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Tour de France - 2008
« on: July 06, 2008, 12:51:02 AM »
A local Victoria, BC fella came in 44th today after the completion of stage one.
197.5 Kms in one day :o

Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2008, the 95th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.

These 21 stages have the following profiles:

10 flat stages,
5 mountain stages,
4 medium mountain stages,
2 individual time-trial stages.
Distinctive aspects of the race

4 mountain finishes,
2 rest days,
82 kilometres of individual time-trials,
17 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.

http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html
« Last Edit: July 06, 2008, 11:16:07 AM by WestCoast »
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