2004 tour route

"Pete @ eclipse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I see it's been published today.
>
> seems to be an attempt to stop a 6th win ?
>
>
In what way ?

Graham

No major mountain routes A TT up L'Alpe d'Huez A TT on the penultimate day

etc

"Graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
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> "Pete @ eclipse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I see it's been published today.
> >
> > seems to be an attempt to stop a 6th win ?
> >
> >
> In what way ?
>
> Graham

"Graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
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> "Pete @ eclipse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I see it's been published today.
> >
> > seems to be an attempt to stop a 6th win ?
> >
> >
> In what way ?
>
> Graham
>
>

I'm looking forward to this reply.

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Pete @ eclipse wrote:

> No major mountain routes A TT up L'Alpe d'Huez A TT on the penultimate day

OK for Millar though!

Personally I wish they'd ditch the procession on the Champs-Elysees and have something like the
LeMond/Fignon finale of 1989.

"Pete @ eclipse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> No major mountain routes A TT up L'Alpe d'Huez A TT on the penultimate day
>
> etc
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> "Graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Pete @ eclipse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I see it's been published today.
> > >
> > > seems to be an attempt to stop a 6th win ?
> > >
> > >
> > In what way ?
> >
> > Graham
> >
> >
>
>
That doesn't make it much clearer, the last time there was a Mountain TT Armstrong beat Ullrich. In
addition Armstrong has only been beaten once by Ullrich in an individual TT.

Graham

"Pete @ eclipse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> No major mountain routes A TT up L'Alpe d'Huez A TT on the penultimate day
>
> etc
>
>
> "Graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Pete @ eclipse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I see it's been published today.
> > >
> > > seems to be an attempt to stop a 6th win ?
> > >
> > >
> > In what way ?
> >
> > Graham
> >
> >
>
>
http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/tour01/stages/stage_11.shtml

There you go !

Graham

Thanks Zog.

I posted to try and get a bit going.....

seems that I must have tripped over the unwritten etiquette ... pah! Perhaps I've been spotted on my
mountain bike......

"Zog The Undeniable" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Pete @ eclipse wrote:
>
> > No major mountain routes A TT up L'Alpe d'Huez A TT on the penultimate day
>
> OK for Millar though!
>
> Personally I wish they'd ditch the procession on the Champs-Elysees and have something like the
> LeMond/Fignon finale of 1989.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> I see it's been published today.
>
Where?

marc wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>> I see it's been published today.
>>
> Where?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/

mae <marccdimspamremovedimspamto [email protected]> wedi ysgrifennu:

> Where?

www.letour.fr/

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> marc wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> >> I see it's been published today.
> >>
> > Where?
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/
>
>
>
TA!

In article <[email protected]>, "Robert Bruce"
<robatanalytical-dynamicsdotcodotyoukay> says...
> mae <marccdimspamremovedimspamto [email protected]> wedi ysgrifennu:
>
> > Where?
>
> www.letour.fr/
>
>
> --
> Rob
>
> Please keep conversations in the newsgroup so that all may contribute and benefit.
>
>
>
ta 2

Robert Bruce wrote:
> mae <marccdimspamremovedimspamto [email protected]> wedi ysgrifennu:
>
>> Where?
>
> www.letour.fr/

I hate that site. It's so broken.

"pineapple" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Excuse my rookie-hood but is there not normally a TT on the penultimate day? Was that just
> this year?

nah, not common at all, seemed to have made 'a bit of a comeback' recently- I view them as a bit
pointless but a fun spectacle, it tends to be the mountains that sort the big boys out- TTs in the
first 2 weeks can make life interesting, but make them over 50 miles so the gaps actually mean
something. The Team TT is a total waste of time but my favourite stage cos the riders look fantastic
when strung out in a line working hard. The crashes can be a bit more comical in Team TTs too!

"Pete @ eclipse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> No major mountain routes

3 days in the massif central? Going to La mongie?

I don't suppose the other day in the pyrenees and 2.5 days in the alps will be too flat either!

"Willowbeauty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "pineapple" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Excuse my rookie-hood but is there not normally a TT on the penultimate day? Was that just
> > this year?
>
> nah, not common at all, seemed to have made 'a bit of a comeback'
recently-

I seem to remember them being there ever since I started watching when C4 started in the 80s, apart
from 89 (? the lemond/fignon one). So is 15 odd years recently?

cheers, clive

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:31:18 +0100, Clive George wrote:
> I seem to remember

Good place to check: http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf/presentation_tdf.php and try "les
panoramas".

pineapple <[email protected]> wrote:
: Excuse my rookie-hood but is there not normally a TT on the penultimate day? Was that just
: this year?

There's usually a TT in the last week, but not usually on the last day.

The Giro and Vulta have both done this recently though ISTR.

It's very unusal to not have a TT in the first week though - anyone know the last time this was
done? Also they have limited the maximum time loss in the team TT - this gives a big helping had to
Iban Mayo and whatshisnametheotherbasque in Eustekia which always loses lots of time in the team TT.

Interesting.....

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