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London Set For Tour De France
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by liamssoft | July 6, 2007 at 01:59 am
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London will welcome a million visitors when it hosts the prologue and opening day of the Tour de France this weekend.Some 189 riders will compete in a 7.9km time trial on Saturday as the famous race makes its third visit to Britain.
The winner will wear the leader's yellow jersey as the peloton rides 203km to Canterbury in Kent on Sunday.
Mayor Ken Livingstone said the tour's Grand Depart is "the biggest sporting event hosted by London ahead of the 2012 Olympics".
The Tour then crosses to Belgium before moving into France, with the race ending in Paris on 29 July.
The 3,570km route features 20 stages, with six days in the mountains, including three mountain-top finishes and two time trials.
The Tour, which has started in a host of different countries in recent years, made its debut in Britain in Plymouth in 1974 and returned to Dover, Brighton and Portsmouth in 1994.
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at 04:06 on July 6th, 2007
i was going to take some photos of the tour de france stage at trafalgar sq last night but i was a bit wiped out after the chinwag party !
at 04:18 on July 6th, 2007
That's a pity, hopefully we will get some from NP members. (The email is not
working for the comments added as you are already aware)
Where is the MOO party?
at 12:10 on July 7th, 2007
PHOTOS NOW available on flickr !
http://www.flickr.com/groups/tour_de_france_in_england-2007/pool/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/tourdefrancelondon/pool/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/tourdefrance/pool/
at 12:11 on July 8th, 2007
Thank you Clive.
at 04:20 on July 6th, 2007
MOO Party London
at 04:29 on July 6th, 2007
Thanks, Looks Good!