2014 Tour De France

[gummibear]

Stage 20 - 54km time trial between Bergerac and Périgueux!

[gummibear]

Stage 21 - Last stage between Evry and les Champs-Elysees!

[gummibear]

2014 Tour de France : 21 stages, 6 summit finishes, 1 TT and lots of cobbles for 3 600 km in total!

[Cav']

2014 Tour de France : 21 stages, 6 summit finishes, 1 TT and lots of cobbles for 3 600 km in total!

You backing your boy Schleck gummi....

[gummibear]

You backing your boy Schleck gummi....

 

Of course i am

[Red Zone]

Looks like its going to be a great tour to watch. Methinks a trip to the muddy island may be in order, followed by watching the tour in France and then finishing up with a go atthe Alpe d'Huez triathlon on 30 July.

[ScottCM]

You backing your boy Schleck gummi....

Of course i am

 

+1 Hopefully

[ScottCM]

GummiBear do you have a profile of the 54km TT?

 

I heard them say there is an up hill in the last 10 km, would like to know the severity of it as this might limit Schleck's losses time wise.

[ScottCM]

Stage 18 should be interesting, just before the TT,

 

 

 

to end off with

 

 

Shcleck jump off the front with 70km to go in order to gain time to compensate the TT lose?

[ScottCM]

Time for a wrap up then

 

Stage 1: Leeds - Harrogate, 191km

Stage 2: York - Sheffield, 198km

Stage 3: Cambridge - London, 159km

Stage 4: Le Touquet Paris-Plage - Lille, 164km

Stage 5: Ypres - Arenberg, Porte du Hainaut, 156km

Stage 6: Arras - Reims, 194km

Stage 7: Epernay - Nancy, 233km

Stage 8: Tomblaine - Gérardmer, 161km

Stage 9: Gérardmer - Mulhouse, 166km

Stage 10: Mulhouse - La Planche des Belles Filles, 161km

Rest Day: Besançon

Stage 11: Besançon - Oyonnax, 186km

Stage 12: Bourg-en-Bresse - Saint-Étienne, 183km

Stage 13: Saint-Étienne - Chamrousse, 200km

Stage 14: Grenoble - Risoul, 177km

Stage 15: Tallard - Nîmes, 222km

Rest Day: Carcassonne

Stage 16: Carcassonne - Bagnères-de-Luchon, 237km

Stage 17: Saint-Gaudens - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet, 125km

Stage 18: Pau - Hautacam, 145km

Stage 19: Maubourguet Val d’Adour - Bergerac, 208km

Stage 20: Bergerac - Périgueux ITT, 54km

Stage 21: Evry - Paris Champs-Élysées, 136km

[gummibear]

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[awesme]

I like the fact that 6 stages is mountain top finishes, def gives CF a good chance, being a good climber, but then that South American also becomes a threat.

 

Can' wait for next year.

 

G

[ScottCM]

Froome welcomes balanced Tour de France route,

 

Says he and Wiggins can race together

Froome admitted that cobbles would take him out of his natural element but stressed that the likes of Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador would find themselves in a similar scenario. Contador was present during the Tour’s last venture onto the pave producing a crucial ride in his defence of his then Tour title.

But Froome called the 2014 route balanced; adding that a Tour route should indeed test any aspiring champion’s skill over a number of terrains and scenarios.

“I still feel like there’s more I can work on,” he told Cyclingnews.

“I’m always looking to improve and I hope that the experiences from this year are something I can take into next year.”

Froome was finally asked whether the possible inclusion of Bradley Wiggins in Sky’s Tour line up could act as a hindrance rather than a help. Ever quick to deflect the mere possibility of friction within the team, Froome reiterated that the pair would act professional if the 2012 race winner was chosen to ride.