I’ve been watching the Tour de France and, as usual, the first week is crashes galore. Some of these crashes are because it hadn’t rained in Nice, where it started this year, in four months and then it suddenly poured which makes the roads and especially the white paint on the roads as slick as …
The final 64-mile stage remains ceremonial until the riders arrive on the Champs Elysees, when it changes to a sprint stage. They ride into town, across the river, and then ride a circuit eight times. The Champs Elysees runs uphill towards the Arc de Triomphe which adds a little challenge to legs tired from 21 …
Continue reading TDF Conclusion, Stage 21: Montgeron to Paris
Today’s 14-mile stage pits the individual riders against the clock. Green and polka-dot jerseys just need to finish safely. The riders that specialize in the time trial will go for a win today, if they have any energy left. In the GC race, Uran and Froome, both great time trialers, will hope to take time …
The longest stage of the tour at just over 138 miles, coming out of the alps with two cat 3 climbs before the intermediate sprint, then one more cat 3 and a quick run downhill and across the flats to the finish which includes three 90’ corners in the last half-mile. Usually this would be …
112 miles: The final mountain stage: rolling hills followed by a cat 3, then the intermediate sprint, then a Cat one and an HC mountain top finish. The first part will probably go relatively quickly then they’ll drag themselves up the final climb. The GC riders need to claw back some time from Froome today, …
