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the shizzle => shootin' the shit => two wheel spiel => Topic started by: schloosh on March 28, 2012, 01:09:06 pm
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http://www.yorkshire.com/back-the-bid (http://www.yorkshire.com/back-the-bid)
I've told them I'm only voting if they do Le Col de Moss
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That would be awesome. Something tells me it's unlikely. I've voted anyway.
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Now seems less likely with British Cycling backing a joint bid from Scotland, Wales and England.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/nov/17/tour-de-france-uk-cycling (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/nov/17/tour-de-france-uk-cycling)
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From ITV cycling on twitter
"@itvcycling: Ee by gum - 2014 Tour de France Grand Depart will take place in Yorkshire! More on that to follow"
YYFY
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20724621 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20724621)
Its confirmed
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YYFY!
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Nicely illustrated too. I guess the best view in Yorkshire is from the spot where all you can see is Derbyshire.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A-EVf2QCAAEZ2Y4.jpg:large)
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:lol:
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^ ^^ a pic that gives me unclipping anxiety.
Anyway, send the buggers round the white rose with Le Grand Départ on the grove then straight up Langbar. That'll sort 'em out. Also woo, and hoo! :dance1:
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The press so far has said 'heading South from Leeds' hopefully the first stage will actually head North otherwise they'll miss the good bits of Yorkshire! ;D
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:agree:
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Hoping they'll be heading north to the Dales - that would be a good start.
Where would they head south to? I mean I know what is South of Leeds, but what is worth sending the tour de france to and South of Leeds?
p.s. which paper used that photo to illustrate the story? Their picture editor needs replacing and then airbrushing out of existence. Not a picture of a yorkshire, not a road bike... pah!
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p.s. which paper used that photo to illustrate the story?
Unfortunately it was the Tour twitter feed, although I guess it's close...
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Day 1 Leeds to Caley to likely to almscliffe to slipstones
Day 2 earl to widdop and bridies
I'll have a word with the organisers
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have the TDD organisers just bought the new.guide? I hope they go up the hill by Norwood...
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The press so far has said 'heading South from Leeds' hopefully the first stage will actually head North otherwise they'll miss the good bits of Yorkshire! ;D
okay, hefty disclaimer and all that (and probably old and/or already debunked news to those who have an interest), but ususally very reliable sources divulge the following will be revealed on 17 Jan at a press conference in Leeds (with apparently a similar event in Paris so they don't feel left out) : -
Day 1 - Saturday 5th July 2014 - start in central Leeds [Armley gyratory anyone?], out through Harewood House then prob up Sutton Bank, through NY Moors Nat Park and down for a sprint finish on the sea front in Scarbs.
Day 2 - start in downtown old York, over to t'Dales, [I hope] down through Ilkley, up past the Cow and Calf, down through Halifax and "maybe" ending in centre of Shef.
All yet to be confirmed but you know where you heard it second...
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Will Snake Pass be renamed "Col de Serpent"? (I expect my geography is as bad as my french).
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Vache et veau has a different ring to it ;)
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I am disappointed by the failure to confirm the inclusion of Langbar (la colline interminable verticale qui fait pleurer des hommes forts),
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Ah, when they said two stages I had assumed that one of these would be the Prologue around Leeds centre. I guess we get that plus the two day stages?
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I thought the same, Will
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From what i've read so far it seems they are planning to sack off the prologue and go straight for a road stage.
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That would be fine by me!
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The weather and road conditions in Yorkshire will make the Hell of the North look like a recovery session on the on the turbo trainer.
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the routes been announced:
Stage one
Leeds - Harewood - Otley - Ilkley - Skipton - Kettlewell - Aysgarth - Hawes - Reeth - Leyburn - Ripon - Harrogate
Stage two
York - Knaresborough - Silsden - Keighley - Haworth - Hebden Bridge - Elland - Huddersfield - Holmfirth - Sheffield
Wonder if they will stick in strines at the end to give the riders a killer of a finish?
they also have a stage in london
Stage three
Cambridge - Epping Forest - the Olympic Park - the Mall
-edit- Just realised this will pass my office :great:
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So glad that there's going to be two proper stages in Yorkshire rather than two transfer stages; looks like they'll take in most of the classic hills around this way too!
