Tour de france query

[subaqua]

been having a look on the TDF official webpage and am getting confuddled after many years away from cycling ( was never a racer)

there is a section showing time schedules for stages

it shows Horaire which i assume is times but there are 4 sections under saying Caravane ,47, 45, 43. what do these mean? I assume Caravane is the main group but the other figures confuse me as they are much later than the caravane time.

help please

 

[accountantpete]

My French is not existant - but the Caravane sounds like the promotional cavalcade that goes through ahead of the actual race distributing freebies along the way.

 

[Noodley]

Yes, Caravanne is the promotions and the other columns are the times which you can expect to see the riders at a given speed...so 47kph, 45kph and 43kph....

 

[subaqua]

all becomes clear now Ta , and i did think about popping it into racing but wasn't sure.

just gotta remember to stick the TIVO on as i am working the weekend