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Who's watching this year, then? Plenty of live coverage on ITV4 and Eurosport plus an hour's highlights on ITV4 at 7pm (and again at some point later in the evening).

Today's Stage 1 is a 14km time trial in Dusseldorf; tomorrow's 203.5km stage begins in Dusseldorf and finishes in Belgium; 212.5km Stage 3 on Monday begins in Belgium, passes through Luxembourg and finishes in France - so even if you're not that interested in the race, there's plenty of scenery.

Published by John Techno at 11:21am on Sat 1st July 2017. Viewed 3,557 times.
This topic has been edited, last edit at 11:23am on Sat 1st July 2017.

...and Geraint Thomas becomes the first Welshman to wear the yellow jersey! (Not the first Welsh rider, though, because Swansea-born Nicole Cooke won the Tour de France Féminin twice... quite a few years before Bradley Wiggins won his Tour too, so she's in fact the first British rider to have won the Tour.)

Published by John Techno at 10:08pm on Sat 1st July 2017.

Nasty slippery bit yesterday.....

Published by Priority 23 at 8:07am on Mon 3rd July 2017.

Probably a patch of smarm dripped on the road by Sagan.

Published by John Techno at 11:58pm on Mon 3rd July 2017.

Lacking in smarm now JT. rather harsh I thought, racing innit?

Published by marks at 8:20am on Wed 5th July 2017.

Indeed. I dislike him, but that seemed a bit unfair - looked like Cav was trying to get into a space that wasn't there and Sagan was just trying to disentangle himself from Cav's handlebar to me.

Nice stage today; starting to look like the Tour now!

Published by John Techno at 2:28pm on Wed 5th July 2017.

Unexpected finish today - my money would have been on Froome or Porte!

Published by John Techno at 4:23pm on Wed 5th July 2017.

Meanwhile, at the Giro Rosa (which doesn't get on telly because the mainstream media ignores most women's sport): 21-year-old Claudia Cretti crashed on a descent at 90kph and hit her head on steel roadside barriers. Doctors say it doesn't look too promising.

Published by John Techno at 10:57pm on Thu 6th July 2017.

If you like mountains, today's stage would be a pretty good one to watch: four big climbs, including two hors categorie (Tourspeak for "fucking hard"), one of which is the Col du Galibier - this year's highest route.

Published by John Techno at 11:04am on Wed 19th July 2017.

Will have to sneakily stream it at work as it's where I hail from! Always lovely for my little region to be seen by the whole world!

Published by pan-pan at 11:09am on Wed 19th July 2017.

I bet every time you cycle up Castle Hill it reminds you of Galibier (note: I haven't ridden the Galibier, but based on how some Cambridge cyclists describe Castle Hill...)

Published by John Techno at 2:35pm on Wed 19th July 2017.

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