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January 10, 2024 5 min read

The Grand Tours are known for their infamously hard climbs, breathtaking battles to the top and impressive feats of athleticism. We’re taking a look at the 3 cycling Grand Tours which dominate our cycling calendars over the summer. 

Table of Contents:

What are the 3 Cycling Grand Tours?

• Tour de France

Giro D’Italia

• Vuelta a España
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The cycling Grand Tours are the three major European cycling races which take place between May and September each year. All three Grand Tours are three-week races with daily stages for professional cyclists to tackle. The three tours are famous for their gruelling climbs, tests of endurance, and feats of power. 

The three Grand Tours are the: 

Tour de France 

The Tour de France is one of the Grand Tours which is held primarily in France, and takes place during July, annually.

The  Tour de France   was first held in 1903, making it the oldest of the 3 cycling Grand Tours. The race consists of 21 stages, each a day long, and the route of these stages primarily takes place in France. Around 20 teams take place with a number of riders each, and each rider is timed on each day. 

Whilst this cycling Grand Tour is a men-only race, there have been many versions of the race for women over the years. The ' Tour de France Femmes '  was held for the first time in 2022, allowing female riders to compete in their own version of the iconic race. 

Standout Stages

Iconic climbs of the Tour de France   include the infamous Alpe d’Huez climb. With its seemingly endless hairpin bends in an upwards gruelling challenge, this stage is usually vital in determining the winner of the cycling Grand Tour. 

The rider with the lowest accumulative time during  the Tour   is the current leader and wears the famous yellow jersey. 

• There are 4 riders who have won this cycling Grand Tour the most times. Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain have each taken the title 5 times. 
• In 2012, Bradley Wiggins became the first Brit to win this prestigious cycling Grand Tour. 
• Kenyan-British cyclist Chris Froome has won the Tour four times (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).
• Welsh Geraint Thomas won the Tour in 2018. 

The Giro D’Italia Grand Tour takes place in Italy primarily, and is usually held in May or early June. 

The  Giro D’Italia   was first held in 1909 and welcomes cyclists from all over the world. This cycling Grand Tour primarily takes place in Italy, although the route often dips in and out of its neighbouring countries. As with the other cycling Grand Tours, the Giro consists of 21 stages with each stage taking place over a number of days. 

There are a number of types of stages that are used in the Giro: the mass-start stages,  individual time trials ,  and team time trials. As with the Tour de France, there are  iconic climbs of the Giro D’Italia   which push the cyclists to their limits, including those through the Alps and Dolomites. 

• 3 riders have the most Giro wins: Eddy Merckx, Alfredo Binda, Fausto Coppi each have 5 Giro wins to their names.  
• British-Kenyan rider Chris Froome won in 2018 riding for Team Sky. 
• Tao Geoghegan Hart won in 2020, riding for the INEOS Grenadiers. 

As with the Tour de France the cyclist with the shortest aggregate time is the leader, and begins the following stage wearing a pink jersey (or la maglia rosa). Within  the Giro ,  there are other competitions taking place - with the ability to win the mountain, points, young rider, or team classifications. 

Vuelta a España 

The Vuelta a España is the Grand Tour held primarily in Spain, which usually takes place over August and September annually. 

La Vuelta a España   was first held in 1935. The Vuelta primarily takes place in Spain, but as with the other cycling Grand Tours, often visits other European countries. The Vuelta welcomes riders from all over the world to compete in two time trials, passage through the mountain chain of the Pyrenees, and cross the finish line in Madrid. 

There are multiple mountain stages for each year of the  Spanish Grand Tour ,  which in the past have included:

• Lagos de Covadonga
• Les Praeres de Nava
• La Cobertoria
• Puerto de San Lorenzo

As with the other cycling Grand Tours, the rider with the lowest time at each stage of the ride will be the leader, donned in the red jersey. Whilst there are also winners of different classifications, which each wear different jerseys: points, mountains, combination, and team classifications. 

• Roberto Heras holds the record of most Vuelta victories, with four. 
• Alberto Contador, Tony Rominger and Primož Roglič have each won three times.
• British-Kenyan Chris Froome won the general classification in 2011 after Juan José Cobo was found guilty of doping by the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale). Froome also won in 2017, taking the points and combination classification in the same year. 
• In 2018, British cyclist Simon Yates won the Vuelta, also taking the combination classification in the same year. 

