No more Puy de Dôme

Drongo · No more Puy de Dôme

According to cyclismag, the Puy de Dôme will no longer be a part of the Tour. They're (re-)building a railway, and the remaining road will be too narrow. Work will start before next year's Tour.

Original article here:

http://www.cyclismag.com/article.php?sid=5117

My source was GreylockGrinder's post on Podium Cafe, which takes the main points from the article, to which has been added the famous picture of Poulidor and Anquetil banging shoulders up the slope.

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2009/7/12/947069/requiem-for-the-puy-de-dome

A sad day.

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We had a thread on this a few weeks ago.... I did have a quick look for it, but I'm supposed to be working Embarassed

so only a quick (& unsuccessful Crying or Very sad

) look... if someone else has more time (or a more "relaxed" working environment Wink

) it's there somewhere....

Drongo

You're quite right; the article is from late June. I must have missed the thread, or forgotten about it (which would worry me a little). Apologies all.

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