Before Friday I have to crash course myself in Tour de France everything. Our friends Cat and AJ are rather into it all and we are heading to theirs for an evening – I guess it’s the final (I don’t know!!!) of Tour de France everything. So we have to each pick a team: I will be going for team Columbia (because Geoff told me I should because I have Columbia shoes and a tent….err yes – besides they’re good) – no one is allowed the same team…
I will do some scouting tomorrow – but if you have suggestions for something like a quick but thorough overview, that’d be great. I know diddly squat. Except that it’s long distance team cycling through France.
Rodney Olsen
/ July 9, 2009The race finishes in Paris on the 26th of July.
For an understanding of the various awarded jerseys in the event check out this post – http://rodneyolsen.net/2009/07/let-the-race-begin.html
From the official Tour de France website:
Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2009, the 96th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.
These 21 stages have the following profiles:
* 10 flat stages,
* 7 mountain stages,
* 1 medium mountain stage,
* 2 individual time-trial stages,
* 1 team time-trial stage.
Hope that helps.
Rebecca Matheson
/ July 10, 2009Thanks Rodney!
Cat
/ July 10, 2009love your committement Bec!
And very impressed with Rodney’s overview!
AJ is bound to keep a running commentary going (arrrr) and I may yell at the tv at some stage, so I’m sure you’ll find out everything you need to know! x