Ride the Grand Tour Stages Virtually with Wattbike 

Indoor cycling   is a great way to prepare for the Grand Tours. You can train for the different stages using your  indoor bike trainer .

• Training for the Tour de France with Wattbike   means tackling the climbing workouts in our Wattbike Hub cycling app. Complete climbing, sprinting, or endurance workouts on the  Wattbike Hub cycling app   to see your performance improve. You can even recreate the famous Alpe D’Huez climb without leaving the house!
• Complete the Tour de France stages with Alex Dowsett   to get a proper taste of the tour. This tempting tasting menu will get the job done in eight stages, each under 45 minutes, charting the heady heights and peak pressure moments that make for a complete Tour de France experience.
• You can  ride the Giro D’Italia on your indoor bike   to see how you measure up against the professionals. Complete your training and prepare to be put to the test. 
• Ride the Vuelta a España on your indoor trainer   and see how you fare against the gruelling climbs of the iconic Spanish cycling Grand Tour. 

Whether you’re  training for cycling sportives   or just a fan of the thrilling races, you can follow along from home and see what it takes to compete. 

Virtual Racing with Zwift 

Connect to the  Zwift cycling app   and pedal yourself through virtual races from the cycling Grand Tours. You can even compete with friends along the iconic routes with  visually spectacular recreations of real-world locations. 

Not only that, but the app offers the chance to enter the Zwift Racing League, which involves teams competing in virtual events on smart bikes or  turbo trainers . 

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Three in one: Sepp Kuss, the Vuelta and the triple Grand Tour mentality

How hard is it to ride three Grand Tours and win one of them in the same year?

Sepp Kuss' fourteen days as leader of the Vuelta a España meant, among other things, fourteen post-stage press conferences. But whenever the American was asked how he felt about racing three Grand Tours in a single year, the his answer was almost invariably a simple one: “I recommend it.”

For Kuss personally, proof of the validity of his comment was visible in the colour of the jersey he was wearing. And, in the aftermath of Kuss’ Vuelta victory, one imagines many feasibility studies about riding all three Grand Tours must have been carried out among rival teams.

It’s partly because Kuss’ result was so remarkable. He was not just the first rider in 66 years to ride all three Grand Tours and win one of them; he also pivoted from being ‘just’ a very talented climber to becoming enough of an all-rounder to claim his first-ever Grand Tour.

It’s fair to wonder how Kuss would fared had Primoz Roglič and Jonas Vingegaard been on different teams at the Vuelta rather than part of his all-conquering Jumbo-Visma . There's little doubt, however, that his physiological state was a very strong one in his third Grand Tour of the season. 

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For Ineos Grenadiers head coach Xabier Artetxe, Kuss’ own mental strength was at least as important as his physical potential in September. When it comes to doing three Grand Tours and winning one, good form is obviously key, but so too is having enough psychological resilience to handle so much racing.

“Doing the three Grand Tours at a high level is not new - my idol, Marino Lejaretta, did exactly that in the 1990s, and he was one of the pioneers of the modern age,” Artetxe tells Cyclingnews .

“It’s also true that you need a good plan and Sepp Kuss had only done two races before the Giro - UAE and the Volta a Catalunya, probably taking things quite calmly in both so he’d be in top form for the summer.

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“But to me, the key factor is to be psychologically prepared for it and not everybody has the kind of mentality that a guy like Sepp Kuss clearly has.”

One vital element of that special kind of personality, Artetxe says, is “being the type of guy who isn’t bothered about focusing really hard for exceptionally long periods of time on being at altitude, about eating the right kind of food, about having the right kind of weight."

“He’s maybe not the kind of guy who is a natural at leading a bike race, with all the being at the front of the bunch and all the stress management that implies," he continues. "But the rest of it -  Sepp Kuss is a guy who knows how to handle all of that stuff very well.”

Kuss’ ability to stay disciplined and focused outside the Grand Tours would therefore have been as critical as keeping his eye on the ball during the race itself, Artetxe believes. As he says, after completing a Grand Tour and racing for three weeks at a physical and emotional extreme, most riders suffer from a dramatic drop off the minute the race is over. Clearly, Kuss didn’t do that this year.

