http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: TdeF for Scotland?? en Tue, 26 May 2026 10:55:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000&page=2#post-159524 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:43:39 +0000 I were right about that saddle 159524@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"But despite the vast gulf between my everyday drive to work and the superhuman efforts of Lewis Hamilton or Sebastien Vettel, I will certainly be backing Edinburgh’s bid to take a key part in Formula One." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000&page=2#post-159522 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:00:34 +0000 chdot 159522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>But despite the vast gulf between my everyday pedal to work and the superhuman efforts of Bradley Wiggins or Chris Froome, I will certainly be backing Edinburgh’s bid to take a key part in the Tour.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/ian-maxwell-edinburgh-boost-from-tour-de-france-1-3476667" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/ian-maxwell-edinburgh-boost-from-tour-de-france-1-3476667</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000&page=2#post-159074 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:44:55 +0000 chdot 159074@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/news/122839-edinburgh-launches-new-bid-bring-tour-de-france-scotland" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/content/news/122839-edinburgh-launches-new-bid-bring-tour-de-france-scotland</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000&page=2#post-158897 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 13:54:04 +0000 chdot 158897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>I've got it bad this morning ... Tour de France fever, that is ;-)</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://andrewburns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-grandest-of-grand-departs.html" rel="nofollow">http://andrewburns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-grandest-of-grand-departs.html</a></p> <p>So -</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13098#post-158855">An Edinburgh Départ?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000&page=2#post-158817 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:15:31 +0000 chdot 158817@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/capital-set-to-bid-for-tour-de-france-grand-depart-1-3467904" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/capital-set-to-bid-for-tour-de-france-grand-depart-1-3467904</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000&page=2#post-94583 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:26:31 +0000 crowriver 94583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Leeds is more like Glasgow (or was, haven't been there for a while). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000&page=2#post-94582 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:00:38 +0000 PS 94582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Flat, relatively small, large population of students, narrow medieval street that really don't lend themselves to cars are all factors I suspect.</p> <p>Leeds (which is where the Grand Depart will be), on the other hand, didn't strike me as particularly bikey. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94573 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:40:57 +0000 crowriver 94573@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To be fair, York can claim to be a cyclist's city. Along with Cambridge, it has one of the highest modal shares for cycling in the UK (and one of the highest in Europe). Something to do with being flat? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94570 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:13:24 +0000 chdot 94570@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Tour de France bid: City sets sights on 2017 after losing out to Yorkshire"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/tour-de-france-bid-city-sets-sights-on-2017-after-losing-out-to-yorkshire-1-2693790" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/tour-de-france-bid-city-sets-sights-on-2017-after-losing-out-to-yorkshire-1-2693790</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94541 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:49:43 +0000 cc 94541@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Focus As far as French people are concerned this is all England anyway so the distinction would have been way over their heads. My brother in law has a large and detailed French atlas which confidently labels the entire island <em>Angleterre</em>... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94539 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:34:35 +0000 Focus 94539@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very disappinted at the news, especially as UK Cycling had put its support behind the Scottish bid and that it would have encapsulated all 3 parts of Great Britain. Instead we are left with another entirely English sojourn for the TdF.</p> <p>I hope the Edinburgh bid will still be accepted for a future Grande Depart but worry that it would be put back too many years or even usurped by a Glasgow one, seeing as they'd then have time to put one together if they desired. I'm not being anti-Glasgow (I was born in the area) but I naturally want it on my local patch and, tram works aside, I believe the Edinburgh route would be more visually stunning.</p> <p>I'm sure Yorkshire will put on a good show, and congratulations to them, but I believe it's an opportunity missed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94516 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:14:15 +0000 crowriver 94516@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The £1m budget would be from the tourism pot, not the transport pot, so it won't be avilable for Leith Walk. They could perhaps divert it to the Festival of Cycling</em></p> <p>Yeah right. </p> <p>Methinks the 'street markets' of Rose Street will be rubbing hands thinking of what to do with the cash... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94502 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:37:48 +0000 PS 94502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was thinking it was interesting that CEC only got round to pledging its support this week, when ASO's decision (we now know) had clearly already been made.