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Tour of Britain
doddy13
I know it's a while off, but we should be excitied.

Teams

Agritubel
Barloworld
Chocolade Jacques
DFL
Duja
Fuerteventura
Navigators
Plowmen
Rabobank - Continental
recycling.co.uk
Skil - Shimano
Southaustralia.com
CSC
Team Great Britain
Team Konica
Tinkoff
Team t-mobile

CSC are already confirmed to bring World Time trial champion Fabian Cancellara racing for the London prologue
Team GB (good to have a national team huh) are in talks with David Millar to bring him along to the race.

The Race Route
9th - 15th September
Prologue - London (crystal palace)
Stage 1 - Reading - Southampton
www.tourofbritain.com/images/therace_stage1/route_page/profile_stage_1.gif
Stage 2 - Yeovilton - Taunton
www.tourofbritain.com/images/therace_stage2/route_page/profile_stage_2.gif
Stage 3 - Worcester - Wolverhampton
www.tourofbritain.com/images/therace_stage3/route_page/profile_stage_3.gif
Stage 4 - Rother Valley Country Park - Bradford
www.tourofbritain.com/images/therace_stage4/route_page/profile_stage_4.gif
Stage 5 - Liverpool - Kendal
www.tourofbritain.com/images/therace_stage5/route_page/profile_stage_5.gif
Stage 6 - Dumfries - Glasgow
www.tourofbritain.com/images/therace_stage6/route_page/profile_stage_6.gif

www.tourofbritain.com/images/therace_index/race_index_page_large_map.gif

So 7 days of cycling in Britain, on what the organisers hope will be a pro tour event shortly (and boy do all british cycling nuts want it to be pro tour, oh and more organised).

It heads to Yorkshire for the first time i think.
If your going have fun!
Edited by doddy13 on 15-08-2007 18:53
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Addy291
It was in Yorkshire last year, i went to that stage, saw the riders in 2 places, due to my dad's fast drivingWink

I'm going again this year, but to GlasgowB)
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doddy13
ahh, i think it should end in London. The Capital..

Doesn't matter i'll go and watch Cancellara win the prologue for the second time in a year!
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Addy291
yes i think it should end in London too, i don't have a clue why they turned the route around.

but it's good news Cancellara will be there, it's just a pity there aren't any other big names coming again, well none have been announced

it would be good to see, Millar, Geraint, Soler etc. but if Millar comes that means no Vuelta for himFrown
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doddy13
Millar is already in the Newport Nocturne on September 1st so no Vuelta already for him is confirmed
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doddy13
T-mobile just confirmed

The Press Release

The T-Mobile team is a late addition to the start list of the Tour of Britain after an agreement between race organisers and the team was reached on Wednesday.

T-Mobile will join CSC as the two big-name teams in the Tour of Britain and mean 17 teams of six riders will contest the seven days of racing that begin in Crystal Palace on September 9 and end in Glasgow on September 15

According to race organisers the provisional T-Mobile line-up includes talented German Linus Gerdermann who won stage 7 of the Tour de France in the Alps and wore the yellow jersey for a day. British sprinter Mark Cavendish is also set to ride as he tries to add more wins to his record breaking first season tally, and he will have the experienced support and leadership from Roger Hammond, while young British stagiaire Ian Stannard may also ride. The final T-Mobile line-up for the Tour de France will be announced nearer the start.

Amongst the other teams competing in this year's race are Agritubel, Team CSC and Barloworld. CSC have penciled-in world time trial champion and London Tour de France prologue winner Fabian Cancellara, while Barloworld sprinter and Tour stage winner Robbie Hunter of South Africa is also expected to ride. He will be backed by Geraint Thomas and perhaps British stagiaire Ben Swift.

This year the Tour of Britain jumps around the country with stages in the South of England, Somerset, the West Midlands, the North West and Yorkshire before heading into Scotland.

The 17 teams selected for the race are as follows:

- Agritubel
- Barloworld
- Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
- DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed
- Duja - Tavira
- Fuerteventura - Canarias
- Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
- Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing
- Rabobank (Continental)
- Recycling.co.uk
- Skil - Shimano
- South Australia.com - AIS
- Team CSC
- Team Great Britain
- Team Konica Minolta
- Tinkoff Credit Systems
- Team T-Mobile

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popkorn
haha on the race profile it looked like they were going up on Mount Everest but then I saw the hight, 400 meters^^
 
CrueTrue
Yep, those profiles make it look like the toughest race ever made. Grin
 
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doddy13
haha those race profiles are high because thats about one of the highest points of the country Wink

Plus these climbs are short
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Crommy
I think they turned it around as Glasgow are bidding for the 2014 commonwealth games
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doddy13
yeah, but...

I'm giving it up. Liverpool 2008 because it's the european capital of culture of something...

Bring it back to The Mall
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Crommy
It should finish in London yes. Especially after the Tour this year
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Smoothie
It looks great cant wait till it starts it starts on my Birthday Smile
 
doddy13
Team CSC

Lars bak, Juan José Haedo, Martin Pedersen, Matthew Goss, Anders Lund and Luke Roberts
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SportingNonsense
Some good sprinters there for CSC
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AaB-ern
Omg. a big jump between every stage Pfft Britain is too big for only 6 stages + Prologue Pfft
Edited by AaB-ern on 28-08-2007 19:36
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doddy13
yeah, but that's probally 2 hour between each stage. We're tiny Wink
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Addy291
the Americans definatley think that the UK is tiny because my sister was doing an American Exchange with school and the American's came up with a plan of what they would like to do,

one day they wanted to visit Manchester, then the next they wanted to go to Edinburgh then the next to Cornwall etc.

FrownFrown
we may be tiny but not that tinyPfft
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doddy13
Manchester - Edinburgh is do able.
Edinburgh - Cornwall definatly not.
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SportingNonsense
So what do you think the chance are of Millar riding for the GB team?
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