It has begun! And it will last until july 25th.
This 97th edition is 3593 km long. :o
It will be 100 years this year it first passed in the Pyrénées mountains (southern France, it is a natural border with Spain).
Here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwoygqneYtI
And the map:
(http://www.memosport.fr/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Tour-de-France-2010.jpg)
Time to dig out the Kraftwerk CD. :)
The only sport (not counting Olympics and such) I watch on TV is Formula 1 and Le Tour :-). One of the attractions of the Tour de France is definitely the scenery, the photography of it is usually really great. Definitely one to watch in HD (if I hadn't bought my HD TV just before HDMI !!!).
Regards,
Jo
The Bordeaux to Longjumeau stage is the one for me. ;)
John
OK, admit it, which one of you guys did the video ;) But seriously, that looked well within TG2's capabilities - I wonder what they used?