current and previous years, as seen
by abelard.org:
- 2024 Tour de France - so much climbing - Italy to Nice !
- 2023 Tour de France- racing from Spain to Alsace
- the Tour de France 2022 - four countries, climbs galore
- le Tour de France, 2021 - starting to shed covid
and plenty of mountains
- the Tour de France 2019, for hill-climbers only - the austerity race
- the Tour de France 2018 - celebrating france, celebrating the TDF
- The Tour de France 2017, Russian mountains on steroids!
- The Tour de France 2016, always for the climbers
- The Tour de France 2015, an austerity race?
- The greatest show on earth, 2014- English start, French continuation
- The Tour de France, 2013 - the centenary year!
- Le Tour 2012
- Le
Tour 2011
- Le
Tour 2010
- Le
Tour 2009
- Le
Tour 2008 - the race renewed
- Le
Tour 2007 - shadowed by doping
- Le
Tour 2006 - a new era starts
- Le Tour 2005 - the Armstrong years
- Le Tour:
photo album 1
- Le Tour:
photo album 2
Le Tour de France: cycling tactics and glossary
Any race requires being able to outsmart the others, as
well as out-cycling them. A three-week race needs even
more tactics. Here is an outline. Lots of diagrams and other illustrations. Format now copied by many other cycling web sites.)
 la Vuelta a España, 2016 - let's climb!
Uphill and summit finishes galore will make this Vuelta a a climber's feast through spectacular regions of Spain and France.
La Vuelta a España, 2015 - 9 new summits to fete 80 years
With 70 races in 80 years, now there are spectacular climbs and driving sprints in wild scenery, though too much for Spaniard Alberto Contador.
la Vuelta a España, 2014 - climbs to glory
There may be no Pyrenees stages, but climbing challenges abound.
la Vuelta a España, 2013 - race to the summits
With over half the stages ending on a summit, the 2013 Vuelta again is a climbe's paradise. No wonder there's no Froome or Wiggins.
La Vuelta a España, 2012 - climber's paradise
Favouring big Spanish riders, this year's Vuelta ignores half of Spain.
La Vuelta
a España, 2011 - a climber's race
With unprecidentedly steep climbs, and lots of them, this
year's race will be tough to ride and spectacular
to watch.
La Vuelta
a España, 2010 - an eco-tour
A younger sibling of the renowned Tour de France, la Vuelta
a España celebrated 75 years with an environmentally friendly
three-week cycle race.
 il Giro d'Italia 2018 :
Middle East meets West, climbing all the way
With three days in Israel, eight summit finishes, including on Mount Etna, hairpin bends galore and cobbles, this year's Giro should be sunny and joyful for spectators, and very hard work for riders.
 il Giro d'Italia 2017 : 100 years - to love infinitely
The hundredth year of the Giro visits spectacular locations, celebrating a centenary of Italian cycle racing.
 il giro d'italia 2016 - for sprinters and climbers
Spectacular mountains and tasty flat stages will make for a Giro with many opportunities. Essential facts, no more searching across the web.
the Giro d'Italia 2015 - lean and mean
Being hit by austerity has comelled the organisers to return to essentials and exciting stages for sprinters and mountain men.
the 2014 Giro d'Italia - a more humane race?
With less between-stage travel
and three rest days, this year's Giro may ensure the riders are fresh for the climbs and sprint finishes, but ... with repeated climbs, and gradients of up to 22% in places, it looks like another leg-destroying race.
the 2013 Giro d’Italia - the fight for pink!
Created to be fair to riders, and balanced in types of stages, while visiting touristic and historic sites, the 2013 Giro should attract both climbers and sprinters.
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Giro d’Italia 2012 - the need for speed
Starting in Denmark, finishing in Milan, this year's Giro
will be a growing crescendo of height and arduousness.
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Giro d’Italia 2011 - Italian unity Tour
First raced in 1909, the Giro is one of the three major
international three-week cycling road races. This year
celebrates the 150th year of the united Italian nation
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