2027 Tour de France doesn’t come past my house thread

[Pross]

Is there any news on what the TdFF London stage is? I looked on the official website but there's no detail other than that it's a Sunday. An ITT? A road stage with central London finish?

Just curious really. I can wait...

Probably laps of the city like whichever race it was in the past (WTOB?).

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Unfortunately for you No_Ta is also Denmark based so your fame is national only

I genuinely thought replying in Danish would have given a clue

 

[Rusty Nails]

A serious question, well semi-serious.

What is the point of going to watch the TdF on the roads, you just see a load of bikes going past very fast, or very slowly, or at a gentle pace for a few minute. The chance of seeing a significant move is minimal and you spend ages getting there and hanging around for this dubious pleasure.

At least I will get to be on the telly running in my mankini alongside somebody famous as they cycle very slowly up a steep hill, and I might even get the chance of waving a flag in his face possibly getting him to fall off.





Who am I kidding? On the day I will walk the five minutes from my house to the route on Caerphilly Mountain and watch it with all the other idiots.

 

[katiewlx]

Probably laps of the city like whichever race it was in the past (WTOB?).

Ride London Classique, though they did do a stage for the Women's tour (ToB) nearly 10 years back in London, but similar format which i presume theyll copy again, its just a crit race, as they can shut off Embankment, Whitehall, the Mall, get all the picture postcard tourist landmarks, generally not a very interesting stage.

though theres the opportunity to do an ITT instead, they normally have had 1 in each of the races theyve had so far, could do 11km, if they did a lap of the crit course, its just not going to be that technical, though the way theyve set these races up they like to keep time gaps to a minimum then finish with a mountain top finish stage that decides the race.

 

[steveindenmark]

Comes within about 60/70 miles of my house which I'm taking as a win. I'll probably take my van and watch each day, but at the very least I can easily go to Caerphilly or Cardiff. Its the Tour De France, to me, well worth a bit of effort to go see.

Unless you are at a start or finish point, you are better staying at home and watching it on TV. I would not travel to watch it. The roads have diversions for miles around.

 

[CarbonClem]

I guess watching on the roadside isn't for everyone and I appreciate the opinion that to wait for *however long* for a flash of the riders is not time well spent. For me, the build up, anticipation, caravan bonkersness, crowd atmosphere and then finally the buzz of the overhead helicopters signalling the incoming riders and then car convoy is all lots of fun, as well as the ability to see the top lads/lasses in the flesh so to speak. I've done a few trips now to big races and usually build a city break or short holiday around it.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Unless you are at a start or finish point, you are better staying at home and watching it on TV. I would not travel to watch it. The roads have diversions for miles around.

I'll ride there

seems appropriate

I will take 2 u-locks - but when I went to see Cav finish in Warrington it was great just to sample the atmosphere
but the car traffic getting there was horrendous - which was why I rode

 

[mjr]

I'll ride there

seems appropriate

I will take 2 u-locks - but when I went to see Cav finish in Warrington it was great just to sample the atmosphere
but the car traffic getting there was horrendous - which was why I rode

Yes, I've generally found travelling to races by bike or train works well. They tend to divert or close mainly roads you wouldn't choose to ride on anyway!

That said, one notable exception was TdF in Leeds where the train companies melted down, failing to handle the crowds, and I couldn't leave the city as intended. So I stayed a while longer and sat watching the big screen somewhere near Victoria Arcades.

 

[mididoctors]

Men:

Stage 1 - Friday 2nd July - 184km Edinburgh to Carlisle
Stage 2 - Saturday 3rd July - 223km Keswick to Liverpool
Stage 3 - Sunday 4th July - 223km Welshpool to Cardiff

Women:

Stage 1 - Friday 30th July - Leeds to Manchester
Stage 2 - Saturday 31st July - Manchester to Sheffield
Stage 3 - Sunday 1st August - London

Long stages

 

[Hover Fly]

Not going to happen. I live in a cul de sac.

Wonder what the french call them.

Impasse . The Frenchies I used to live with found the use of cul-de-sac by the English quite amusing.

 

[Hover Fly]

I might even get the chance ofthrowing a can of pop in his face possibly getting him to fall off.

As someone did on a stage near Bordeaux circa 2006

 

[Gwylan]

Impasse . The Frenchies I used to live with found the use of cul-de-sac by the English quite amusing.

It could be seen/ heard as a bit less than polite

 

[Sharky]

Looks like I'll have to ride to Prescot (where my wife used to live) to watch them whizz past

That's my old town as well. A long time ago (1965?), the milk race came down Burrows Lane and went past my old house in Old Lane.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

That's my old town as well. A long time ago (1965?), the milk race came down Burrows Lane and went past my old house in Old Lane.

I remember the Milk race coming past my house when I lived in Moreton on the Wirral when I was a kid

 

[katiewlx]

A serious question, well semi-serious.

What is the point of going to watch the TdF on the roads, you just see a load of bikes going past very fast, or very slowly, or at a gentle pace for a few minute. The chance of seeing a significant move is minimal and you spend ages getting there and hanging around for this dubious pleasure.

yeah theres an element of that for sure, especially for the TdF as youll have to bag your space early if its like it was in Yorkshire and stay all day, and hope youve got friendly neighbours who will look after your stuff when nature calls,

and you do wonder the instant theyve gone past think wow was that all it was, was it worth it.

I mean for stage 1 in Yorkshire I ended up camping in a field, landowner was selling spots and probably made a bundle, but it was near a market town who were holding like a Le Tour style festival, so it made it more of a weekend festival style camping holiday, there were enough pubs, places selling food and there was a big screen on the playing field we all went over to watch the finish.

and then like music and stuff going on late into the night. so I had a good time with that.

the actual cycling bit they were through in 10seconds, and couldnt recognise a single rider. I dont even think our bit got on tv as theyd gone to an ad break, as for the caravan, they came through at pace too, and when they did stop long enough to chuck some free plastic tat at you, there was such a scramble for them youd think they were chucking bars of gold out.

so it has its ups and downs, would I do it again...am I doing it again...probably yes though with the TdFF as well, Im probably going to have to work out where to be. I mean I wont go and stand up the top of a hill in the middle of nowhere for sure, ideally it would be that camp in a field/festival style again, but stage 1/stage 2 start/finishes are possibilities. With Edinburgh youll get the team presentation the night before too.