Tinkoff-Saxo riders GC positions after stage 14.
Arrivée
Victoire de Majka !
Sorti du groupe d’échappée dans la montée finale, Rafal Majka résiste au retour de Vincenzo Nibali et Jean-Christophe Péraud, et remporte sa première victoire chez les professionnels. Deuxième hier, il est également le deuxième Polonais à s’imposer sur le Tour après Zenon Jaskula, vainqueur en 1993 à Saint-Lary-Soulan.
Tinkoff-Saxo rider Rafal Majka took the stage after himself and Roche made most of the running today, only for Roche to fall back while on the ascent of the col d’Izoard. Eventually finishing with his other team-mate Paulinho 15’32” down on Majka. Its the first stage win for Majka and only the second for a Pole. The other was in the 1993 TdeF when Zenon Jaskula won a stage in the Pyrenees to Saint Lary.
Abandons after 14 stages 26 in total:
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NP (12 ét.)Garmin |
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AB (13 ét.)Garmin |
Tour de France 14e étape : Grenoble – Risoul
Le profil de la 14e étape du Tour
Les coureurs retrouvent des cols mythiques pour la grande étape des Alpes, depuis Grenoble. La route va progressivement grimper jusqu’au col du Lauteret, via une montée interminable de 34 km à 3,9 %. L’Izoard va ensuite proposer ses pentes (19 km à 6 %), avec un sommet à 2.360 m d’altitude, soit le point culminant du Tour de France : de quoi asphyxier les grimpeurs avant la montée vers Risoul, inédite pour l’épreuve mais déjà bien connue grâce au Dauphiné.
The riders will discover the mystical mountains of this big Alps stage, from Grenoble. The route goes progressively to climb up to the col de Lauteret, via an interminable rise of 34 kms at 39%. The Izoard goes next to propose its slopes (19kms at 6%), with a summit of 2,360 metres altitude, being the toughest of the Tour: trying to asphyxiat the climbers before the rise towards the Risoul finish, included to prove their worth but already known because it’s also in the Dauphine. Départ à 11h55, arrivée vers 17h22
Tinkoff-Saxo GC positions after stage 13, yesterday.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
