On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:43:22 +0000, Simon Brooke
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>un étape accidentée, si vous plait?
>
>Le Web ici <URL:http://www.mavic.fr/ewb_pages/n/news_TDF06.php> indique
>qu'il y a quatre 'étapes accidentées' dans le Tour de cette année. Et,
>pourquoi 'accidentées'?
>
>Merci du tout.
1. Go to
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
2. Paste the text into the "translate a block of text" box.
3. Select from the drop down "Select from and to languages" menu
"French to English".
4. Hit "Translate"
This is what you get...
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Turn of France 2006
For the 29e consecutive year, Mavic will ensure the neutral assistance
of the greatest test cyclist of the planet which will leave Strasbourg
on July 1 and will finish on the avenue of the Elysées Fields on July
23.
The 93ème Tour of France will include/understand a prologue and 20
stages for a distance of approximately 3 600 kilometers.
These 20 stages break up as follows:
* 9 stages of plain,
* 5 stages of medium mountains,
* 4 broken stages,
* 2 stages against-the-shows individual,
Characteristics of the test
* 3 arrivals in altitude,
* 2 days of rest,
* 116 kilometers against-the-shows individual (prologue included),
* 22 collars of 2e, 1st and except category will be climbed,
* 8 new stages cities: Obernai, Saint-Grégoire, Cambo-the-Baths,
Valley of Aran - Pla-of-Beret, Montélimar, Toussuire Sybelles,
Saint-Jean-of-Maurienne, Antony.
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