Tour DeFrance tour?
09-29-02, 08:23 AM
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Tour DeFrance tour?
My New Zealand tour in December has been aborted, new teaching job, will have to focus on the summer trip. Anyway, wouldn't it be neat to do a best of the Tour DeFrance tour? Pick out the best stages from the Tours of yester-year, link them all together, and you've got yourself a nice month long tour. Can anyone recommend some books or websites that would help with route research? Thanks for the help.
PS> This would be a self-supported tour.
PS> This would be a self-supported tour.
09-30-02, 10:51 AM
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Not really I'm afraid, but someone published a funny novel last year about his riding the tour. I can't remember what it's called, but if you search amazon it'll defo be on there. might not be technically massively helpful, but am sure will give u an idea of the route, and which bits are interesting or not...
09-30-02, 01:06 PM
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https://home.planet.nl/~honderd.cols/
might have some info about the cols.
heavy stuff though!
good luck!
might have some info about the cols.
heavy stuff though!
good luck!
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You can find detailed route descriptions for the last three tours from the Tour's homepage.
Another great source for information about the Alps is Virtual Alps. It was a great help when planning the tour through the Alps I did with a friend last year.
/Csson
Another great source for information about the Alps is Virtual Alps. It was a great help when planning the tour through the Alps I did with a friend last year.
/Csson
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Thanks for the info. I am reading that book one of you mentioned it is called, French Revolutions, by Tim Moore...it is quite funny and a contributing factor to my tour idea. I highly recommend the book and the author is English as well. Thanks again. Zach
