Tour de France

Hope so, Chris Froome still in front

 

Yes. A dominant win too and two fingers to all the tossers who have spent the last 3 weeks throwing shit at Froome with unproven claims of doping.

 

Excellent news

 

Great news .

 

Don't have to go as such, it's coming to me!!! (In Leeds)

 

They are calling it T'tour de France in your honour

Nick
KenFentonsWar.com

 

Watch it on TV. It seems that every road in Yorkshire will be closed from very early morning (0400) and no parking within miles of the route. Our small town of Yeadon, just 3 miles from the race route, has chosen to ignore the event. No signs, no yellow cycles, nothing. Good business for anyone with a field along the route. They will be full of tents and camping vans.

I have nothing against cycle races but the scale of the preparations for this is beyond my experience.

Mike

 

Good for Yeadon - at least someone is showing some sense.

Everything between Leeds and Ripon closed. Businesses already closed due to staff unable to work. harrogate a complete nightmare - took me 1hour and half to cross the City last night and now its is completely closed.

In my wife's beautiful birthplace Reeth, the Town Council have ripped up people's grass verges and laid extra tarmac for this blasted race - absolute sacrilege

I wish the French had kept this monster the other side of the Channel

 

On the only two occasions I have ventured to Harrogate recently I have been unable to find anywhere to park. They have been relaying roads and pavements for months. They say it will bring a huge amount of money to the area but I think shops and businesses must have suffered recently.

They did say that you could tell where the Tour would go because all the roads were in perfect condition. You can tell now by the forest of yellow signs saying no stopping, no waiting, no parking, offenders will be towed away etc.

Still, as they say, it is only for one day, not counting the six months of preparation, the week of celebrations and the weeks of clearing up.

Mike

 

Guys,

You are quite right, beautiful roads along the cycle route and near locations but it is a quick placed topping that will soon break up and i'm sorry to tell you that it does not end after the race as you will have hundreds of Lycra clad bikers riding the route every weekend from now on, thinking that the road is still closed.

I live on the Olympic cycle route and this is what we have experienced.

Great news for any good coffee shop as they love to stop for a coffee and piece of banana cake.

Seriously though, l am sure it will all be worthwhile so enjoy the hour wait and 30 seconds as they blast past you. It is worth it.

Regards,

Nick

 

Not even reading the posts. Anyone who has been following me on Facebook over the last few days will know I've been a bit Tacy and Hypertensive. I'll be glad when they all piss off if I'm honest and what ever happens don't have a major trauma, CVA, MI, Triple A or one of your kids (under 16) need A+E.

I don't think the organisers could get to the brewery let alone have a piss up.

 

I don't get what all the fuss is.....There were hundreds of folk driving up the M1 with bikes on the roof tonight. Took me 6 hrs of continuous driving to get home tonight. Travelling all this way to see a group of blokes in lycra ride passed you in 40 secs or so and then go home again

 

Unless you are viewing on a climb in which case it will take a lot longer than 40 seconds for the race to pass by.

I'll be at Blackstone Edge on Sunday when the race sees sense and passes briefly over to the correct side of the Pennines.

Owen - Quite right about the WW1 aspect. The stage from Ypres also passes over the cobbled road laid down during the Napoleonic Wars in the Forest of Arenberg. An iconic stretch for any cyclist.

 

I have watched on TV for three hours. No idea what is happening but some superb views from the helicopter.

The Red Arrows nearly took my chimney pots off. As they left Harewood her indoors said 'I wonder if they will come over here?'. 'No'. I said 'Wrong direction'. Just then there was an ear shattering roar as they skimmed overhead having sneakily circled to go back along the valley.

Mike