Il Tour 2009 farà tappa a Barcellona

[Airone del Chianti]

Tour de France to visit Barcelona

The 2009 Tour de France will visit Barcelona 44 years after José Perez-Frances claimed stage victory in the 52nd race edition. The capital of Catalunya is set to host a stage finish and a stage start, July 8 and 9, according to L'Equipe.
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), organisers of the Tour de France, announced in December that its 96th edition would start in Monaco (http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/dec07/dec16news), July 4. The race will travel west and arrive in Barcelona in the first week, but it is unknown if the Pyrenees will be tackled before or after the run into the Iberian Peninsula.
Despite a statement by Barcelona's mayor, Jordi Hereu, ASO has not confirmed the news.

[merlingate]

giusto x nn guastare l'inglese del buon airone :mrgreen:

Tour Route Unveiled Live on CTV

The presentation ceremony of the Tour de France course will take place in its grand annual tradition on Wednesday 22 October and you can get a first hand look as we show it here live on Cycling TV.

Tune into Cycling TV tomorrow at 10.30 GMT+1 to watch the presentation commence at the Palais des Congres of Paris, where details of the 2009 Grand Boucle will be revealed.

Tour director Christian Prudhomme will be joined by Prince Albert II of Monaco, who will welcome the "Grand Depart" for '09, to reveal all the juicy info about the next Tour.

Having swept up the last three wins between them Carlos Sastre, Alberto Contador and Oscar Pereiro will be in attendance, as well as a few key possible contenders for the 2009 title.

So don't read about it second hand, watch the grand unveiling live on-line and get in on the excitement.

[GIBOVOLA]

io sinceramente sono contrario a queste uscite fuori confine, poichè un grande Giro dovrebbe valorizzare il patrimonio della nazione che lo riguarda, e non bastano sicuramente una ventina di tappe a farci scoprire i posti bellissimi che ci sono in paesi come spagna francia e italia, a barcellona ci passasse la vuelta,ma naturalmente è un discorso di denaro