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Jul 5, 2008

Tour De France 2008: The Route

Okay, so again, let's pretend this was posted earlier and not after the Tour was underway... Here's a breakdown for all you people who get this on Google Reader... You know who you are.

1 Brest > Plumelec (flat, Already over)
2 Auray > Saint-Brieuc (flat, big day for sprinters, will be new Yellow Jersey)
3 Saint-Malo > Nantes (flat, Yellow Jersey will switch hands again)
4 Cholet > Cholet (time trial - Cancellara should win, he has something to prove here)
5 Cholet > Chateauroux (flat, new Yellow Jersey)
6 Aigurande > Super-Besse (start of the mountains, the eventual KOM will flex his legs)
7 Brioude > Aurillac (some more mountains - should be a level playing field, sprinter will win)
8 Figeac > Toulouse (last flat day for a few days - a break away will win)
9 Toulouse > Bagneres-de-Bigorre (Pyrenees, baby - here come the big guns)
10 Pau > Hautacam (big mountain finish - this will be good)
11 Lannemezan > Foix (smaller mountains - right off a rest day, could go any way)
12 Lavelanet > Narbonne (flat - sprinters are back)
13 Narbonne > Nimes (flat - breakaway will win, just before being caught by Yellow's team)
14 Nimes > Digne-les-Bains (flat - must protect the Yellow Jersey before the mountains)
15 Ebrun > Prato Nevoso (welcome to the Alps - the KOM race is on)
16 Cuneo > Jausiers (rest day yesterday - GC men will fight hard)
17 Embrun > L'Alpe-d'Huez (biggest day of the Tour... Yellow will assert himself)
18 Bourg-d'Oisans > Saint-Etienne (medium mountains - KOM race to finish)
19 Roanne > Montlucon (flat - sprinters are fighting for Green Jersey points)
20 Cerilly > Saint-Amand-Montrond (time trial - Cancellara wins, race winner is determined)
21 Etampes > Paris, Champs-Elysees (lazy ride to Paris, champange toasts and a wicked sprint to the finish for bragging rights)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I very much enjoy the way you have set this up :) it is well thought out...where did you steal it from...or did you think of this..hmm...if so, props! I like it :).