Yeah, yeah, I know, who the hell cares about the tour anymore with all the dopers, scandals and bullshit that have turned off the rest of the world from cycling? Well, I guess that leaves only me? It's game on starting Saturday and with Jono's Tour pool back in play it's gonna be fun to see who wins the $$$$. Here is a quick rundown.Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2008, the 95th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.
These 21 stages have the following profiles:
10 flat stages,
5 mountain stages,
4 medium mountain stages,
2 individual time-trial stages.
Distinctive aspects of the race
4 mountain finishes,
2 rest days,
82 kilometres of individual time-trials,
17 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.
These 21 stages have the following profiles:
10 flat stages,
5 mountain stages,
4 medium mountain stages,
2 individual time-trial stages.
Distinctive aspects of the race
4 mountain finishes,
2 rest days,
82 kilometres of individual time-trials,
17 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.
stay tuned to "addicted to bicycles" through out the tour for pool updates and who has the one-up on bragging rights.
pool categories include:
green jersey winner
polka dot jersey winner
gc overall (yellow jersey)
stage 20 TT winner
Larry,
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pretty cool....gonna be a tough pool but I'm in.
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