General News Thread

[Samamba]

the timetable on the race website (registration needed) has it with Oude Kruisberg and at 268k, same final 90k as last year:

Flanders Classics SSO

www.rondevanvlaanderen.be

only change there is the early addition of Marlboroughstraat between Molenberg and Berendries.

But maybe it's not up to date anymore?

I have no idea, like Netserk said, they deleted a tweet with the profile and it said 286 km. Belgian media also picked it up.

 

[tobydawq]

I have no idea, like Netserk said, they deleted a tweet with the profile and it said 286 km. Belgian media also picked it up.

Maybe they just couldn't spell 268?

 

[search]

Maybe they just couldn't spell 268?

here's what they sent out (and then deleted), with 286.9k vs 268.9k on the time table. So could very well be a typo indeed.

For comparison, last year's profile, where they also mixed up Nieuwe and Oude Kruisberg in the end

 

[Unchained]

Maybe they just couldn't spell 268?

Flemish, English or French!!!?

 

[Monsi]

It’s 268.9 km. Was just a typo. They posted that tweet again and it had the length at 268.9 km.

 

[Netserk]

Paddestraat after Molenberg means we will see them race past the windmill for the first time since 2017?

 

[Netserk]

The men's peloton will spring into action in Edinburgh and visit Wales before returning to England, for a total of three nations in one same Grand Départ.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1902419980496273675

View: https://x.com/LeTour/status/1902419980496273675

 

[Tim Cahill]

I was in Edinburgh a few weeks ago for a stag do, we didn't get to see the city much so when I was going back to the hotel I decided to have a little drunken walk about on my own, I couldn't help thinking that the cobbled hill up to the castle in the middle of the city could make for a great finish to a cycling race, perhaps that's what they will go for.

 

[YavorD]

The men's peloton will spring into action in Edinburgh and visit Wales before returning to England, for a total of three nations in one same Grand Départ.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1902419980496273675

View: https://x.com/LeTour/status/1902419980496273675

So they'll make ~400 kilometres transfer between stage 1 and 2?
Sounds stupid to me. Would be much better and easier if they do stage 2 around Lake District, perhaps, and then go down to Wales for stage 3.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm confused. Doesn't "Grand Depart" usually refer to just the first stage of the Tour?

 

[E_F_]

So cobbles in Edinburgh, Constitution Hill in Swansea, cobbled climbs around Halifax, Kemmelberg and Mont de Cassel, Flemish Ardennes, Paris-Roubaix cobbles. Sounds like a good first 6 stages!

 

[Gwbert]

So they'll make ~400 kilometres transfer between stage 1 and 2?
Sounds stupid to me. Would be much better and easier if they make stage 2 around Lake District, perhaps, and then go down to Wales for stage 3.

A proper Lake District stage would be epic

 

[tobydawq]

I'm confused. Doesn't "Grand Depart" usually refer to just the first stage of the Tour?

Not necessarily.

 

[RedheadDane]

Not necessarily.

That's confusing.
We didn't talk about "The Grand Depart in Sønderborg".

 

[Izzyeviel]

Actually its only the grand depart if its in the tour de france. in other races its just stage one

 

[tobydawq]

That's confusing.
We didn't talk about "The Grand Depart in Sønderborg".

The Danish Grand Départ was very much talked about.

 

[tobydawq]

Actually its only the grand depart if its in the tour de france. in other races its just stage one

In the Giro it's called La Grande Partenza and in the Vuelta it's La Gran Salida.

And yes, those terms are being used.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That's confusing.
We didn't talk about "The Grand Depart in Sønderborg".

No, we talked about the Danish Grand Départ which consisted of three stages.

 

[awavey]

A proper Lake District stage would be epic

Somewhere easy to get to spectate from would be better, which neither Scotland or Wales will be.

And presumably the TdFF will be using similar stages, as else why double host them.

 

[awavey]

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The British Cycling reel, didn't know Sophie Wessex was a BC patron, also can't read an autocue properly either.

I did lol at the before they venture to foreign shores bit...erm you mean France

 

[RedheadDane]

No, we talked about the Danish Grand Départ which consisted of three stages.

Huh? I always thought "The Grand Départ" specifically referred to the Copenhagen stage.
With the other two stages just being... "Stage 2" and "Stage 3".

 

[E_F_]

Huh? I always thought "The Grand Départ" specifically referred to the Copenhagen stage.
With the other two stages just being... "Stage 2" and "Stage 3".

Nah, I think that's mostly just you...

 

[RedheadDane]

Nah, I think that's mostly just you...

So... stage 3 last year was also part of the "Grand Depart"?

 

[Netserk]

So... stage 3 last year was also part of the "Grand Depart"?

Yes. Same this year.

Grands Départs

Les Grands Départs du Tour de France

www.letour.fr

 

[Devil's Elbow]

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