Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

9 months ago

After several fantastic years with all of you, dear geo-cycling enthusiasts, we have decided to stop posting on X. Twitter was once a great, non-political platform where geeks could exchange about their hobbies. By now, the place has gone dark, and we are no longer willing to…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

9 months ago

Today is the day of the Dutch Championships Headwind Cycling, where pro riders get beaten by the mailman! It will be a mild edition, with only a 6-7 Bft westerly wind, but the race parcours is chosen such that there is zero protection: the 9 km long Oosterschelde dam! A dam with…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

9 months ago

We kriehen sturm! 🌬️ Forget the Tour de France: the Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships will be held on Dec 7! An 8 Bft storm will blow on the 9 km long Oosterschelde dam, and 300 racers will battle it on city bikes. We'll be there with the Geology of Shit Weather!…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

10 months ago

For the many of you that are leaving X, but still would like to stay up to date the Geology of the Tour de France and other cycling races: follow us on all major socials. See geo-sports.org for links!

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

10 months ago

What a great idea! 😍😃

Perrin Remonté @PerrinRemonte

10 months ago

What a great idea! 😍😃

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

10 months ago

Normandy, Brittany and Mont Ventoux...just as we ran out of funding for clips 😭. Ow man, there's so much to tell there!

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Matt Rendell @[email protected] @mrendell

10 months ago

I guess you’ll have heard the news, that 2025 is to be ITV’s last Tour de France. Surprised (no free-to-air for London 2027??). Slightly in shock. No Gary presenting the Tour. Hard to believe.

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Il Lombardia @Il_Lombardia

11 months ago

@geotdf Love this! Thanks, Geology! 🪨 x 🍂 #iLombardia

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

11 months ago

What would the season's Grande Finale of @Il_Lombardia be without geology! (The answer probably is: a very flat spinter's race) You'll see the leaves falling over the folded and pushed up limestones - and dolomites of course, the name giver of the Italian Alps! And you'll see…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

11 months ago

Thanks @GeologicalSocSA for inviting us to write about @geotdf in your Geobulletin! And for all of you out there interested, you can find our editorial, by @marjieparj and @vanHinsbergen here: gssa.pub/gb/content/iss…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

11 months ago

The race is on. Shortly we will be at the Irchel mountain. It looks like a tafelberg, or table mountain. The top is flat like a table but its flanks are steep. The top of the mountain stayed clear during the ice ages but the foot was eroded away. We call that a nunatak. Stefan…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

11 months ago

Last day of the #Zurich2024 world championships, the men will have to show what they’re worth! And they’re lucky the race wasn’t 24000 years ago, because they’d had have to ski the entire thing back then 🥶 Stefan Heuberger at @ETH_EAPS of @ETH_en explored the route for you and…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

11 months ago

The race is off to a nuclear start..... Which is logical because Zurich is home to three nuclear power plants because it's a tectonically stable region. Read more about that in our blogs around these World Championships that we made with scientific partner @ETH @ETH_EAPS Zurich…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

11 months ago

The road race takes us to beautiful geological sites along the route like drumlins, valleys, a tafelberg and gorgeous lakes. Stefan Heuberger of @ETH_EAPS at @ETH Zurich takes you on a tour to see but also shows you what you can’t see anymore. Ice ages and warmer periods…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

11 months ago

Curious about the backgrounds of the @geotdf project? We wrote a little paper about it all, and it just came out in Geology Today! with @vanHinsbergen @marjieparj, @JoseBeenTV . Check it out: Geology of the Tour de France: taking a sports audience by surprise 👇…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

a year ago

We really hope you enjoy our clips and blogs about the Geology of Cycling. There's much more where that came from, but to keep making these, we're gonna need your help! All blog writers and presenters of Geo-Sports are volunteers, but our editor and film crew are independent…

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

12 months ago

The future of cycling is in the hands of the juniors and U23 riders racing against the clock today and tomorrow. But how can geology help with future-proof storing nuclear waste from Zurich's three nuclear power plants? @Thomas_Geosc of @ETH_EAPS at @ETH Zurich explains this.…

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @ETH_EAPS

12 months ago

The @zurich2024 time trials are in full swing but how did this landscape along the wonderful Lake Zurich and the rolling hills around the city come about? Let's turn to Geology and look back in time.

Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf

12 months ago

The @zurich2024 time trials are in full swing but how did this landscape along the wonderful Lake Zurich and the rolling hills around the city come about? Let's turn to Geology and look back in time.