Later today, we'll officially know the route for the 2007 Tour de France July 7-29.Cycling News has some partial details right now that include the start and first two days in London (that's Buckingham Palace to the right), the start of Stage 2 in Dunkirk and a quick visit to Belgium.
Other details:
-- There will be on team time trial for the second-straight year.
-- The Tour procedes clockwise this year, visiting the Alps (and possibly Mont Ventoux) first before heading west to the Pyrennes.
-- There will be new climb to the Tour, the Port de Bales, which has been featured in the Route de Sud race. The climb tops out near 1,750 meters and includes 20kilometres of climbing.
In the second year of the post-Lance era, not to mention the first race since all the unsettled Bad Boy Floyd controversy from the '06 race, cycling appears to be suffering a lull in interest. Or maybe it's just the Cranks?
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