alchresearch Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Lets just hope the council takes every opportunity to bring in some money for the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrev Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Apologies, the finish does look to be central. You can't see in detail on this map however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorainbow Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I'm probably going to sound really thick here, but why on earth is the Tour De FRANCE in ENGLAND??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) ....................... Edited January 17, 2013 by Obelix No longer on topic due to thread change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedocMad Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Here goes !! Stage one - Saturday, 5 July Leeds - Harewood - Otley - Ilkley - Skipton - Kettlewell - Aysgarth - Hawes - Reeth - Leyburn - Ripon - Harrogate Stage two - Sunday, 6 July York - Knaresborough - Silsden - Keighley - Haworth - Hebden Bridge - Elland - Huddersfield - Holmfirth - Sheffield Stage three - Monday, 7 July Cambridge - Epping Forest - the Olympic Park - the Mall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvp82 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 come in via the ring road, along by the train station, up arundal gate and finish outside Crucible/O2 nice wide roads for a sprint finish, plenty of crowd space ala Great Yorkshire run. Do the presentations outside the cathedral or city hall I was having a think about where a finish in the center of town could be and that is pretty much what I came up with. Although I was thinking of it maybe coming up via Park Sq, Commerical St then Arundal Gate. Looking at the route map http://letour.yorkshire.com/the-route it looks like it does some sort of loop around Sheffield, after dropping down from Grenoside it heads up Herris Rd and onwards towards Meadowhall before looping back on itself. Doesn't look like its a finish slap bang in the center of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvp82 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 I mean the climb out from Holmfirth centre, up and past the transmitter and then down to the Woodhead road and then up to Flouch. If it doesnt go that way then whoever organised the route was probably smoking crack and magic mushrooms and should be shot with a rubber chicken. It'd be crazy not to include the only decent road climb that the region can provide - when it was annouced it was coming to Yorkshire that is the only road that was guaranteed to be on it really... http://letour.yorkshire.com/ Looks like it does infact take in the climb up Holme Moss to the transmitter tower, then drops down to Woodhead before heading towards Flouch Roundabout. Climb is far enough away from the finish in Sheffield that any breakaway will still get reeled back in for a sprint finish in Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy266 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 hmmm, how much is this going to cost the city? thinks back to WSG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byeo Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I'm probably going to sound really thick here, but why on earth is the Tour De FRANCE in ENGLAND??? I seem to think that it just means the finish is in France. Im sure there is also at least one stage in Belgium too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvp82 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 hmmm, how much is this going to cost the city? thinks back to WSG Will have cost the city a serious chunk of change to host a stage finish of the TDF but it will bring in far far more money into the city than what it will have cost to host. I don't think non cyclist realize how big of an event this is going to be for the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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