gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Ride the Tour de France 2014 Stage One and Two
- Thread starter Mapster1989
- Start date
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DiddlyDodds
Random Resident
- Location
- Littleborough
Just been looking at stage 2 and whoever has drawn these has made a few mistakes ie you could never get a peloton up the Shambles in York (that would be a real Shambles) and at Mytholmroyd the route goes up a back road and under a bridge that you can just about squeeze through let alone send 200 riders through.
I would say its been drawn loosely on the map from the main Tour web site
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Just for info I rode the bit of the Woodhead from the Holme Moss turnoff up to Dunford Bridge. It wasn't too bad, the road is quite wide for most of it. After the Dunford Bridge turnoff it gets wider still although I went to Carlecotes as DC Lane mentions
My view is that, whilst it won't be the nicest bit of the ride, the Woodhead is OK, particularly if you want the authentic Tour route
My view is that, whilst it won't be the nicest bit of the ride, the Woodhead is OK, particularly if you want the authentic Tour route
If your a full Strava member I think you can download routes ( may be wrong ) here;s one of Stage 1 ridden by my local club at the weekend.
http://app.strava.com/activities/70513405
Whilst not all the full Stage it covers most of it, with an extra bit after Harrogate back to the start point, to say its a sprinters stage the climb of Buttertubs and out of Grinton look interesting, I was doing a MBO event from the excellent Dales Bike Center ( http://www.dalesbikecentre.co.uk/index.php/cafe/ well worth a stop if you do the route ) on Saturday, part of my route took me down past Grinton Youth Hostel there was loads of riders going up checking out the route, it looks as if they have resurfaced the road already,
Here's my MBO route
http://app.strava.com/activities/70207006
http://app.strava.com/activities/70513405
Whilst not all the full Stage it covers most of it, with an extra bit after Harrogate back to the start point, to say its a sprinters stage the climb of Buttertubs and out of Grinton look interesting, I was doing a MBO event from the excellent Dales Bike Center ( http://www.dalesbikecentre.co.uk/index.php/cafe/ well worth a stop if you do the route ) on Saturday, part of my route took me down past Grinton Youth Hostel there was loads of riders going up checking out the route, it looks as if they have resurfaced the road already,
Here's my MBO route
http://app.strava.com/activities/70207006
