2015 Tour de France Route

[OlavEH]

Using Arette-Pierre St. Martin, Beille, Pra Loup and Alpe d'Huez as MTFs is ok.

The rest of the stage before the MTF are almost crap. Too few climbs and the most of the mountain stages are too short.

 

[Linkinito]

the lenght is actually compatible with Champs - Cayolle combo... Linkinito, how did you make Champs - Allos fit in there?

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.

 

[Eshnar]

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.

I don't see any detour possible... Champs with Allos are about 10 kms too many. We'll see.

 

[Kwibus]

I'm really messed up about the Individual TT kms. What are they thinking? This will only cause more last km MTF action. Better change that TTT into an ITT. For the love of god!

 

[Netbalp]

The more dissimilar routes the better. The route is a good counterweight to the 2012 Tour. Interesting that the parcours appears in the age when long flat chronos ingrained in the Tour consciousness almost genetically. Nairo's chances are up.

 

[the sceptic]

The route is a good counterweight to the 2012 Tour. Interesting that the parcours appears in the age when long flat chronos ingrained in the Tour consciousness almost genetically. Nairo's chances are up.

the 2012 was a disgrace too, but then it was obvious they wanted Wiggins to win. Not sure what they are trying to do with this one.

 

[Mellow Velo]

The ASO come up with the poor man's Vuelta route for the Tour?
LOL.

 

[ILovecycling]

**** I dont believe that until prudhomme presents it

 

[McLovin]

the 2012 was a disgrace too, but then it was obvious they wanted Wiggins to win. Not sure what they are trying to do with this one.

Looking at the TTs I think it's a route for Rolland, Pinaut....
They just had two french guys on the podium so it's understandable.

 

[ILovecycling]

Alpe d hues men ...why this nic climb needs to be so abused by ****ing aso duhh

 

[jens_attacks]

lol @ the route, easier than a vuelta by unipublic

this is made for alberto to win easily the double imo.

 

[jens_attacks]

after seeing the leaked route, andy scheck just announced that he won't retire and will race tour 2015 for the win.
lucho herrera will race it too

 

[Netbalp]

the 2012 was a disgrace too, but then it was obvious they wanted Wiggins to win. Not sure what they are trying to do with this one.

Why disgrace? The routes should provide opportunities for different types of riders.

 

[Eshnar]

Why disgrace? The routes should provide opportunities for different types of riders.

not "the routes"
A route. The same route should provide opportunities for different types of riders.

 

[icefire]

lol @ the route, easier than a vuelta by unipublic

this is made for alberto to win easily the double imo.

This is actually ASO's contribution to Oleg Tinkov's challenge.

 

[jens_attacks]

monsieur chrono sees the route

 

[Kwibus]

Routes for the fenchies, but Quintana will like it too. He's no bad TT rider, but no specialist as well. Movistar are good at TTT's though.

Not sure how many 2000+mtr climbs we get, but if I checked the posts correctly there will be some.

Well I don't mind seeing a different kind of profile, but I sure hope this doesn't lean too much toward an Vuelta profile. Atleast get some proper multi mountain stages and I sure hope for proper hilly stages and some more cobbles are really needed looking at the lack of TT kms.

 

[McLovin]

Soooo, SPANDELLES, Soulor, AUbisque and Marie Blanque before APSM. That;s nice! That's the distance.

 

[MikeTichondrius]

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)

Linkinito, when I drew up the stage possibilities for Tarbes - La Pierre Saint Martin I came up with something like 150 km via Aubisque and Marie Blanque (and goin around to climb from Arette). Are you suggesting they'll do a longer loop west and go flat to do Soudet from Saint Engrace or something more interesting?

The Pau-Cauterets stage is also 8km longer than what I came up with. Enough to go exactly up to Pont d'Espagne...But that's a lot of wishful thinking.

 

[the sceptic]

jens, what do you think of Horners chances?

 

[Eshnar]

jens, what do you think of Horners chances?

Enough with Horner, this is the route rumours thread.

 

[jens_attacks]

how many total km guys, under 3000 km?

anyway, doing the double now is way too easy compared to 90's. it's basically something else

 

[guncha]

Having 14km of ITT against all of these MTFs is as bad as one MTF against 200km of time trials...

 

[Netserk]

how many total km guys, under 3000 km?

anyway, doing the double now is way too easy compared to 90's. it's basically something else

Yes. They should toughen the GTs up. Start by removing the rest days. Then add more chronos. Longer stages in general. Fewer but much, much harder mountain stages.

 

[LaFlorecita]

lol @ the route, easier than a vuelta by unipublic

this is made for alberto to win easily the double imo.

It looks quite hard actually with all those MTFs. Some people are speculating ASO made it extra hard so people would think twice about riding Giro-Tour