Tour de 1/10th


This is it. I am going to do what I will be calling the Tour de 1/10th. I talked about it a few times before and never followed through. The goal is to ride 1/10th of the miles ridden by the riders in the Tour de France each day of the tour. I will take my time in my 1/10th and multiply it by ten and then see how far down in the standings I fit amongst the riders in the tour. In addition, since these guys are going to be blowing me away by hours ever single day, I am allowing myself a bonus of a one-minute reduction in time for each 'extra' mile that I do. Okay, its a bit cheezy, but it should keep me focused on riding and since I will be adding an element of time into the equation, it should give my fitness a kick in the pants too.

The stages are as follows:
Prologue - Individual Time Trial
Liège Saturday, July 3rd (3.79 miles)
Stage 1
Liège > Charleroi Sunday, July 4th (125.8 miles)
Stage 2
Charleroi > Namur Monday, July 5th (122.4 miles)
Stage 3
Waterloo > Wasquehal Tuesday, July 6th (130.5 miles)
Stage 4 - Team Time Trial
Cambrai > Arras Wednesday, July 7th (40.1 miles)
Stage 5
Amiens > Chartres Thursday, July 8th (124.6 miles)
Stage 6
Bonneval > Angers Friday, July 9th (121.8 miles)
Stage 7
Châteaubraint > Saint-Brieuc Saturday, July 10th (127.1 miles)
Stage 8
Lamballe > Quimper Sunday, July 11th (104.4 miles)
Rest day inLimoges Monday, July 12th
Stage 9
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat > Guéret Tuesday, July 13th (99.7 miles)
Stage 10
Limoges > Saint-Flour Wednesday, July 14th (147.3 miles)
Stage 11
Saint-Flour > Figeac Thursday, July 15th (101.9 miles)
Stage 12
Castelsarrasin > La Mongie Friday, July 16th (122.7 miles)
Stage 13
Lannemezan > Plateau de Beille Saturday, July 17th (127.7 miles)
Stage 14
Carcassonne > Nîmes Sunday, July 18th (119.6 miles)
Rest day in Nîmes Monday, July 19th
Stage 15
Valréas > Villard-de-Lans Tuesday, July 20th (112.2 miles)
Stage 16 - Individual Time Trial
Bourg d'Oisans > L'Alpe d'Huez Wednesday, July 21st (9.6 miles)
Stage 17
Bourg d'Oisans > Le Grand-Bornand Thursday, July 22nd (127.1 miles)
Stage 18
Annemasse > Lons-le-Saunier Friday, July 23th (103.5 miles)
Stage 19 - Individual Time Trial
Besançon > Besançon Saturday, July 24th (34.2 miles)
Stage 20
Montereau > Paris (Champs Élysées) Sunday, July 25th (101.3 miles)
- posted by Chris @ 12:28 AM