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[Closed] First TdF stage in the UK: random route q

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Specifically the stage when it passed through Hampshire. Did they ascend or descend in Wherwell?

Thanks.


 
Posted : 12/02/2017 3:02 pm
 beej
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That wasn't the first. First was the Plympton bypass in 1974.


 
Posted : 12/02/2017 3:09 pm
 beej
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This any help?

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/738197


 
Posted : 12/02/2017 3:20 pm
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Correct re the bypass!

They climbed Wherwell, CG. It's on one of my local gnarmac routes, short sharp climb!


 
Posted : 12/02/2017 3:22 pm
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@ beej - really, I didn't know that. Thanks for the link, good to see the actual route but can't believe it was 1994. First time I'd ever seen a peloton, amazing stuff.

@ Cap'n - definitely short and sharp, wouldn't want to descend that! Sometimes rode through Wherwell but turned off to head for Longstock.


 
Posted : 12/02/2017 4:00 pm