Tour de France 2018

[mjr]

So anyone entering the ballot... oh wait no wrong thread

France 24 ticker is announcing that next year's tour will start from the Passage du Gois causeway.

 

[DCLane]

France 24 ticker is announcing that next year's tour will start from the Passage du Gois causeway.

Hopefully this time it'll be re-surfaced. I rode over the causeway a couple of years ago - think "cobbles with added seaweed".

 

[ColinJ]

What could possibly go wrong ...?

 

[Dogtrousers]

I liked the fact that the organisers got a local schoolboy to show the start, rather than a retired pro.

Thomas, aged 9, says he likes riding his bike and pulling funny faces. When he grows up he wants to be a bike racer. His favourite colour is yellow.

 

[mjr]

Here's the map that Tommy is in the way of:

From https://mobile.twitter.com/LeTour/status/836538967340240897

Next route announcement is expected 17 October.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I believe the podium girls are all arranged for the 2nd July

 

[brommers]

Well, I got the Womble connection - perhaps the tour could start in Bulgaria in 2019.

 

[HF2300]

I believe the podium girls are all arranged for the 2nd July

Another of those where I'd like to award a groan rather than a like.