{"id":2963,"date":"2014-06-03T09:40:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T09:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2016-05-03T08:20:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T08:20:28","slug":"tour-spectacular-proof-pics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2014\/06\/03\/tour-spectacular-proof-pics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tour Is Spectacular. The Proof Is In The Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To win The Tour is the path to immortality, but to win the 100th Tour de France, &#8220;is an honour beyond any I&#8217;ve dreamed,&#8221; said Chris Froome. Do you remember how amazing the 2013 Tour de France was? Let&#8217;s remind ourselves of that great cycling celebration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/06\/Best-of-karusel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2918\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/06\/Best-of-karusel.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling - Tour de France 2013\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->1) The 100th Tour came to a climax in the evening when the sumptuous final of the Grande Boucle allowed the riders to make a complete tour of an illuminated Arc de Triomphe for the first time ever.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2942\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A11.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling : 100th Tour de France 2013 \/ Stage 21\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2) All generations of fans wait for the riders on the roadside for long hours by making their own way and planning their trip according to their budget and means of transport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2944\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3) American cycling fans line the slopes of Mont Ventoux during stage fifteen of the 2013 Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2946\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>4) The 13th stage was one of back luck for the second ranked rider in the general classification; in the middle of a bout instigated by an Omega Pharma-Quickstep at the 56km mark the peloton was split into three groups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2948\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A41.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling - Tour de France 2013\" width=\"600\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>5) Stage 18 from Gap to Alpe d&#8217;Huez. The last corner of the climb and the famous ski resort in the background.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2950\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A51.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling - Tour de France 2013\" width=\"600\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>6) German cyclist Marcel Kittel finished first in the Tour&#8217;s first stage in Corsica and took the inaugural Maillot jaune of the 100th Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A61.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2952\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A61.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>7) The 100th Tour de France was a great opportunity to celebrate cycling&#8217;s most famous race in a wild way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A71.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2954\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A71.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>8) This time trial world champion has few peers in this discipline. Tony Martin pushed a 58&#215;11 gear on the flat, fast course from Avranches to the stunning stage finish at Le Mont-Saint-Michel. No rider had been able to surpass Martin&#8217;s times at any check until the arrival of Chris Froome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2956\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>9) For the second time in four days, Rui Costa had won a stage of the Tour de France by attacking the final climb, opening a good gap on his rivals and holding them all off with a speedy descent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A91.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2958\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>10) Christopher Froome, Kenyan-born British cyclist and winner of the 2013 Tour de France, riding for the UCI ProTeam Team Sky won the general classification on July 21st with a final time of 83 hours, 56 minutes and 40 seconds (four minutes and 20 seconds ahead of second-placed Quintana).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2960\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2014\/07\/A101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Text: Pavel Eichler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To win The Tour is the path to immortality, but to win the 100th Tour de France, &#8220;is an honour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-2963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Tour Is Spectacular. 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