2011 TDF route unveiled overnight

[WolfCreekPsycho]

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6...ce-analysis-of-newly-unveiled-race-route.aspx

Wow that has got to be painful.. better them than me.

 

[Emmett]

It makes me tired thinking about someone else doing it. Some of those stages are ridiculous.

 

[Garrath]

23km team time trial on day two - huh!!!! Seems to be the replacement for the prologue. Interesting changes to the KOM and Green points comp. More points to the winners on their respective mountain top and sprint finish stages to me is a very good idea.

 

[Australia]

Damn Team Time Trials

The Absence of Cobbles is very very very very dissappointing

Lots of big hills and hill top finishes - sweet

Lack of lots of individual time trials - booo

Green Jersey changes are cool... no idea how it will play out though - I don't think anybody does - which will add an element of excitement to the rather boring flat stages

 

[nskz]

The Absence of Cobbles is very very very very dissappointing

May I ask why, just purely for traditional reasons? I say this because personally I think watching 200-ish of some of the best athletes on the planet riding 7-ish kg carbon roadies across cobble stones is pretty bloody stupid.

 

[Australia]

You've just answered your own question:

200-ish of some of the best athletes on the planet riding 7-ish kg carbon roadies across cobble stones is pretty bloody stupid.

AND AWESOME!

 

[Jackstack]

You've just answered your own question:



AND AWESOME!

Agreed, more cobbles I say.