Tour de France 2007 in Google Earth

As in the previous two years, biking enthusiasts have put together the details on the routes for all stages of this year's Tour de France

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/06/tour_de_france_2007.html

Hey Gang...

One of my favorite accessories is the Garmin Edge GPS-- not to keep track of my heart rate, or worse, my average speed (I don't race, why would I train?). But to collect and store all of my rides, since I approach my bicycle with the idea that I'm sightseeing with a flair for high performance.

Anyway,

The joy in this tool is seeing the trackpoints overlaid on a map, and my opinion this is the single best way of to optimize the routes that I chose for a ride.

I use a program called "Ascent" on my iMac to maintain a catalog of my rides. Tracks are displayed in a browser window organized by weeks, months and years. A track can be opened and displayed against various satellite and topo maps. You can also directly export the data into Google Earth-- for a "fly-by."

--and be sure to check out Team-Milram's data @ Motionbased:

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/user/team-milram

Giro d"Italia stages can be viewed here and exported to Google Earth for some cool close-ups of some fabulous countryside.