1910 Tour de France route.

[Desert Orchid]

but my other book says, Aubisque and Tourmalet one day and col du Porte, the Porter d'Aspet the Peyresourde and the Aspin on the next days stage.

 

[asterix]

Cheers Dayvo. I tried a magnifying glass but still no bloody use, but there's enough to be getting on with.

The pic at the very bottom is scary...

As an aside: the article says Faber had his best placing in 1910 but I believe he won it in 1909, the first rider to win 5 consecutive stages - yes, I am a nerd and yes I did check it in a book just to make sure

It certainly is! I rode that road last year (same direction) in poor vis during pouring rain. It hasn't changed much and I didn't go too near the edge!

 

[palinurus]

It should be staged again; that'd be magic. Big trucks could be used to dump dirt and rocks all over the roads beforehand.

 

[Noodley]

Noodley! Are you in training for your speciialist subject for 'Mastermind' or something?

Now there's an idea

Nope, I am, as you probably know, a bit of a dreamer and I was just toying with the idea of maybe heading over and riding some of the stages 100 years after they were first ridden...it will take a bit of planning and training, and probably is nothing more than a pipe dream. But...you never know.

At least I now know the stages. First part of the plan: start growing my moustache

 

[hubgearfreak]

But wasn't this before pneumatic tyres?

looking at the advertising slogan at the bottom of the map, i get the impression that they were available

 

[Dayvo]

looking at the advertising slogan at the bottom of the map, i get the impression that they were available

Maybe Abitrary was getting confused with pneumatic drills!