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Is the first stage on the Friday or the Saturday?
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If they are going through Holmfirth then surely Le Col de Moss is on the route!
This means I can see about 5 miles of the course from my back garden!
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Saturday 5th July http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/21056721 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/21056721)
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Class just need to work out where will be best to see them ilkley/outlet way
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Holmfirth - Sheffield on the Tour of Britain has usually been Holme Moss - Snake Pass - Hathersage.
Unfortunately, I can't think of 1 street in the center of Sheffield suitable for a good Tour finish.
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Class just need to work out where will be best to see them ilkley/outlet way
From the White Hart pub in Pool-in-Wharfedale? :beer2:
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Here we go: http://letour.yorkshire.com/the-route (http://letour.yorkshire.com/the-route)
(http://letour.yorkshire.com/images/letour/Route1Large.jpg)
(http://letour.yorkshire.com/images/letour/Route2Large.jpg)
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Holmfirth - Sheffield on the Tour of Britain has usually been Holme Moss - Snake Pass - Hathersage.
Unfortunately, I can't think of 1 street in the center of Sheffield suitable for a good Tour finish.
That was my guess as well - the corner at the bottom of Holme Moss to turn up Woodhead is too sharp for them to try and negotiate at speed, so I reckon they'll go down the back Woodhead Road to Glossop and then up the Snake from there. (EDIT - just seen Stubbs's post. That corner at the bottom of Holme Moss is really sharp - I checked it out when I was home at Christmas - maybe they'll alter the road junction before next year?)
Day 1 looks like it will go past Kilnsey, so no parking in the verges by the crag that day!
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Egad! Ripponden Bank! :2thumbsup:
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they've missed out stainburn, greenhow, tan hill as well as the mighty langbar... on the plus side the route does go within about 50m of my house :dance1:
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So me and the missus dragged ourselves into Leeds on a very cold and snowy evening for the big "unveiling" of the route. What a waste of time! The route had already gone out and so there was no surprise there. There was nothing really about the race or the route, just a list of towns and a map that you had to squint at that flashed up ever so briefly. There was clearly some big party going on inside the town hall for some celebs, none of whom had anything to do with cycling as far as I'm aware. The compere dragged over a lady who'd apparently been on I'm a Celebrity... and the bloke who played Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films who duly made some completely inane comments about Bradley Wiggins.
We left about half way through, as did many others. Its nice that they put on an event but it was totally spoilt by the fact that the route had already been revealed and the complete lack of any useful insight into the route and what plans there were to fix up the roads to make it raceable.
Anyway, enough moaning. Let the race do the talking :boxing:
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so where's everyone watching it from?
After looking at the price of some of the campsites and road closures I'm a bit stuck. My current plan is, go to mum and dad's at rawdon (5 miles from Ilkley and Otley) on the Friday night. Get up early on the Saturday and either drive as close to Ilkley as I can get via the back roads towards the cow calf. Then walk into Ilkley, however it's possible that the entire area will be gridlocked and it means I can't drink.
The other option is to get the bus over on Friday night, doss on Ilkley moor, early morning session on the back of the calf, wander down to Ilkley then make my way back after the race and a few beers.
We were originally thinking of the whole family going, but as time goes on it seems trickier and trickier with the kids. (honest :icon_beerchug:)
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I'm intending to get up late. Have a nice breakfast, maybe read the paper then switch on the TV :)
More sherioushly - nearest spot to MrsTT's is Holme moss etc.. So was thinking of ditching the motor as far as possible up the Woodhead and cycle the rest.. Half baked as it may appear..
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Might end up on the train from Guisely to Ilkley seems to go every 20 mins or so and would remove the hassle of trying to find parking during the road closures. Quite fancy getting there early and seeing it build up with a beer in hand, then watch the finish on the big screen/in a pub.
