Tour de France 2017 Dusseldorf Departure: first stage with time trial.

Posted on January 14, 2016 by bill

Tour de France 2017 : un contre-la-montre pour la première étape en Allemagne

par Rédaction de France Info jeudi 14 janvier 2016 10:22

Une partie du parcours de ce contre-la-montre © ASO

L’édition 2017 du Tour de France, qui s’élancera de Düsseldorf en Allemagne le 1er juillet, débutera par un contre-la-montre individuel de 13 km, a annoncé ce jeudi matin l’association ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) qui gère la compétition cycliste.

The 2017 edition of the Tour de France, which will be launched from Dusseldorf in Germany on 1st July, will be started by an individual 13 km time-trial, as announced this morning by the the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) which is a cyclist competition management body.

“Le départ sera donné devant le Messe, le parc des expositions, puis, les coureurs longeront le Rhin sur quelques kilomètres (…) pour rejoindre Königsallee, l’artère emblématique de la ville”, avant de bifurquer vers le nord-ouest vers la ligne d’arrivée, explique ASO dans un communiqué. Le lendemain, le dimanche 2 juillet 2017, le départ de la deuxième étape sera également donné dans le centre de la ville allemande. L’ensemble du parcours sera dévoilé le 18 octobre 2016.

“The departure will commence in front of the Messe – exhibition park, then the riders will take the route along the Rhine for several kms, (…) to rejoin Königsallee,, the emblematic artery of the town”, before they fork towards the north-west in the direction of the finish line, explained ASO in a communiqué. The next day, Sunday 2nd July 2017, the start of the second stage will also take off from the German town centre. The full route will be unveiled on 18th October 2016.

Trente ans après Berlin-Ouest. Thirty years after West-Berlin.

En 1987 déjà, le Tour de France s’était élancé depuis l’Allemagne. Le lieu était symmbolique : Berlin-Ouest.

In 1987 the TdeF was launched from Germany. The place was symbolic: West Berlin.

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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.
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