2015 . Looking forward to chatting to you all at the Tour Down Under.

Just to remind everyone, the Christmas quiz is imminent (i.e. some time today)

ooh ooh, the quiz!

It's up. Good luck!