On Monday, August 12 the first stage of Tour de France Femmes will start in Rotterdam and end in The Hague. The neutralized start is at 12:15 with the expected arrival in The Hague around 15:33. Here is a look at the route posted on The Hague's website. It skirts the city centre on the far right side, riding past the HCM Westeinde hospital in the top right before turning left again, heading to the beach.
Here's an image from the official Tour website to show you just how flat the Netherlands is... woo boy, we go from 10 meters height to 8 meters, after 123 km (76.5 miles) of racing. Or maybe I mean that we are just low and close to the sea level? That is the meaning of the Netherlands after all (=lower countries).
Yep, the Netherlands is very, very flat and/or low...
Here is a look at the banner at The Hague's city hall. Ignore the construction – there is a project going on to finally replace the stones around the city hall and main library.
Here is a prettier look, albeit from the side.
I probably won't attend in person as I need to work, but I'll try and follow it online since it will be cool to see the racing going through the streets of The Hague.
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