The Official 102nd Tour de France, thread.

[Gregory2Smith1]

Où est le Tour

Je ne crains que ce soit fini mon ami, ca me manque aussi. Il ne reste pas longtemps à attendre avant le tour d'Espagne le mois prochain.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Je ne crains que ce soit fini mon ami, ca me manque aussi. Il ne reste pas longtemps à attendre avant le tour d'Espagne le mois prochain.

Et avant ca, le tour Eneco. C'est toujours fantastique!

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Et avant ca, le tour Eneco. C'est toujours fantastique!

C'est vrai!

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

La Vuelta es una vida de distancia cuando se desea el Tour

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

a vite tutto ciò, non vedo l'ora per il Giro per iniziare !

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

a vite tutto ciò, non vedo l'ora per il Giro per iniziare !

Le cose buone arrivano per chi sa aspettare

 

[Stat Brother]

Le cose buone arrivano per chi sa aspettare

Blimeyo hace calor allí.

 

[banjo]

pouvons-nous arrêter toutes ces conneries français s'il vous plaît.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Blimeyo hace calor allí.

Scorchio

pouvons-nous arrêter toutes ces conneries français s'il vous plaît.

Sí señor, pronto todos sean españoles locas carreras

 

[banjo]

Sí señor, pronto todos sean españoles locas carreras[/QUOTE]


usted puede parar eso y todo mi amigo

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Apologies if this has already appeared but its a great Montage of the Go Pro cam shots in this years Tour, I just love all the sound recordings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkTQTIo0_4c

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Apologies if this has already appeared but its a great Montage of the Go Pro cam shots in this years Tour, I just love all the sound recordings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkTQTIo0_4c

What an absolutely brilliant video. Thanks for sharing.

I love the Tour de France. Cycling really is God's own sport.

 

[Stat Brother]

The five highest recorded sprint speeds were:

78.48 km/h (48.77 mph) – John Degenkolb (Stage 5)
76.46 km/h (47.51 mph) – André Greipel (Stage 8)
75.13 km/h (46.68 mph) – Peter Sagan (Stage 7)
64.67 km/h (40.18 mph) – John Degenkolb (Stage 10)
62.96 km/h (39.12 mph) – Thomas De Gendt (Stage 18)
The average recorded speed of the riders across all 21 stages of the 2015 Tour was 38.34 km/h (23.82 mph), with the average stage distance being 160km.

The highest average speed for a single stage was 55.45km/h (34.46 mph) on Stage 1’s time trial in Utrecht.

The riders’ lowest average recorded speed across the 21 stages was 28.94 km/h (17.98 mph) on Stage 19, which saw the peloton take on the category one Col du Chaussy, haute category Col de la Croix de Fer, second category Col du Mollard and finish the day on the ascent of the first category Le Corbier.

Being a tough Tour fought in the mountains, the 58 categorised climbs meant total climbing of 59,556m (195,394 ft) – about 6.7 times the height of Mount Everest.

The five climbs with the lowest recorded average speed were:

15.52 km/h (9.64 mph) – Côte de la Croix Neuve, Stage 14 (3km Cat 2 at 10.3%)
15.84 km/h (9.84 mph) – Alpe d’Huez, Stage 20 (13.8 km HC at 8.1%)
16.21 km/h (10.07 mph) – La Pierre-Saint-Martin, Stage 10 (15.3 km HC at 7.4%)
16.49 km/h (10.25 mph) – Plateau de Beille, Stage 12 (15.8 km HC at 7.9%)
16.76 km/h (10.41 mph) – Lacets de Montvernier, Stage 18 (3.4 km cat. 2 at 8.2%)
Finally, Dimension Data calculated that the riders burned an estimated 23,940,000 calories, equivalent to about 85,807 hamburgers.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Apologies if this has already appeared but its a great Montage of the Go Pro cam shots in this years Tour, I just love all the sound recordings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkTQTIo0_4c

Great stuff! Found myself really tensing up watching some of those crashes and close calls! Always amazed at the speeds they go at such close proximity to one another too...brilliant.
Was that a sign of Froomes tiredness right at the end as well? Saying it was a good job there wasn't one more stage in the Alps....?!

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Was that a sign of Froomes tiredness right at the end as well? Saying it was a good job there wasn't one more stage in the Alps....?!

Defiantly, I think they were amazed Movi Star and BMC didn't put the boot in and attack attack attack much earlier. They must be preying for the return of a long TT next year, as I doubt they will gain in the first week next year.

 

[Triggaaar]

Was that a sign of Froomes tiredness right at the end as well? Saying it was a good job there wasn't one more stage in the Alps....?!

Defiantly, I think they were amazed Movi Star and BMC didn't put the boot in and attack attack attack much earlier. They must be preying for the return of a long TT next year, as I doubt they will gain in the first week next year.

Is it a good idea for Froome and Sky to show their hand? I'd have thought it was better to keep quiet, and not let other teams know how much they struggled on the mountains.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Is it a good idea for Froome and Sky to show their hand? I'd have thought it was better to keep quiet, and not let other teams know how much they struggled on the mountains.

They keep moving and will approach next year differently, not many surprise things you can do within a three week race, just need to play your cards. October will be the time for tactics when next years route is announced beyond the Grand Depart.

 

[Triggaaar]

not many surprise things you can do within a three week race, just need to play your cards.

I'm not so sure. Had Movistar known how the race would pan out, I imagine they'd have attacked earlier, maybe sacrificing Valverde a little.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

They keep moving and will approach next year differently, not many surprise things you can do within a three week race, just need to play your cards. October will be the time for tactics when next years route is announced beyond the Grand Depart.

Oh, brilliant! Cycle to Portsmouth, ferry over, Grand Depart + Sunday's stage! MUCH more convenient than Yorkshire.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Oh, brilliant! Cycle to Portsmouth, ferry over, Grand Depart + Sunday's stage! MUCH more convenient than Yorkshire.

Absolutely - definitely thinking of a weekend with the bikes for this.
They'll be heading in a clockwise direction next year I would've thought - so there is always a chance the race will pass fairly close to Dieppe again which may be another option....? (Unless it heads more SE from the Grand Depart)