They should be made to use 'Fred Flintstone' type cars... Nick 

Where is the official start of the climb for timing purposes? Is it from bend 21, or is it further down the road.

Does Phil Liggett know he is in Colemanballs in private eye ?    ''This is the steepest part of the course and i'm afraid its gets steeper later on''      On a serious note, the best tour in years , great coverage, excellent commentary. Took the day off work and it was worth every moment. 

Yep, that's about right.  Use the formula (UK gradient)*100 - i.e. (1/5)*100==20%, (1/7)*100=14.28% etc.  And you reckon an average 1 in 5 climb over (8km) 4.97 miles is NOT steep Nick

Garmin, the GPS people, are using their Edge 705 GPS enabled bike computers (I have an Edge 605) on their sponsored GARMIN CHIPOTLE team during the tour, and the telemetry data is uploaded each day to the 'motionbased' web site so all can see/use it.  A staggering wealth of information - and staggering data from le tour riders  Nick

If you all know (or didn't), Garmin, the GPS manufacturers have equipped their sponsored Team this year with the Edge 705 GPS enabled bike computers (I have an Edge 605 - great bit of kit).  Each day, the telemetry data is uploaded to Garmins' 'motionbased' site that allows users to save/record and use the data. The information available ...

Why do the Tour de France presenters refer to the Col de La Bonette as ''The highest surfaced road in Europe''? This may be true for The Alps, but the road from Granada to the summit of Pico del Valeta, in the Spanish Sierra Nevada, goes much higher to 3398m and is tarmacked all the way.

Well, its on this very site.... http://www.itv.com/Sport/tourdefrance/TourGalleries/DownloadtheTourdeFranceringtone/default.html  I do it all the time, cant see the woods for trees lol.

I am watching todays race & the comentators have talked about the danger of descents & also the new tarmac laid over most of this col. I was there, descending into Italy 2 weeks ago from the col du Lombarde & came to a sudden halt with both my bike wheels over the rims in tarmac that was just being laid. Both today's climbs have ...

This is all about the respect the riders have for thier jobs. Lets not forget its the hardest sport in the world and right now it's each riders cup final. Why are they risking it. In my view, each team should get all riders on employment contracts that tie them into (if found positive) repaying all the team expense outlaid during their ...