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As I don't know the roads very well in this part of the world, any idea where a good spot to watch would be on Day 1 north of Harrogate (near Northallerton)? Might stay at the mother-in-law's then head down en famille.
That, or I quite fancy parking up on the road in the camper and be sat out in a deckchair in the sun, beer in hand as per the French, I might even put on fancy dress and chase them up hill. I guess the roadside parking won't work though!
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Not sure where I'm going to watch it yet. It goes right past my work and we got a letter to say the road will be closed for 8 hours and any cars parked on the side of the road will be towed away. so I guess wherever your going to watch it you need to get there early.
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it goes within 50 yards of my sister's house, so will probably stand at the end of her road with the kids
otherwise I'd have chosen The Flying Duck in Ilkley for beer and location
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rich d you are obviously just using the TdF being in Yorkshire as an excuse to ditch the wife and offspring for a days boozing and watching sport in a pub.
And for this, I salute you.
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rich d you are obviously just using the TdF being in Yorkshire as an excuse to ditch the wife and offspring for a days boozing and watching sport in a pub.
And for this, I salute you.
It's a once in a lifetime event, not sure if the media are referring to the tour in yorkshire or my chance to have some pre marital style boozing, I believe the World Cup quarter finals are on that night too. :icon_beerchug:
Did those UKB cycle shirts ever get made? Be good to get one on the tour tv coverage.
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rich d you are obviously just using the TdF being in Yorkshire as an excuse to ditch the wife and offspring for a days boozing and watching sport in a pub.
And for this, I salute you.
:D Brilliant
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Côte de Blubberhouses
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Côte d'Oughtibridge
:clap2: Suddenly house prices in Oughtibridge have shot up.
Like to see Sheffield City Council is helpful as ever with a Excel spreadsheet of road closures, rather than creating a map which would make life far too easy. :slap:
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Côte d'Oughtibridge
:clap2: Suddenly house prices in Oughtibridge have shot up.
I doubt it compared to the national average. It's really quite awful out there. Have you been?
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either going to the bottom of my road (chapel hill in Huddersfield) or holmfirth.
Plenty of choice of decent boozers on the route :)
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Reckon I'll cycle from Sheff to Holme Moss on the morning of the York-Sheff stage, a couple of cans in me jersey should aleviate any boredom while waiting for the peleton to arrive (and add to thrill of the descent) - Anyone on here doing the same?
Also would be well keen for a UKB jersey if they ever get made!!
:D
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/cyclists-go-dotty-for-sheffield-cafe-s-tour-de-france-look-1-6619635?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed (http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/cyclists-go-dotty-for-sheffield-cafe-s-tour-de-france-look-1-6619635?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed)
walks the line between cool and sad.
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We're trying to organise our Tour watching and I'm a bit unsure of what the situ with road closures will be. I was planning on cycling out to a likely climb or stretch of road in the morning but the info is that roads will be closed from approx half 5. Does this mean closed to vehicles or closed to cyclists and peds as well? Any idea what time we'll need to get there?
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Closed for cars, open for bikes probably until the caravan comes through? Schedules here http://letour.yorkshire.com/timings (http://letour.yorkshire.com/timings)
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/cyclists-go-dotty-for-sheffield-cafe-s-tour-de-france-look-1-6619635?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed (http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/cyclists-go-dotty-for-sheffield-cafe-s-tour-de-france-look-1-6619635?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed)
walks the line between cool and sad.
You'd think he would have checked the suitability of the paint......
https://twitter.com/mattslaterbbc/status/467240827832782848 (https://twitter.com/mattslaterbbc/status/467240827832782848)
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/cyclists-go-dotty-for-sheffield-cafe-s-tour-de-france-look-1-6619635?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed (http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/cyclists-go-dotty-for-sheffield-cafe-s-tour-de-france-look-1-6619635?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed)
walks the line between cool and sad.
