Le Lanterne Rouge Challenge
- Roger Young
- Jun 25
- 2 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
The last rider to finish the Tour de France is called Le Lanterne Rouge (Red Lantern). This honorable distinction has been recognized since the first Tour in 1903. In the modern Tour riders are required to finish within 20% of the winner's time each day or they are considered "out of the limit" and are then eliminated from continuing. On many stages riding within the time limit is an heroic task itself!
The Challenge: to ride 20% of the distance of the Tour de France earning red lanterns along the way.
THE CHALLENGE CONTINUES WITH THE WOMEN'S TOUR
START RECORDING YOUR RIDE DISTANCES MONDAY July 27
How to enter
Either 1: Join Youngs Training -- Strava Club (if you already have joined; you're entered)
Or 2: you may enter by e-mailing us youngstraining@gmail.com and we'll put you on the roster
WHAT IS A PICK?
A pick is a team number. You pick the number of the team the rider you think will be in the Lanterne Rouge (last) position on G.C. (general classification) each week - (note dead lines to enter you picks)
Special Note: You may give yourself a pick for every hour of any non-cycling activity
How to Play
When you ride; record your distance on Strava
For each 30km or 20mi you ride you earn a pick
Before the end of each week use your earned picks to choose the team number(s) of the rider(s) you think will be in last place on G.C. that week.
e-mail [youngstraining@gmial.com] your picks before Sunday, August 9
Be sure you include your name or your Strava i.d. in the e-mail.
Picks need to be seperated by a comma (e.g. 4,12,18,21,)
How to Win
If one of your picks is in the Lanterne Rouge (last place on G.C.) at the end of the Tour YOU WIN (a valuable prize)
Women's Team Numbers
MY COMMENTS (scroll to the end of this page, past the old challenge thumbnails). You may leave your own comments in that line.
Rider | Week 1 July 11 | Week 2 July 18 | Week 3 July 25 | Women's Tour de Femme |
Roger | 7,12,20 | 14,10 | 6,22,8 | 10,20 |
Reggie | 20,22,23,14,16,17 | 10,11 | 6,8 | 15,17, 10,20 |
Howard |
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Dave | 14 | 6,8,22,17,10,8 | 7,10,14,16,20 | |
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Kat |
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Lagan |
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Naomi |
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U M Woods | 20,16 | 14 |
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D Doubleu | 20,10,14,23 |
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UW | 20,8,16 | 10,14,6 |
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John B |
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Vikkie |
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Jan |
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Rich |
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Mary Ellen | 20,14,16,18 |
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Sheila |
| 8,6 | 22,14,17 | 10,20,17 |
Jamie |
| 14,10,21,6,8 | 17,22 | 10 |
Al |
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Louis |
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Sarah |
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Diana |
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Mel |
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Henry |
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James Miller |
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Bryant Likes |
| 3-15 & 17-23 | 6 | 10 |
James Likes |
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Steve |
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The Tour is no picnic for Picnic Post (3-4 riders in the last 10) but I'm hedging on St. MIchelle too. One stage to go and it's a douzy...
Now we focus on the women's Tour (avec ZWIFT). There's no rest days and 9 stages. We're picking the lantern rouge on the last day - and that's going to be more difficult than the men because the last stage is considered mountainous and whomever is in last going into that final day may not be a given.
Cees Bol held on to get the Lanterne Rouge - Team Decathlon #6 - now for the women's race starting next week!
Ces Bol is still 2:30 benind 2nd last place - 2 stages to go and he holds tight to the red lantern.
Wellens barely made it under the time cut and MdNulty had to abandon UAE is sick (and I mean ill). Ces Bol's still carrying the lanterne rouge (42 seconds seperates the last two riders) but with more Alps to go there'll be some DNF (over the time limit). I'm thinking Bol's doing better than most and is in charge of maintaining that red lantern.