Tour de France 2014 in UK

[DOD]Asprilla · 16 Apr 2014 at 09:40

Gah!

Was trying to get my mates house in Bergerac for stage 20 but my Mrs can't make the dates work. I'll be in France for the first two weeks but won't be near any of the stages.

Sad face.

VaderDSL · 16 Apr 2014 at 17:35

A guy at work said to me the other day (Manchester > Sheffield distance)

"I'll probably just pop up on the morning of the stage"

Yeah, good luck with that :rolleyes:

We've got a couple of pitches booked at a campsite near Muker so looking forward to seeing the caravan go through.

Vonhelmet · 16 Apr 2014 at 18:21

VaderDSL said:
A guy at work said to me the other day (Manchester > Sheffield distance)

"I'll probably just pop up on the morning of the stage"

Yeah, good luck with that

We've got a couple of pitches booked at a campsite near Muker so looking forward to seeing the caravan go through.

Don't say that, I'm planning on getting to Oldham and then cycling from there to Holmfirth on the Sunday. It will probably be pure gridlock, though.

One More Solo · 16 Apr 2014 at 20:50

Bike or train will be the way forward. Getting around the Tour by car last year was a major PITA.

Russinating · 16 Apr 2014 at 22:55

I'm working the Saturday and Sunday unfortunately but might try and work out a way of catching Stage 3. Saw it in France 3 years ago and you can't beat the atmosphere and sheer volume of people.

~Mike~ · 5 Jun 2014 at 09:33

https://twitter.com/letouryorkshire/status/474467820366200833/photo/1

#Chri5# · 5 Jun 2014 at 10:41

More Tour Maker training in Leeds a week on Sunday. I'm in Leeds on the Saturday (sector 1 for Stage 1), just not sure of my job yet.

platypus · 5 Jun 2014 at 10:43

Walked past the marking on the ground the other day saying Le Tour 2014 stage 3 starts here.

Grimbough · 5 Jun 2014 at 11:49

platypus said:
Walked past the marking on the ground the other day saying Le Tour 2014 stage 3 starts here.

I think they'll have fun squeezing through that sign up ahead.

~Mike~ · 5 Jun 2014 at 11:51

Grimbough said:
http://i.imgur.com/c6XZeMpl.jpg[IMG]

I think they'll have fun squeezing through that sign up ahead.[/QUOTE]

It will be ok if they go in a single file. :D

Vonhelmet · 5 Jun 2014 at 12:27

Right, my travel plans are pretty much set. I'm cycling to Holme Moss on the Sunday morning and meeting friends there who are camping nearby. I figure if I set off about seven or half past I can be there between ten and eleven, though there is a 1000ft climb to get to Holmfirth and then however much of Holme Moss I climb...

#Chri5# · 7 Jun 2014 at 15:33

Found out yesterday I'm on the race route for Stage 1 - don't know where in Leeds yet but we have to meet at 5.30am :eek:

At least I'm not a supervisor, they have to meet at 4.30am!

Calpol · 10 Jun 2014 at 11:06

Looks like its shaping up nicely for a good race. The Criterium de Dauphine is typically a warm up event for the Tour and is already illustrating some good racing amongst the "big favourites" as Sean Kelly would say.

Yesterdays stage featured an uphill finish on a Hors Categories mountain. for the last 4km it was attack after attack as Froome, Contador, Nibali, Kelderman and Talansky juked it out for the stage win. If you missed it I'd encourage you to try and catch the highlights as it was great racing. Froome with his ungainly style and Bert stuck to his back wheel the whole way. Nibali looked short of the other two's level and will be under a lot of pressure now.

Arguably only Valverde of the major Tour contendors is missing from this race so its a great indicator of what might happen in a months time.

Vonhelmet · 10 Jun 2014 at 12:15

Calpol said:
Looks like its shaping up nicely for a good race. The Criterium de Dauphine is typically a warm up event for the Tour and is already illustrating some good racing amongst the "big favourites" as Sean Kelly would say.

Yesterdays stage featured an uphill finish on a Hors Categories mountain. for the last 4km it was attack after attack as Froome, Contador, Nibali, Kelderman and Talansky juked it out for the stage win. If you missed it I'd encourage you to try and catch the highlights as it was great racing. Froome with his ungainly style and Bert stuck to his back wheel the whole way. Nibali looked short of the other two's level and will be under a lot of pressure now.

Arguably only Valverde of the major Tour contendors is missing from this race so its a great indicator of what might happen in a months time.

I'd like to see Rodriguez in the tour again this year, but I guess it depends on how he's doing after his crash in the Giro.

platypus · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:02

It's bloody typical isn't it, when le tour comes to where I live I bloody move away!

mrthingyx · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:26

platypus said:
It's bloody typical isn't it, when le tour comes to where I live I bloody move away!

No longer in Cambs?

platypus · 11 Jun 2014 at 11:03

I leave on Tuesday.

Ransom · 18 Jun 2014 at 13:54

im planning on watching the your from the huge mountain past holmfirth where hopefull get a spot up there right on th top

no idea what time too arrivre though

should be a fun day out

touch · 18 Jun 2014 at 14:00

Ransom said:
no idea what time too arrivre though

The official tdf website usually has race schedule for each stage with predicted arrival times at each location.
Obviously, you want to get there a couple of hours beforehand so that you can find a good place to watch from.

Ransom · 18 Jun 2014 at 16:36

ooh cheers for that