geology tour de france

An intitiative of

Zurich 2024: road races

Zurich 2024: time trials

Stage 1: warming up

Stage 2: Tidal

Stage 4: The chase

Stage 5: Ardennes

Stage 6: Jurassic

Stage 7: Jura to the Alps

Stage 8: Let’s climb

The geology of Paris

Stage 1: A shaky start

Stage 2: Add some salt

Stage 3: A long ride

Stage 4: An ocean on a mountain

Stage 5: What time is it?

Stage 6: Wine and mustard

Stage 7: Ancient seas make fine wines

Stage 8: Building history

Stage 9: It’s all about gravel

Stage 10: The Paris Basin

Stage 11: Fiery future

Stage 12: First humans

Stage 13: Fuel up

Stage 14: Tectonic training camp

Stage 15: Velo d’ore

Stage 16: Dinosaur paradise

Stage 17: Vercors

Stage 18: Uplifting story

Stage 19: How high is high?

Stage 20: Catastrophe

Stage 21: Underwater Alps

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Geology of the Tour of the Qinghai Lake

Geology of the Giro d’Italia

Geology of Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Geology of the Amstel Gold Race

Geology of Paris-Roubaix

Geology of the Tour of Flanders

Geology of Milan-Sanremo

Geology of Il Lombardia

Geology of the Vuelta a España

Geology of the Deutschland Tour

Geology of the Glasgow World Championships 2023 

Stage 1: Volcanic cathedral

Stage 2: Sparks

Stage 3: Hard rocks

Stage 4: Fossils

Stage 5: Rock it

Stage 6: Eels

Stage 7: Stressed

Stage 8: the future of the past.

Stage 1: Steep climbs

Stage 2: Karst

Stage 3: Treasure trove

Stage 4: Invisible mountains of salt

Stage 5: Mountain jersey

Stage 6: Wilson

Stage 7: A glass of wine

Stage 8: A mysterious meteorite crater

Stage 9: Explosive days

Stage 10: A fiery mystery

Stage 11: White jersey

Stage 12: Devonian Park

Stage 13: Frog legs and dinosaur feet?

Stage 14: Force of nature

Stage 15: Mighty mountains

Stage 16: A short history of

Stage 17: Water and ice

Stage 18: A change of scenery

Stage 19: Big feet

Stage 20: It’s complicated

Stage 21: Toads

TdFF ‘24 – 8: Bending without breaking on Alpe d’Huez

TdFF ‘24 – 6: How the Jurassic got its name

TdFF ‘24 – 4: The spring day on which the dinosaurs died

TdFF ‘24 – 2: Living on land below sea level

TdFF ‘24 – 1: Biodiversity of Rotterdam Harbor

TdF ’24 – 20: How storm Alex destroyed the course

TdF ’24 – 17: Geology for every rider type

TdF ’24 – 15: Metal & rock

TdF ‘24 – 11: Volcanism and the invention of the bicycle

TdF ‘24 – 9: Raising sea level

TdF ‘24 – 7: Geology and wine

TdF ‘24 – 4: An ocean on top of the Alps

TdF ’24 – 2. When the Mediterranean Sea dried up

TdF ‘24 – 1: Earthquakes in the Apennines

Geology of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Amstel Gold Race: the lizard of the Meuse

Paris-Roubaix – when did the Hell of the North break loose?

The Tour of Flanders – how to make a Flemish hill?

TdFF ‘23 – 7: From the plains to the towering mountains

TdFF ‘23 – 4: Caves and the Lot

TdFF ‘23 – 2: Mary, queen of volcanoes

Introducing: Marjolein Naudé

TdF ‘23 – 20: Mountains in all tastes

TdF ‘23 – 19: With a trace of dinosaur

TdF ‘23 – 17: Glaciers as water towers

TdF ‘23 – 14: A few wee slices of Alp

TdF ‘23 – 12: Fishing in the Devonian

TdF ‘23 – 9: Inside a volcano

TdF ‘23 – 8: A meteorite impact crater in France

TdF ‘23 – 5: A mantle stage

TdF ‘23 – 3: The book of Earth history

TdF ‘23 – 3 (bonus): Sea floor life in Basque Country

TdF ‘23 – 2: riding over a Swiss cheese

Introducing: Douwe van Hinsbergen

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