You'd think he would have checked the suitability of the paint......
that's brilliant..
https://twitter.com/mattslaterbbc/status/467240827832782848 (https://twitter.com/mattslaterbbc/status/467240827832782848)
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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:slap: :lol:
You'd think he would have checked the suitability of the paint......
https://twitter.com/mattslaterbbc/status/467240827832782848 (https://twitter.com/mattslaterbbc/status/467240827832782848)
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He's firmly moved over the line to sad. :chair:
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Looks like Wiggins is out...http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/27729769 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/27729769) :thumbsdown: wonder if it's because they fear he won't follow team orders or Froome doesn't want him there. Seems a shame, after the tour of California I could have seen him doing a super domestique role, setting a fast pace at the front until the climbs get really steep and negating attacks.
Personally I'd have loved to see 2 British tour winners in the flesh riding in the tour.
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Looks like Wiggins is out...http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/27729769 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/27729769) :thumbsdown: wonder if it's because they fear he won't follow team orders or Froome doesn't want him there. Seems a shame, after the tour of California I could have seen him doing a super domestique role, setting a fast pace at the front until the climbs get really steep and negating attacks.
Personally I'd have loved to see 2 British tour winners in the flesh riding in the tour.
Totally agree, and I too am a little cofuddled about this, though suspect Brailsford wants a united team and the hatchet is too big to bury! Personality wise, Wiggins would get my vote, but its looks externally at least as though Froome is making the call on this.
Shame. Damn shame.
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Just got this at work and thought some might be interested....
Saturday July 5th & Sunday July 6th
12-5pm
Furnace Park, Doncaster Street, Sheffield S3 7RA
This is a call for 10-20 minute interventions / talks / performances approaching the broad theme of TOUR from a multiplicity of perspectives (beyond and including the Tour de France)
This PODIUM event - a kind of Sheffield Speakers' Corner - is part of the Changing Gears festival - a critical deconstruction of the Tour de France - that will take place at Furnace Park (Shalesmoor) on the weekend of July 5-6th.
All PODIUM speakers will receive two complimentary tickets (worth #30) for an evening performance of PEDAL PUSHER by Theatre Delicatessen, which will run from 1st - 6th July.
Please submit a title and 50-word proposal as soon as possible to Amanda Crawley Jackson (a.j.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk)
For more information about the Changing Gears festival, please visit www.theatredelicatessen.co.uk (http://www.theatredelicatessen.co.uk)
Information related to this message is available at http://www.occursus.org (http://www.occursus.org).
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Avoid the ballache of road closures by planning your journey around them (http://tdf.roadworks.org/).
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handy
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cyclists are allowed on the roads right up until about an hour before the TDF caravan arrives :) (https://twitter.com/letouryorkshire/status/481914137480794113)
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No Wiggo, fuck you Team Sky, I'll be supporting Bertie and Kwiatkowski instead !
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I'm not going to miss him. Whilst I like him and he is an amazing athlete, 2012 was great, he is also a high maintenance drama queen with a dubious history of being committed in a supporting role when it doesn't suit him (or when he's being 'difficult')
Teams are there to win, totally understand Brailsford leaving him out. Doing the tour is hard enough without having someone as unpredictable as he is along.
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I'm not going to miss him. Whilst I like him and he is an amazing athlete, 2012 was great, he is also a high maintenance drama queen with a dubious history of being committed in a supporting role when it doesn't suit him (or when he's being 'difficult')
Teams are there to win, totally understand Brailsford leaving him out. Doing the tour is hard enough without having someone as unpredictable as he is along.
Yep, but he's the first British winner of the Tour de France, and a fucking legend he should be there for the start of the tour. Sky really are making themselves look like a set of twats with this, and reminding everyone that team sky is part of the evil empire. What are they going to do once Froome get's done for doping? And Porte as his super domestique? At least there's Cav to shout on.
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Some more options for viewing the race (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE4Bgjd-RAo)
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Yep, but he's the first British winner of the Tour de France,
... when he wasn't the best rider there and had to be talked out of walking away from the race whilst wearing yellow.
Olympic gold was all his though, that was fantastic to see.
The tour isn't a parade, he should only be there if he deserves to be. He said he's in the same form as two years ago but doesn't have the results to back that up.
reminding everyone that team sky is part of the evil empire. What are they going to do once Froome get's done for doping? And Porte as his super domestique?
