Articles tagged ‘Tour de France’
Tour of Britain
By Chris | September 5th, 2007 |
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The Tour de France was a huge success this July when it brought out around 2 million people onto the streets of London to watch its Prologue and 1st Stage, so it’ll be interesting to see the numbers who turn out for the Prologue stage of the 2007 Tour of Britain which takes place at [...]
Flandrien:Hard Men and Heroes
By Chris | July 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Tour de France has moved back to familiar territory across the channel but there’s still a reminder of professional cycling in London with a photo exhibition called Flandrien:Hard Men and Heroes, on at the Host Gallery until 31 July.
Its the work of Belgian photographer Stephan Vanfleteren and looks at the Flemish cyclists from the [...]
Tour de France Prologue photos
By Chris | July 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
A huge crowd turned out in London this afternoon to line the route of the Tour de France Prologue. In a lot of places I saw it was four and five deep which meant those at the back only got a glimpse of the riders speeding past. I eventually got a pretty good spot by [...]
Eyes on the Tour de France
By Chris | July 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Tour De France Opening Ceremony drew a big crowd to London’s Trafalgar Square this evening, the rain even held off which must be a good omen and around half a million people are expected to watch tomorrow’s Prologue through the centre of town which starts at 3pm.
Fans can get a reminder of past [...]
London Tour de France schedule
By Chris | July 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Tour de France rolls into London this Friday and hopefully the weather will improve for the big race. Anybody watching Wimbledon will know that London’s had incessant rain showers, some of them very heavy for the last month. The Tour is in London for three days and despite the lousy weather hundreds of thousands [...]
Security stepped up in the UK
By Chris | July 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The attempted terrorist attacks on central London and Glasgow Airport over the weekend are having a knock on effect on travellers and people attending large events with security being ramped up.
Most major airports including Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted have stopped cars including taxis from dropping off or picking up passengers in front of terminal buildings. [...]
London Workplace Cycle Challenge 2007
By Chris | June 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Transport for London(TfL) is organising the London Workplace Cycle Challenge 2007 from 6-29 July to encourage more people to cycle to work and to tie in with the Tour de France starting in London. The challenge involves work teams under a nominated ‘Directeur Sportif’ recording how much they individually and collectively cycle, how far, the [...]
Getting ready for the Tour de France start in London
By Chris | June 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
With just over three weeks to go before the Tour de France begins in London the organisers have been detailing some of the activities for spectators coming to London for the Prologue and Stage 1 of the Tour.
Le Grand Depart, as the start of the Tour de France is known, begins on Friday 6 July [...]
Tour route in England finalised
By Chris | January 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The route to be ridden on the UK section of this year’s Tour de France has been finalised. The London Prologue route was announced a couple of months ago and now the 1st Stage from London to Canterbury has been detailed.
The Prologue’s on the 7 July and the 203km Stage One on the 8th, going [...]
London’s Sports Calendar
By Chris | January 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re a sports fan and are coming to London this year, what can you expect to see apart from the regular season football, rugby and county cricket games. Here’s a run down of some of the major games and tournaments in London this year.
3 February Rugby Union England v Scotland at Twickenham
10 February Rugby [...]
