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And no race radios :D And it's my home region, so I can't be more excited about the future of this race.

It was broadcasted live on L'Equipe 21, it was quite interesting to follow. And tomorrow they'll also broadcast the Drome Classic. Here's the profile of this next race:

Just posting here to say that I'll try to complete this volume before 2015 starts. ;)

3/10. A ****ing trainwreck.

Seconded. Oh, and where is the col des Champs.

It looks close to the route on the map. After you could make some detours before Champs. But what I've done is just speculation. We knew it would be Champs/Allos or Champs/Cayolle but we still don't know yet.

ASO realized they did something wrong. :D Here's the leaked route from the official VIP document, then.

Well, that's the route on the leaked PDF here.

This is what I've came up with the routes on the map and the distance for each stage: Tarbes - La Pierre Saint Martin (Unipublic style) La Pierre Saint Martin (HC) Pau - Cauterets Aspin (1C) Tourmalet (HC) Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille Portet d'Aspet (2C) Port (2C) Soulombrie (2C) Plateau de...

The route director is not happy with people trying to find the route before its reveal. 'Cause nobody likes bad surprises. :D

It is the case, but you can precede it with the 2nd category ascent Pas de Soulombrie (9.5 km @ 4.8 % with a 3.9 km @ 7.4 % section in the middle of the ascent and 800 m @ 11 %). But the descent is quite narrow. Also when newbie tracers want to include the Plateau de Beille, they usually...

Some local newspapers talked about a TTT between Vannes and Plumelec after Mûr de Bretagne on July 12. However that's strictly impossible due to the UCI rules. So it might be turned into an ITT. Also, a tweet by Stéphane Boury (stage finish manager for the Tour) says that a new route in Paris...

ASO posted 3 images on the social networks (Twitter, Facebook). A road in Brittany, supposedly in the stage between Rennes and Mûr de Bretagne. A road at the south of Rodez. Plateau de Beille, 2 km before finish.

Nope. Otherwise ASO would have announced it and it wouldn't fit with every hotel booking done in the north-east for the entire first week. Also I just don't believe in 4 1/2 stages outside of France.

The problem is if you count on the wind, you're just putting your hopes on the weather. Lucky for today, there will be winds and a good storm in the end of the stage. But in my opinion every single mass-start stage should count at least one 4th category climb to give an interest for the...