Tour de France 2011

Regular readers of the blog will know that this is the sporting highlight of my year, along with the US Masters Golf and  a few other bits and pieces.
This year's Tour de France starts on the 2nd of July and runs through until the 24th of July.
The big climb is the Col du Galibier, along with the Alpe-d'Huez.
This year is an anti-clockwise tour.
As is usual, there is also an excursion out of France, this year it's into Italy.
As always there will be some wonderful shots of the French landscape, and plenty of scope for teaching about climate, terroir, gradient etc...

The live coverage on ITV4 (I only have Freeview) will be superb as always.
Chapeau and bon courage !!

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