2004 TdF route prediction

I have a premonition that Mt Ventoux will be in it again and will be placed
so that LA will have to once again let the stage win go to someone else in
order to win the GC.

BTW, does anyone else think that the most important of all stages will be
the TTT?

start in Liege, 2 other stages in Wallonia, Wasquehal, TTT (why more important
than else?), then Normandy and Brittanny 2 stops each, transfer to Limoges ,
some Massif Central bits, ITT, then the usual Pyrenees and Alps menu with
Ventoux in between , thats it

"Van Hoorebeeck Bart" a écrit dans le
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start in Liege, 2 other stages in Wallonia, Wasquehal, TTT (why more
important
than else?), then Normandy and Brittanny 2 stops each, transfer to Limoges
,
some Massif Central bits, ITT, then the usual Pyrenees and Alps menu with
Ventoux in between , thats it

Huh? The course doesn't get announced until the end of October.

"trg" wrote in message
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"Van Hoorebeeck Bart" a écrit dans
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message news: ...

start in Liege, 2 other stages in Wallonia, Wasquehal, TTT (why more
important
than else?), then Normandy and Brittanny 2 stops each, transfer to
Limoges
,
some Massif Central bits, ITT, then the usual Pyrenees and Alps menu
with
Ventoux in between , thats it

Huh? The course doesn't get announced until the end of October.

It is usually leaked out before the official presentation.

Huh? The course doesn't get announced until the end of October.

Bart is one of Le Tour's route beta testers.


"trg" wrote in message
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"Van Hoorebeeck Bart" a écrit dans
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message news: ...

start in Liege, 2 other stages in Wallonia, Wasquehal, TTT (why more
important
than else?), then Normandy and Brittanny 2 stops each, transfer to
Limoges
,
some Massif Central bits, ITT, then the usual Pyrenees and Alps menu
with
Ventoux in between , thats it

Huh? The course doesn't get announced until the end of October.

"Nick Burns" a écrit dans le message news:
...

"trg" wrote in message
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"Van Hoorebeeck Bart" a écrit
dans
le
message news: ...

start in Liege, 2 other stages in Wallonia, Wasquehal, TTT (why more
important
than else?), then Normandy and Brittanny 2 stops each, transfer to
Limoges
,
some Massif Central bits, ITT, then the usual Pyrenees and Alps menu
with
Ventoux in between , thats it

Huh? The course doesn't get announced until the end of October.

It is usually leaked out before the official presentation.


I didn't know it was leaked already. I didn't see it in the French papers.
Well, I guess I was right about the Ventoux anyway

trg wrote:
I have a premonition that Mt Ventoux will be in it again and will be
placed so that LA will have to once again let the stage win go to
someone else in order to win the GC.

BTW, does anyone else think that the most important of all stages will
be the TTT?

http://www.procycling.com/news_main.asp?newsId=4702

Robert Chung wrote:
trg wrote:
I have a premonition that Mt Ventoux will be in it again and will be
placed so that LA will have to once again let the stage win go to
someone else in order to win the GC.

BTW, does anyone else think that the most important of all stages
will be the TTT?

http://www.procycling.com/news_main.asp?newsId=4702

I wonder how accurate this is, coming from a Spanish website. Especially
when they say things like

"Even further into the future, Quebec is being mentioned as a possible host
region for the start of the 2004 Tour, but it is more likely that a French
city will get the nod. Strasbourg has expressed an interest and could well
gain that honour in 2005. Followed by London in 2006? "

What year were they talking about for Quebec? 2004 is in Belgium, Odd years
always start in France, so that's 2005.

"trg" wrote
http://www.procycling.com/news_main.asp?newsId=4702

I wonder how accurate this is, coming from a Spanish website. Especially
when they say things like

And I wonder how accurate the translation is, coming from an American
website.
URL for the source is
http://www.todociclismo.com/noticia.asp?id=12922

(Lang-Google it if you are linguistically impaired)

Jenko


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I wonder how accurate this is, coming from a Spanish website. Especially
when they say things like


It's rather accurate until the Mountain stages. The Pyrenees will only have 2
stages (not at least). The Alps won't have much more; 1 stage going in - 1
through and 1 out... going into the Jura. The final timie trial is not in Dijon
(but close!).
Mt Ventoux on the 20th.

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