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| Aquarius |
Posted on 29-05-2011 12:53
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They're simply not taking any commercial risk. There is or was a serious risk of Contador getting banned before the TDF start, so they're avoiding to get him on TDF magazines covers. Quite logical. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 29-05-2011 16:39
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Aquarius wrote:
They're simply not taking any commercial risk. There is or was a serious risk of Contador getting banned before the TDF start, so they're avoiding to get him on TDF magazines covers. Quite logical.
Of course it's logical, but on the other hand: If Contador rides the Tour de France, wouldn't it be weird if all the magazines didn't feature Contador? |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 29-05-2011 17:21
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Haven't seen this posted in here but apparently Yorskhire are bidding for the 2016 Grand Depart
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/yorks...and-depart
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 29-05-2011 17:33
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Yorkshire news seems certain of it : https://www.yorksh..._1_3426029
Also reported in Guardian : https://www.guardi...and-depart
And Sky Sports News : https://www.skyspo...35,00.html
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 29-05-2011 17:54
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Bit far from France perhaps, but Yorkshire could without doubt give a good route.
edit: But Leeds as base is a bad idea. I'd rather they used the historic York.
Edited by doddy13 on 29-05-2011 17:55
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| kumazan |
Posted on 29-05-2011 18:13
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It's better than Qatar, or some Giro craziness as the USA. I hope Sky has evolved to a not-so-sprint-focused team by then, otherwise I can foresee some mega pancake flat stages.
Not that the first week of the Tour is exciting anyway, but it'd be nice if they do something different. |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 29-05-2011 18:29
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doddy13 wrote:
Bit far from France perhaps, but Yorkshire could without doubt give a good route.
edit: But Leeds as base is a bad idea. I'd rather they used the historic York.
Pretty similar size to Liege so it would be feasible. I hope if it did materialize they would put some of the climbs in.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 29-05-2011 18:44
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 29-05-2011 18:50
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
Bit far from France perhaps, but Yorkshire could without doubt give a good route.
edit: But Leeds as base is a bad idea. I'd rather they used the historic York.
Pretty similar size to Liege so it would be feasible. I hope if it did materialize they would put some of the climbs in.
I didn't mean size wise. It's just Leeds...
York much nicer
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 29-05-2011 18:55
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Yep, York's certainly better for tourists and to hold a Grand Départ (I've been there a dozen of years ago).
It wouldn't be a bad place to start a TDF.
Although, ultimately, I'd better have starting in a country which could hold some semi-mountain stages, to get a better balance between the three TDF weeks. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:06
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Aquarius wrote:
Yep, York's certainly better for tourists and to hold a Grand Départ (I've been there a dozen of years ago).
It wouldn't be a bad place to start a TDF.
Although, ultimately, I'd better have starting in a country which could hold some semi-mountain stages, to get a better balance between the three TDF weeks.
France can and they never do. |
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| I_Mayo |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:11
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Aquarius wrote:
Yep, York's certainly better for tourists and to hold a Grand Départ (I've been there a dozen of years ago).
It wouldn't be a bad place to start a TDF.
Although, ultimately, I'd better have starting in a country which could hold some semi-mountain stages, to get a better balance between the three TDF weeks.
Maybe Germany? I know that there are some problems with cycling in Germany, but if you seek for semi-mountain stages at start of Tour, than Germany would be a nice fit for it. And Grand depart could be in Munich. |
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:14
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I_Mayo wrote:
Aquarius wrote:
Yep, York's certainly better for tourists and to hold a Grand Départ (I've been there a dozen of years ago).
It wouldn't be a bad place to start a TDF.
Although, ultimately, I'd better have starting in a country which could hold some semi-mountain stages, to get a better balance between the three TDF weeks.
Maybe Germany? I know that there are some problems with cycling in Germany, but if you seek for semi-mountain stages at start of Tour, than Germany would be a nice fit for it. And Grand depart could be in Munich.
Great idea although a stage in the Schwarzwald (Black Forest?) would be much better. Kandel and Feldberg on stage 2 or 3 would be great.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:21
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kumazan wrote:
Aquarius wrote:
Yep, York's certainly better for tourists and to hold a Grand Départ (I've been there a dozen of years ago).
It wouldn't be a bad place to start a TDF.
Although, ultimately, I'd better have starting in a country which could hold some semi-mountain stages, to get a better balance between the three TDF weeks.
France can and they never do. I know. They don't conceive TDF as Giro or Vuelta which are usually well balanced between flat and mountain stages. In France it's one first half for sprinters, one stage of semi-moutain and the rest is all mountains plus a 20 minutes breakaway stage, a final ITT and the Champs-Elysées stage.
I wish they'd start somewhere in the Massif Central, do some real Vosges stage, at mid-race or some really hilly stage in Brittany too, and finish with an ITT on the Champs-Elysées, if they really have to finish it there. |
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| I_Mayo |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:22
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felix_29 wrote:
I_Mayo wrote:
Aquarius wrote:
Yep, York's certainly better for tourists and to hold a Grand Départ (I've been there a dozen of years ago).
It wouldn't be a bad place to start a TDF.
Although, ultimately, I'd better have starting in a country which could hold some semi-mountain stages, to get a better balance between the three TDF weeks.
Maybe Germany? I know that there are some problems with cycling in Germany, but if you seek for semi-mountain stages at start of Tour, than Germany would be a nice fit for it. And Grand depart could be in Munich.
Great idea although a stage in the Schwarzwald (Black Forest?) would be much better. Kandel and Feldberg on stage 2 or 3 would be great.
With Grand Depart in Stuttgart. And after German stages, the first stages in France could go through roads of stage 13 of TDF 2009. I remember that it was pretty interesting stage with several climbs. |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:24
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Yorkshire could have a semi mountainous stage fairly easily.
Although the tour will probably be almost all flat to allow Cav to be in Yellow.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:32
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mb2612 wrote:
Yorkshire could have a semi mountainous stage fairly easily.
Although the tour will probably be almost all flat to allow Cav to be in Yellow.
I seriously hope than by 2016 there will be at least one sprinter better than Cavendish. |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:35
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Statistically that is very likely.
If we were to name the "best/faster sprinter of the season", none would have won 8 years in a row. |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:39
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Agreed, but on British soil, and he will only be 31, I can see him still being very competitive.
If not, a prolouge may well set British riders up nicely
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| issoisso |
Posted on 29-05-2011 19:49
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Aquarius wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Aquarius wrote:
Yep, York's certainly better for tourists and to hold a Grand Départ (I've been there a dozen of years ago).
It wouldn't be a bad place to start a TDF.
Although, ultimately, I'd better have starting in a country which could hold some semi-mountain stages, to get a better balance between the three TDF weeks.
France can and they never do. I know. They don't conceive TDF as Giro or Vuelta which are usually well balanced between flat and mountain stages. In France it's one first half for sprinters, one stage of semi-moutain and the rest is all mountains plus a 20 minutes breakaway stage, a final ITT and the Champs-Elysées stage.
I wish they'd start somewhere in the Massif Central, do some real Vosges stage, at mid-race or some really hilly stage in Brittany too, and finish with an ITT on the Champs-Elysées, if they really have to finish it there.
They don't do those sorts of hilly stages because almost every time they tried in the past, the peloton did nothing and just let breaks win by many minutes.
This isn't the Giro or the Vuelta. Those stages don't work.
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