The 2020 Tour de France route will be presented in Paris on October 15, but, as ever, reports leaks and rumours about the parcours and key stages have been circulating long before the big reveal.
The lights will go down in the Palais in just five minutes' time. The calibre is going up now and we have three-time stage winner Caleb Ewan, followed by a polo-necked Romain Bardet. The final act of the second week sees a marquee summit finish on the Grand Colombier in the Jura mountains. We have a … ""I haven't seen a parcours that hard in the last five or six years. It would be nice to come back with number one on my back.
There will be speeches from ASO officials before Christian Prudhomme begins to unveil the 21 stages that will make up next year's Tour. "It doesn’t suit one particular rider; it suits anyone who can climb… It suits Egan pretty well… If I can get back to where I left off, then I'd be confident on the start line. It’s very good.
(First published 10th September, last updated 1st October 2019)We've been here for nearly 15 years and can help with all aspects of planning your biking holiday.Did you know we are weekend specialists all year round? Finally, penultimate-day the time trial up La Planche des Belles Filles is happening. This year's crop isn't actually that bad, compared to what we've seen in the last few years, but it's still bad, obviously. Bath Pinot, Alaphilippe, Barguil are on work experience at the local accountants, it seems. The third and final week takes us into the Alps. I would like to come back to the Tour next year but I also have a lot of respect for the Giro and the Vuelta.
Breakaway hopefuls will be bookmarking this as we speak. The famous Col de la Madeleine is the starter and the only other climb on the menu. For the full details, here's our story. Another possible sprint opportunity as the race heads inland.The race heads south east towards the Massif Central.
Bernal watches himself pull on the yellow jersey and break down in tears himself. The first summit finish of the race. It's definitely going to be a race that is won or lost in the mountains, especially with the last TT going up La Planche des Belles Filles. De Tour de France van 2020 start op 27 juni in Nice, waar net als dit jaar de sprinters de kans krijgen om de eerste gele trui te veroveren. Here we go then! They're followed by the champion, Egan Bernal, and that's it for the riders. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, You know the drill - champagne, photos, Paris, Champs-Elysées, sprint, podium ceremony, bonne nuit. The lights go down, and ASO's speaker - you know the one (ponytail) - walks out onto the stage to tell everyone to turn off their mobile phones.
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2019-10-15T09:31:41.058Z. Kruijswijk has fallen into the trap of wearing a smart jacket with blue denim. It's only 1500m in altitude but it's a big showdown. All rights reserved. He talks about the environment and women's cycling, but it's wishy-washy on both counts, vaguely highlighting things ASO have done on two issues they arguably haven't done anywhere near enough on.Amaury is off.
Het parcours van de Tour de France van 2020 is vandaag officieel onthuld. Here's what's on the cards. For the moment, I can’t say. ASO's recent infatuation with La Planche des Belles Filles deepens, as we have it in the form of a time trial as the final act in the battle for the yellow jersey. He'll also say a few words before unveiling the route and he usually has something of substance to say. mountains in the first 2 stages around Nice. The Col de Porte and Côte de Revel precede the Montée de Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte, from which there's a short run to the finish in Villard-de-Lans.This is big. It's a climber's edition, but it's not all set-piece high-mountain stages in the Alps and Pyrenees. 2020 Tour de France route: All the rumours ahead of the big reveal. Now let's see if they put proper mountains and TT km's in the rest of the routeNormally ASO go out of their way to go to regions with hugely promising terrain and then filter as much of it as possible out of the route or placing it in a point of the race that renders it irrelevant such as Mir de Huy halfway through a stage and the abomination of a flat finish in Ardennes classics territory. The annual 'who wins the Tour de France poll' 2020 edition: La Route d'Occitanie du 1er au 4 août 2020: 2021 Giro Route Rumours: Virtual Tour de France: Tour de France Tour de France 2020: Tour de France 2021 - The 3 stages in Denmark: The 29th Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route (2020) Rate the 2020 Giro d'Italia route: 2020 Vuelta rumors In the team we’ve got riders who can really climb, who can time trial well and whichever way a Grand Tour goes we’ve got guys who can cover all the bases.
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Bourges has also been mentioned on a few sites as well.So we could be looking at a stage from Chauvigny to Noirmoutier (though that would be very long!