2008 Tour de France & Etape to be Revealed Thurs

The 2008 edition of the Le Tour de France will be announced this Thursday Oct. 25. Also, to be announced is the 2008 edition of Etape du Tour - a chance for amateurs to ride a full stage of the Tour de France over closed roads. Early rumors from France have Etape covering a course from Pau to the Hautacam and including Tourmalet.

With all the turmoil between UCI and the grand tours as well as the Landis case which drags on still, the awarding of the 2006 Yellow Jersey to Oscar Pereiro - its almost like - who cares about the 2008 circuit! Well, the circuit by itself is always interesting. The drama that attaches to it is becoming a nuisance; but it will be fun nonetheless to see the 2008 route and recall what happened on some of those routes in years past!

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