Monday 18 February 2013

Tour returns to Touraine



This year (the 100th) the Tour de France returns to the region with the 218km, Stage 12 on July 11 bringing the riders from Fougères down to Tours. Then they head out of the city on the 12th towards Saint-Amand-Montrond for the 173km 13th stage. As to the finer detail of which towns and villages it will pass through I cannot find anywhere - maybe someone out there will know. Could be there is still some 'bidding' going on!

Map and logo are from the official site
As far as racers, the latest big news is Chris Froome will lead Team Sky, not Bradley Wiggins. Wiggins is apparently set to focus on the Giro d’Italia.

In 2008 they came whizzing by 'Les Balcons' in Le Grand Pressigny where we had a great view of the proceedings and had a great day with friends and neighbours watching the 'caravan' pass by.


Our friend Mike did a good blog post of that day here with some interesting facts and trivia.

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  1. Tim20 February 2013 at 08:33

    We sat at home in the UK watching it on't'telly...
    with the "accompany meant" of a bottle of Vouvray...
    great "tour" of the region from the air...
    and a great shot of the Mayor atop the tower at the chateau...
    not sure he had as good a view as you did tho'...

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  2. About Paris20 February 2013 at 08:41

    Glad we had the experience and appreciate how lucky we are but it would be great if they were coming near us again -- heard could be heading down to Loches via Cormery.

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