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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 17, 2017 12:15:41 GMT
The route of the Tour de France was unveiled today, starting on the island of Noirmoutier. I find the video completely hypnotic, especially through the Alps.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 17, 2017 12:17:21 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Dec 26, 2017 12:08:16 GMT
Kerouac, I discovered my apron with the 2010 Tour de France printed on the front. It is very sentimental as that was the year we came to Paris in July to watch the last stage on the Champs Elysees. It was also a train ride to Longjumeau to watch the start of the proceedings for the final stage into Paris. I notice that in 2018 they will be cycling through: Bourg Les Valence, Mende, Bagneres-de-luchon, and Pau. These towns ware also on my 2010 apron. I am thinking about next year in France and my desire to still drive along the Canal Du Midi ( boating a short stretch might be possible)if someone else is at the helm, but I am very keen to go back to South Western France and make a trip into Andorra. All pie in the sky at the moment but I'm doing some research in the meantime. I was quite pleased to see how good the train and bus links are between cities down here. .
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 26, 2017 18:16:13 GMT
I have an urge to see a stage of the Tour this year, and it would probably be somewhere in the Pyrénées. See you there, maybe!
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Post by questa on Dec 27, 2017 5:04:20 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Dec 27, 2017 6:52:37 GMT
Questa you lucky gal. I am stuck to my TV every afternoon when the Tour is on. I would treasure a momento and will reciprocate with something traditional! Kerouac - I wish I could be there but not likely as our holiday is more or less geared for September. I have always had a desire to drive up or down one of those steep zig-zag mountain passes just for the hell of it. I saw that the tallest bridge in the world is near Millau. What an awesome feeling that would be to drive from one end to the other.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 27, 2017 7:20:10 GMT
Yes, the central pillar of the Viaduc de Millau is taller than the Eiffel Tower.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 7, 2018 18:07:02 GMT
So, the Tour de France started today. That is very nice with the FIFA World Cup underway but with the final matches scheduled several days apart. That gives some of us something to do when there are no football games.
Christopher Froome is already in trouble, both morally and physically.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 8, 2018 20:33:49 GMT
The last Tour de France that I watched - partly - was when Eddy Merckx lost it (and somebody punched him when cycling).
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 8, 2018 21:15:19 GMT
They reduced the number of riders this year, thinking that it would reduce the number of accidents. Not so far! The weather has been perfect and they have been colliding or running off the road just like they always have.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 19, 2018 14:27:29 GMT
I had a few errands to do this afternoon, but when I realised that today is the arrival at Alpe d'Huez, I knew I had to stay home and watch television. Dutch cyclist Kruijswijk is well ahead of everybody so far. Is he really from a flat country?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2018 7:05:16 GMT
Serious cyclists go to high or mountainous places to train. Cyclists come to Oaxaca for that reason, for example. As you point out, cyclists from a flat country are at a disadvantage when cycling at high altitude. Even though I knew that living at high altitude seems to result in "stronger lungs", I didn't know why. So I looked it up: www.quora.com/Do-people-living-in-high-altitude-have-bigger-lungs
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Post by whatagain on Jul 20, 2018 13:31:58 GMT
Where do I have to live to have a bigger hem - ah forget it, I've already got a bigger one than most (would say Trump).
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