With freezing temperatures here in the UK, it's hard to believe that in exactly four months' time we'll be less than 48 hours away from the start of the 2013 Tour de France, the 100th edition of the race – so here's a timely and absolutely cracking promo video from organisers ASO to whet your appetite.
With a first-ever visit to Corsica, which hosts the Grand Départ, and a parcours featuring Mont Ventoux, a double ascent of Alpe d'Huez and a night-time finish on the Champs-Elysées plus Alberto Contador returning to the race after being banned last year, Chris Froome lookinhg likely to spearhead Sky's challenge, and Mark Cavendish, André Greipel and Peter Sagan looking set to battle it out for the green jersey, it promises to be a cracker.
We can't wait.
26 thoughts on “Tour de France 2013: Official 100th edition trailer released… and it’s a corker”
Does that mean I’ve missed 99
Does that mean I’ve missed 99 other TdFs this year?
Funny how all those clips of
Funny how all those clips of Armstrong have gone – never to be seen again. It’s like remembering Gary Glitter on the radio…
MercuryOne wrote:Funny how
The only less popular cyclist is a chap by the name of Jimmy Saville.
Great analogy MercuryOne,
Great analogy MercuryOne, very amusing 😀
Are we not back to the 93rd
Are we not back to the 93rd tour now? Also – 1:37, the hairpins. Where is that? It’s a cracking shot.
bazzargh wrote:Are we not
I was wondering the exact same thing!
When was Lance stripped of
When was Lance stripped of his titles? I must have missed that.
Those hairpins are on the
Those hairpins are on the grand colombier me thinks on last years stage to Bellegarde …. A great shot… An amazing climb..
Equipe Rpm90 wrote:Those
Been driving me mad… I knew it was on last year’s race, and on one of the Alps stages,just couldn’t pin it down exactly. Remember thinking it was a breathtaking shot at the time.
Yep, we were up there, pretty
Yep, we were up there, pretty steep on way up, trying to remember who won stage??. Was it mr short shorts tommy V?? Sure it was somebody from europcar …
Simon_MacMichael wrote:Equipe
Yes, that’s the place. ITV4 managed to miss those shots during an advert break. The same climb was featured in the Dauphiné.
Does anybody know where the
Does anybody know where the mountain-top lair is at 1:50? It looks like somewhere a Bond villain would operate from…
The Good Shepherd wrote:Does
Pic du Midi, observatory-cum-tourist destination.
Sits above the Tourmalet. Can be seen for miles.
http://www.picdumidi.com/photos-videos/
I see that they are looking
I see that they are looking to appeal to the Chinese/Asian male market at about 0.36 into the clip 😉
That’s where the money’s at
That’s where the money’s at nowadays seanieh66. Man Utd do the same thing.
thats a copy and a bad
thats a copy and a bad version of the Giro d’italia promo
This is how to do it:
The Giro Promo is much
The Giro Promo is much better, ASO copy cats 😀
“…fighting spirit…”
cue
“…fighting spirit…”
cue shot of andy schleck hahahahahah 😀
I like this one and the Giro
I like this one and the Giro but if I had to choose the TdF one gets the nod from me!
F*ck me, the Giro is
F*ck me, the Giro is brilliant.
any links to the giro one
any links to the giro one that aren’t youtube – blocked from work pc!!
Loved the clip; but too
Loved the clip; but too short!
I’m not sure that it is the
I’m not sure that it is the Pic Du Midi observation tower. It looks very different to the one in the video, though I accept the view point maybe different.
What I want to know was when did that crash happen and who was it that crashed? It looked pretty spectacular.
Colin Peyresourde wrote:I’m
Good spot, not the Pic du Midi but the Aiguille du Midi over by Mont Blanc in the Alps.
Crash on the descent? Stage 14 of 2006 race, Saunier Duval rider is David Canada, also involved Mathias Kessler of T-Mobile and Rik Verbrugghe of Cofidis (who is already over barrier on right I think).
Don’t look at this pic if you’re having lunch :&
http://cdn2.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/photos/2006/tour06/tour0614/S-CANADATOUR7684_600.jpg
It’s like a J.J Abrahms
It’s like a J.J Abrahms sci-fi film but I like it.
Mercx, Hinault, Anquetil. Les
Mercx, Hinault, Anquetil. Les Anglos Saxons are being written out of TdF history. ASO turns the clock back to the time when riders could “charge up” safe in the knowledge that no one cared.