I do wish we had a brit team sponsored by someone else, but if you believe that Froome is managing to dope as part of the team then you're tarring all the other riders, incl. wiggins and thomas, and the whole of british cycling with the same brush.
I would like to know why they're not a part of the MPCC.
All a little OT, thanks for the link fatboy.
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The tour isn't a parade, he should only be there if he deserves to be. He said he's in the same form as two years ago but doesn't have the results to back that up.
In the races where he hasn't been ill or crashed, he seems to have done rather well, ToC, Paris Roubaix, the British TT. Cycling has a long history of difficult, passionate, excellent riders and Wiggo is another one of those. Sky are fucking boring without him and I hope they don't win, that's only my opinion, and you're welcome to your obviously!
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Cycling has a long history of difficult, passionate, excellent riders and Wiggo is another one of those.
Completely agree.
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So where is anyone Sheff side watching the race from ?
I'll have an 11 year old and a 5 year old with me. Was thinking about getting the tram to Meadowhall, then walking up Jenkin Road to the Wincobank Hub. Should be stuff for the girls to do there, toilets, food etc and also hopefully will be able to see some action on the steepest road in the tour
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I have parking tickets for Bradfield, but I think I might sack it off in case the traffic is too bad. Thinking Herries Rd as you can walk there easily enough from the Leppings Lane tram stop and it's a reasonably long hill. And might not be too busy.
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Someone on FB recommended this site with useful info
http://www.hedgehogcycling.co.uk/tour-de-france.html (http://www.hedgehogcycling.co.uk/tour-de-france.html)
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Nice little free TdF fantasy competition (http://fantasy.road.cc/gotocomp?cid=87&ttid=1) to enter if anyone is interested?
Maybe set up a UKB league??
Add a bit of interest for those without the cycling bug but like to compete? :jab:
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I have parking tickets for Bradfield, but I think I might sack it off
Hmm, that was my plan. Where did you get parking tickets?
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http://www.steelstage.co.uk/ (http://www.steelstage.co.uk/)
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So my Manchester side plans to watch on Sunday with a pal, are to be by the section coming up from nr Rochdale past Blackstones... Park at the pennine way car park off the M62 on the top - then potter along the Pennine way (about an hour) north to the route. Set up camp on a random bit of roadside, have some cans - watch it go by - maybe have a pint then potter back :)
Its all a bit random (it seems to me) as to where the best spots are going to be - as the climbs (Holme moss etc.) will be rammed.. so I figured the above spot involves no parking issues - is uphill (so they'll be a little slower) and nearish a pub...
If anyone else wants to come along happy to meet at the M62 car park and wander along together etc...
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So final plans sorted. Travelling up from Notts to mum and dad's at Rawdon tonight after work (might be busy on the roads) then 2 mile trip to Guisley station first thing in morning, 10 mins train to Ilkley (might be busy) then watch the caravan 10ish and the tour 12ish come through (might be busy). I'm now going with wife and kids, but should still be able to sneak a few beers in (might be busy).
Anyone else about in Ilkley?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bk8-oOwCIAAHSVV.jpg)
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Oh God Oh God Oh God. It's here at last!
Setting out on the bikes tomorrow. Bingley to Kidstones or some point before. The roads past Skipton will be closed and I envisage hundreds if not thousands of bikes all making their way north. I honestly cannot wait.
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Just bought the kids 2 bright yellow T shirts. Allez Le Yorkshire!! :dance1:
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The circus is in town in Ilkley. Well there's a bit of a fairground in the park anyway.
Apparently Angelina. Brad and the Beckhams were sighed yesterday in Betty's which seems appealingly incogruous, though we all know the attractions of a Yorkshire Fat Rascall.
I had half-formed plans to see the Tour somewhere on a hill, but it seems tomorrow will be essentially a bbq crawl. Might mtb over to Hebden Bridge on Sunday.
Excellent pic by the way. Ilkley CC had a tweed ride yesterday. As I did the White Rose Classic last weekend I should be on a roadbike tip. but am contemplating the headwind commute home with a recently dislocated toe, with no enthusiasm whatsoever.
