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Tour de France route Wicklow

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    #32
    Melodeon
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    And Stage 2:

    440978.jpg


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    #33
    Melodeon
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    And in the interests of completeness, the Prologue:

    440979.jpg


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    #34
    Hurrache
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    1bryan wrote: »
    btw the 'Tallaght Welcomes the Tour de France' sign on the Belgard Road was still standing up to a couple of years ago.

    And I don't think the route even went by that sign, it went straight down the N81 into Templeogue.

    I have a load of photos from around the city centre from the prologue and spent the Sunday watching it live on TV from a pub in Wicklow and we all ran out to watch it go by then.


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    #35
    greenspurs
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    Hmmm..

    "Ride the Route ".
    3 Stages from Dublin to Cork - get a few ex pros that rode it involved... :D
    247469249_2017413731748359_7675802031635703098_n.jpg

    "Bright lights and Thunder .................... "



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    #36
    cjt156
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    Col de Wicklow Gap. Love it.


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    #37
    ILIKEFOOD
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    Melodeon wrote: »
    And in the interests of completeness, the Prologue:

    440979.jpg

    ah the wayback machine!! good thinking!!


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    #38
    LollipopJimmy
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    Brilliant info, myself and my buddy are going to do the 1st Stage, be a great training cycle for Lejog.

    Will try it before the end of Feb


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    #39
    Thud
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    bit more info..

    https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/on-the-trail-of-the-tour-1.170744

    How much of the N11 back then is M11 now?


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    #40
    El Tarangu
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    I like these hive-mind investigations :)


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    #41
    Plastik
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    I'd say you can cycle the full route no problem. There's an interesting 50-60km in the middle from Arklow to Hollywood but the other 120km is all very dull, and traffic heavy in a lot of places.


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    #42
    letape
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    I have cycling weekly magazines from early in 1998 at home that contained features of riding the route with Roche (stage 1) and Kelly (stage 2). I’ll dig them out and scan them up here.


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    #43
    Melodeon
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    I have road atlases of Ireland and Dublin from around that time, if anyone wants the layout of the roads was they were then.


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    #44
    JazzyJ
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    Did they deviate off the N11 and come down Newtownpark Ave? :confused:

    I've vague memories of watching it on TV and seeing them at Stillorgan, running out about 100m onto Newtownpark Ave, and just making it to see them live.

    Or is that all made up in my head? :pac:


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    #45
    secman
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    I remember watching the peloton going up Wicklow Gap from Glendalough and it looked a doddle to them, but they bottled doing the lake drive, took the handyway out on n81 to Blessington, :). Maybe WA warned the organisers to skip the lake drive and have a handler run in to Blessington, a pity as thst would have sorted the men from the boys :)

    The great thing was all those roads were resurfaced for the routes, haven't been touched since probably ?


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    #46
    LollipopJimmy
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    secman wrote: »

    The great thing was all those roads were resurfaced for the routes, haven't been touched since probably ?

    Maybe it's time we lobbied to get the race again, the roads could do with being redone


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    #47
    Wishbone Ash
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    This could make a great boards.ie ride to celebrate the 20th anniversary - Sat 7th July anyone??


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    #48
    secman
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    This could make a great boards.ie ride to celebrate the 20th anniversary - Sat 7th July anyone??

    With the lake drive thrown in :)


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    #49
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,440 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    This could make a great boards.ie ride to celebrate the 20th anniversary - Sat 7th July anyone??

    Looking like I'll be between Inverness and John O'Groats on that date :(


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    #50
    secman
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    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Looking like I'll be between Inverness and John O'Groats on that date :(

    That's some trek to avoid the lake drive ? :)


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    #51
    Wishbone Ash
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    secman wrote: »
    With the lake drive thrown in :)
    Forgot about that godforsaken stretch. :(


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    #52
    sbs2010
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    max_power wrote: »
    thanks, might attempt a modified (shortened) version of that this weekend if the weather holds up.

    This is the most well received zombie thread I've ever seen :)

    lots of new route info but we've not heard how Max got on in April '06.

    How did you get on Max?


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    #53
    Wishbone Ash
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    sbs2010 wrote: »
    .... but we've not heard how Max got on in April '06.

    How did you get on Max?
    Probably still out there trying to find his way home.


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    #54
    Lusk_Doyle
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    You won't be able to do the exact route unless you wish to go down O'Connell Street from the GPO on the wrong side! :D

    Since when is cycling against traffic on the wrong side of the road a problem for a cyclist?!?!


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    #55
    godtabh
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    This could make a great boards.ie ride to celebrate the 20th anniversary - Sat 7th July anyone??

    Sounds assume!

    I had the change to ride stage 1 of this years tour last year but was too hungover. Stage 2 from 1998 would make up for it!

    I wonder is there a strava map?


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    #56
    wanderer 22
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    This could make a great boards.ie ride to celebrate the 20th anniversary - Sat 7th July anyone??

    Great idea - I'm in!


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    #57
    rollingscone
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    colm18 wrote: »
    Great idea - I'm in!

    Sounds potentially interesting.


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    #58
    Doc07
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    I'd like to do this. Sat 7th July would hopefully work.


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    #59
    Wishbone Ash
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    Now where did I put that Festina jersey.


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    #60
    letape
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Now where did I put that Festina jersey.

    Everyone should have to use a period correct bike!

    I’ll be in France unfortunately.


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    #61
    1bryan
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    secman wrote: »
    I remember watching the peloton going up Wicklow Gap from Glendalough and it looked a doddle to them

    EPO tho


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