</p> <p>Suggests the Scotland/UK bid was not as well plugged in to ASO as Yorkshire? Which may be because Yorkshire was originally planning for 2016 whilst Scotland was for 2017, so when the opportunity got bumped forward to 2014 Yorkshire's bid was more advanced.</p> <p>The £1m budget would be from the tourism pot, not the transport pot, so it won't be avilable for Leith Walk. They could perhaps divert it to the Festival of Cycling, which in turn, once well established might help with a future bid for the TdF. ;o) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94494 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:40:03 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 94494@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was indeed. There have been new signs in place for a wee while now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94493 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:39:09 +0000 Cyclingmollie 94493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Roibeard: <em>"as cycling is banned here..."</em></p> <p>Wasn't that ban removed recently? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94487 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:22:21 +0000 SRD 94487@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Shall we have a write in campaign for the £1m to be spent on LW? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94486 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:21:14 +0000 Roibeard 94486@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I loved the Reporting Scotland piece last night - CEC pledging £1M (not on Leith Walk, but perhaps they knew it was never going to be spent!).</p> <p>Trailed and illustrated by shots of cyclists on the Esplanade. Then final segment of voice over actually acknowledged the irony that the rules would need to be changed as cycling is banned here...</p> <p>I sense the hand of a cycling subeditor/reporter!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94482 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:04:52 +0000 crowriver 94482@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh well. Perhaps now CEC will buckle down to focus on the less glamorous task of providing some half decent infrastructure for ordinary cyclists? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94479 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:39:44 +0000 steveo 94479@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Arthurs Seat time trials would have made the strava segments even more unreachable! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94478 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:37:55 +0000 Cyclingmollie 94478@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The prologue around Arthur's Seat would have been great but a stage in Scotland, I'm not so sure about. The Scottish Tour of Britain stages have looked rather grim on television (and as grim close-up tbh). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94477 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:33:56 +0000 PS 94477@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yarkshire, Yarkshire, Yarkshire. </p> <p>Will be interesting to see what the route is - a mix of steep hills* and dark satanic mills, I'd imagine.</p> <p>Yarkshire getting it will likely knock any Edinburgian chances back to 2018 at the earliest...</p> <p>*which means that there should be some great places to watch top cyclists crawling up 20% gradients. :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94475 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:19:38 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 94475@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boooo! But yeah, let's face it, I'll be going... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-94473 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:07:41 +0000 Baldcyclist 94473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It appears Yorkshire has won the bid for the 2014 Tour.</p> <p>Still close enough though to go and watch. :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-20963 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:50:13 +0000 Cyclingmollie 20963@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>chdot: <em>There is a precedent… </em></p> <p>That would be 14 laps of the Plympton bypass near Portsmouth in stage 2 of the 1974 edition. Patrick Sercu won (it says here). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-20958 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:59:03 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 20958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Prologue time trial around Arthur's Seat! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-20955 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:36:23 +0000 chdot 20955@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Obviously' they'd shut the M8 for a day. </p> <p>There is a precedent… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-20953 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:30:28 +0000 gembo 20953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Paris - Roubaix involves level crossings and cobbled streets but I am not sure about huge pothholes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-20950 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:17:16 +0000 Dave 20950@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They surely won't be able to do it out of Edinburgh. The state of the road network here could never handle it (imagine them all going down on Princes St when the tram line suddenly appears below the pace car and goes into one side of the peleton!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-20944 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:10:37 +0000 Cyclingmollie 20944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Would be surprising if they managed a direct rail transfer from Scotland to France as they've never managed to arrange that for the people of Scotland (little bit of politics) but this would be great and would be a big financial boost to the country. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2000#post-20936 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:45:12 +0000 gembo 20936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to article it would cost Scotland £5m. From memory of the article the next non-mainland France start is Corsica in 2014 - that will take some logistics. </p>