2010 Tour to start in Rotterdam

by Phil H. on Nov 20, 2008 7:46 PM EST

It was announced today that the 2010 Tour de France would start in Rotterdam, which beat out Utrecht for the right to hold Le Tour's Grand Start. Rotterdam was chosen to hold the start because the city showcases the use of bikes for urban transportation. The cities location is also perfect for the route the Tour plans to take in 2010. The Tour will kick off on July 3, an official press conference is scheduled for December 11th, to discuss further details. Well, it's still a long ways away until 2010, so let's enjoy the Tour next year first, and don't forget the Giro route will be announced two days after the Rotterdam announcement, on December 13th.

(via letour.com)

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guess they want us to plan ahead or something

but sheesh, like i can think that far ahead? not so much.

by Jen See on Nov 20, 2008 9:55 PM EST reply actions

No, I don't know why it's announced so early

I think it’s just to torture the poor people of Rotterdam. They have them really excited fot the Tour coming there now, but the people have to wait 20 more months for it to happen. Those evil tour people, just pure evil they are.

"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt

by Phil H. on Nov 20, 2008 10:07 PM EST up reply actions

maybe it's to encourage us all to move to rotterdam

so we’ll be all settled in time for the tour start

by Jen See on Nov 20, 2008 10:11 PM EST up reply actions

If that were the case

than they probably would have held the grand start in Monaco before the economy crumbled. How is anyone expected to buy a house there these days, except the big auto industry bosses who have their private jets and all.

"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt

by Phil H. on Nov 20, 2008 10:18 PM EST up reply actions

Monaco?

bleh, no thanks. I’ll stick to Cali ;-)

by Jen See on Nov 21, 2008 11:09 AM EST up reply actions

Le Tour

and Coffeeshops?

Perfect excuse for going back!

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Nov 21, 2008 12:46 AM EST reply actions

Coffeeshops

Demoncats: “wait, was there a bike race today?”

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 21, 2008 12:50 AM EST up reply actions

guilty!

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Nov 21, 2008 7:22 AM EST up reply actions

Not confirmed.

But some facts or specualtions about the start in Rotterdam..

Theur first arrival is probaly Roubaix.. Yeah cobbles are on thei way. It is said that the length of the first stage is 225km.

How do they come there? Sealand is a proper translation but in Dutch Zeeland.. , Rotterdam is in Zuid-Holland at the end of the rivir. You are gonna get a lovely view of Dutch’ proud. The dams, probably not the good word, which keep us from drowning.

Last words.. They were represented because they worked with a theme.. Clean air? With the biggest or almost biggest port also a huge industry.. So I never noticed the clean air.. But like I always say.. It’s all relative

Sorry for the small pics.. Google is not my best friend most of the time.

Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.

by Frinking on Nov 21, 2008 4:20 AM EST reply actions

Do you live in/near Rotterdam?

by Albertina on Nov 21, 2008 6:09 AM EST up reply actions

Lived in Rotterdam.. Live in Utrecht

Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.

by Frinking on Nov 22, 2008 5:16 AM EST up reply actions

in english

we use “dykes” for “the dams”. Thanks for the inside scoop :-)

by Jen See on Nov 21, 2008 11:10 AM EST up reply actions

Ooh cobbles in the Tour

that would be fun. Maybe Boonen and Fabian can get a 20 minute gap on Contador and the other favorites. That would be quite fun, but obviously they aren’t going to make the cobbles that decisive, but one can dream.

"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt

by Phil H. on Nov 21, 2008 12:20 PM EST up reply actions

Well

I imagine Iban Mayo didn’t think the cobbles were much fun in that one Tour a few years ago. They were pretty decisive to his chances that year (I know, he probably wouldn’t have won anyway, but the cobbles fiasco put paid to any chances he might have had well before they got to the mountains).

by Le Comte on Nov 21, 2008 1:40 PM EST up reply actions

I need to learn to read. when I first saw this on Google news last night I thought it said Rotherham.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Nov 21, 2008 5:06 AM EST reply actions

lol. Not so glamorous.

by Albertina on Nov 21, 2008 6:07 AM EST up reply actions

Ha Ha

I haven’t been able to get the mouse in a windmill song out of my head all day, even though I remembered after a while that it was Amsterdam not Rotterdam.

by Monty. on Nov 21, 2008 5:41 PM EST up reply actions