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Edinburgh could do an excellent 3 days.
Prologue: Round Arthur's Seat, passed the parliment and up the Royal Mile
Stage 1: Start and Finish in Edinburgh: 200km of rolling hills in the borders
Stage 2: Edinburgh -> St. Andrews along the coast Echelons almost guaranteed. (short stage for an easy transfer)
or split it with Glasgow:
Prologue/Stage 1 TT: Glasgow. 1 lap of the course used for the commonwealth games.
Stage 2: Glasgoe -> Edinburgh: 200km of rolling hills in the borders, with a lap of Arthur's Seat and a (probable) reduced sprint finish up the Royal Mile. Lots of oppertunities for attackers.
Stage 3: Edinburgh -> St. Andrews (as above)
I got halfway through planning a Tour of Scotland for the Race Design thread that kicked off with a M(H?)TT up here: http://climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=Lowther-Hill&qryMountainID=3971#profile
Then a Drumlanrig to Glasgow stage but the Tour aren't going to go for that!
cellardoor said:Pricey_sky said:Not sure if it's been mentioned but Prudhomme said in his interview with ITV 2 days ago that 3 bids have been made from Britain for the 2017 grande depart. The 3 are London, Manchester and Scotland.
Scotland would be awesome. Nibali must be licking his lips.
Edinburgh could do an excellent 3 days.
Prologue: Round Arthur's Seat, passed the parliment and up the Royal Mile
Stage 1: Start and Finish in Edinburgh: 200km of rolling hills in the borders
Stage 2: Edinburgh -> St. Andrews along the coast Echelons almost guaranteed. (short stage for an easy transfer)
or split it with Glasgow:
Prologue/Stage 1 TT: Glasgow. 1 lap of the course used for the commonwealth games.
Stage 2: Glasgoe -> Edinburgh: 200km of rolling hills in the borders, with a lap of Arthur's Seat and a (probable) reduced sprint finish up the Royal Mile. Lots of oppertunities for attackers.
Stage 3: Edinburgh -> St. Andrews (as above)
I got halfway through planning a Tour of Scotland for the Race Design thread that kicked off with a M(H?)TT up here: http://climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=Lowther-Hill&qryMountainID=3971#profile
Then a Drumlanrig to Glasgow stage but the Tour aren't going to go for that!