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Offline maidstonevillain

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Eeee by Eck it's t' Grand Depart
« on: December 14, 2012, 10:51:46 AM »
The 2014 Tour de France to start in Yorkshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20724621


« Last Edit: December 14, 2012, 10:56:06 AM by maidstonevillain »
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Offline lovejoy

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Re: Eeee by Eck it's t' Grand Depart
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2012, 11:26:20 AM »
Hopefully a stage finish down south. I bet it rains.
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Re: Eeee by Eck it's t' Grand Depart
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2012, 11:32:59 AM »
Quote from: lovejoy on December 14, 2012, 11:26:20 AM
Hopefully a stage finish down south. I bet it rains.

2/3 stages I think, finishing in London.
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Offline Chris Jameson

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Re: Eeee by Eck it's t' Grand Depart
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2012, 01:04:56 PM »
Quote from: maidstonevillain on December 14, 2012, 10:51:46 AM
The 2014 Tour de France to start in Yorkshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20724621




Starting in the Republic, it's downhill from then on.
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Offline Simon Ward

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Re: Eeee by Eck it's t' Grand Depart
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2012, 02:02:12 PM »
Looking forward to it already!
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Offline maidstonevillain

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Re: Eeee by Eck it's t' Grand Depart
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2012, 03:14:50 PM »
Quote from: Chris Jameson on December 14, 2012, 01:04:56 PM
Quote from: maidstonevillain on December 14, 2012, 10:51:46 AM
The 2014 Tour de France to start in Yorkshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20724621




Starting in the Republic, it's downhill from then on.

That will favour Wiggins then. he's not too good on the climbs.
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Re: Eeee by Eck it's t' Grand Depart
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2012, 06:06:58 PM »
Great news.  I'll be there... no doubt watching the peleton whizz past in a cloud of Yorkshire drizzle.



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Re: Eeee by Eck it's t' Grand Depart
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2013, 11:44:52 AM »
Lived in Harrogate for 16 years and it's the first time I can remember something genuinely exciting happening in the town, brilliant news that it stages the first finish.
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Re: Eeee by Eck it's t' Grand Depart
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2013, 04:23:29 AM »
Are the pharmacies in Harrogate well-stocked?
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