A few days ago the Tour de France began in England. To honor the English "Grand Depart" cupajoe, a user on visual.ly designed this London Underground style tour map.
In truly British style, it shows the English Channel as a mere river to cross and does not delineate boundaries with Belgium or Spain, two countries that also share part of the route. The color scheme is not very useful, except to help translate the legend. However, this kind of map should not need a legend. It's much easier to have the dates right on the map and the starts and finishes of each stage clearly defined. The map below (from Cycling Weekly) does a better job in all respects and shows true geography. It's also more readable and much more attractive.
There must be a higher resolution version of this map but I have been unable to find it. It would be nice to be able to read the Légende and the tiny credits on the lower left of the map.
Update - Thanks to an anonymous commenter, we now have link to a higher resolution version of this map.
This map also makes for a nice mug.
Update - Thanks to an anonymous commenter, we now have link to a higher resolution version of this map.
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Thanks!
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