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After much pondering I think family erm, sam will be trying the Tomtom approach. Though as we will be dawdling with kids I plan to leave a lot of time and pack a lot of sweets..
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Aside from the getting a good spot factor - how early do you have to get there? Eg if it's coming past at 2 is there any shizzle that goes through first that's worth getting there earlier for? (Normal roadside spot nothing fancy)
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My understanding is that a couple of hours before the race comes through a load of lorries and cars drives past dispensing sweets, frizbees and such to spectators. We are planning to be in situ for that, but if I didn't have kids I don't think I would be so bothered. The timetable here:http://letour.yorkshire.com/documents/tdf/timings/TDF2014TimetableStage2.pdf (http://letour.yorkshire.com/documents/tdf/timings/TDF2014TimetableStage2.pdf) suggest it will be at 12 or so. We are planning to be there then, but are allowing so much much time for walking across and possible bad traffic we could also arrive an hour before then even. Will have stove for hot chocolate, camping chairs, lunch, books, god knows what with us so hoping to be able to spend a few hours road waiting without extreme bordom setting in. See you roadside, as the cyclists blurr past in 10 seconds..
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Cheers Sam - I'll see how we feel/what time we drag ourselves out etc.. I'll pm my mobile number if you fancy saying hello on the day - though the feasibility of that probably depends whether or not there are 10 000 people on that stretch or you, me, some sheep and a load of uncollected free frisbees ;)
Have a good one! (I'm trying to think of something to paint on the road now - resisting the temptation to draw a giant phallus...)
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In case anyone else is in need of ideas or a plan, I'll share my ponderings.
I'm approaching from Macclesfield direction, but not sure I want to have to drive round Manchester to find a quieter spot, so I'll be parking the car somewhere nearish to Glossop and then riding in from there.
According to all reports, Glossop is going to be mental busy with road closures galore, so I'm going to hope that New Mills down t'road isn't as busy and leave the car there before riding in the rest of the way. This means I'll only really have the option of watching around Holme Moss, which is obviously going to be busy, but I hope it's not too nuts. As long as I get a good spot to see, I'm happy to soak up any Ventoux style atmosphere.
Apparently the roads are open for an hour before the caravan arrives, which will be roughly 2 hours before the race. So I'd say 3 hours before the race is due to get to your spot would be a good time to be there at least in terms of access and approach. Enjoy!
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Having said that, if when I get on my bike tomorrow morning and it is all completely excessively bonkers, I may fall on plan B and drive around to a quieter spot. I think I'll just be so excited that I won't care though.
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Inspired by traffic predictions on here and my TdF psyched/ time-cautious girlfriend I left Nottingham at 5:10 and have been parked at High Bradfield for an hour. Someone is already ringing a cowbell.
I haven't owned a bike since I was 15 and have only the loosest grasp of what the race involves but the psyche is almost as infectious as that jolly accordion music on the TV coverage.
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apologies for Farcebook link
my sister's celebration of Le Tour - better than The Road
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152924506643272&set=vb.558273271&type=2&theater (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152924506643272&set=vb.558273271&type=2&theater)
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Apparently the roads are open for an hour before the caravan arrives, which will be roughly 2 hours before the race.
To cyclists (https://twitter.com/letouryorkshire/status/481914137480794113)
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Apparently the roads are open for an hour before the caravan arrives, which will be roughly 2 hours before the race.
To cyclists (https://twitter.com/letouryorkshire/status/481914137480794113)
Aye, that's why I'm planning on leaving the car down in New Mills, or somewhere relatively quiet.
Looking forward to riding on those roads car free shortly.
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a little blog from Holme valley Mountain rescue who were looking after holme moss over the weekend sounds like a busy weekend
http://holmevalleymrt.org.uk/2014/07/09/hvmrt-manage-several-incidents-over-tour-de-france-weekend/ (http://holmevalleymrt.org.uk/2014/07/09/hvmrt-manage-several-incidents-over-tour-de-france-weekend/)