“You also need to be a natural Grand Tour rider, one of those  guys with specially fast recovery levels,” Artetxe says. “That’s Kuss’ case, just as it was for [2008 Tour de France winner and triple Grand tour specialist] Carlos Sastre and Lejaretta.

“But then the next big question becomes about things like controlling your weight and building up for the next Grand Tour. You’ve got four weeks or five at most between the two events and people are usually so tired, mentally, that they can’t control themselves in the couple of weeks after a Grand Tour - that's when you’ve dropped your work rate enormously and you’re simultaneously maybe eating a lot more than during the race as well.

“So your weight goes up, by two or three kilos at least, and that’s hard to control. However, if you can manage the recovery and the food consumption side of things on a psychological level, then it’s definitely possible to do.”

Switching up

If Kuss has the right kinds of mental resources to take on the Grand Tour challenge, there was also - as the American himself - a radical switch of attitude in other areas.

“He’s the kind of rider who likes to be at the back of the bunch and that is risky GC-wise because at the drop of a hat you can find yourself  four minutes down," Artetxe says.

“In fact, if you look at the first days of the Vuelta when he raced in Barcelona and in the first week, he wasn’t racing for the overall. He got in the overall contention position purely because of the stage 6 breakaway to Javalambre.

“Then two things came together simultaneously. Firstly he was not a rider on the other teams’ GC radar, so he was given a much bigger margin than usual, and at the same time, he moved into a new arena.

“After that, it wasn’t exactly surprising that he did such a good time trial in Valladolid because at this point in the season, rather than purely being based on technique, time trialling is more a question of physical strength, and power-wise he had that.”

But once again, Artetxe says, the mental ability to switch to leading was clearly in Kuss’ talent set. “It’s very different to be wearing red and fighting for the overall than being at eighth or ninth, say, and when the DS says take it easy on the TT because we’ve got X as our leader. But when Kuss got up there on GC, things changed. And he knew how to handle that.”

At the same time, not being a single designated leader until the third week was a considerable advantage for Kuss, with the pressure shared out between himself, Vingegaard and Roglic. It was only in the mountains of Cantabria and Asturias on stages 16 and 17, when the GC was effectively settled in favour of Jumbo-Visma and when Kuss found himself the subject of attacks by the Dane and Slovenian, that things veered towards going dangerously awry. 

Cue the famous behind-the-scenes emergency summit after the bizarre scenes on the Angliru where Kuss was isolated and suffering from ‘friendly fire,’ a meeting that seemed to restore internal order. But by then, with Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) out of the overall picture and the Spanish challengers unable to match any of the three Jumbo-Visma riders, the GC battle was as good as over, anyway.

The right team

As Artetxe points out, no matter what individual riders are capable of doing mentally and physically, they have to be in the right team for that potential to flourish. And there can be no doubt, he says, that Kuss’ victory in the Vuelta, together with Roglic's in the Giro and Vingegaard's in the Tour, also came about thanks to their having the right kind of team for it to happen, and not just because they avoided almost any misfortune.

“It’s not possible to win the three by chance, because even winning one is very difficult and doesn’t happen through good luck. You have to have a clear leader, a clearly structured team and no bad luck in terms of crashes, health and so on," he says.

“But they didn’t win simply because they didn’t fall off or get sick. They did it because they have great riders and strong leaders, because of the allround quality of the riders. Just look at the teammates in the Vuelta  - the defending champions of the Giro and Tour, no more and no less -  and their teammate, and leader, who is one of the best climbers in the world.

“They had team workers like [Robert] Gesink and [Wilco] Keldermann who have both been on the podium of Grand Tours. On top of that, a rider like  Dylan Van Baarle who’s won Paris-Roubaix, been World Championships runner-up and who’s a huge all-rounder -  as, given he was formerly an Ineos rider, we know very well ourselves. It’s an amazing team.

“Then on top of that, they work well, plan well. Obviously, you need a good budget, but money will only get you so far. They’ve done so much work in that aspect, to handle not just the race itself, but the build-up too, dealing with questions like the food, the form, and the altitude training camps, the hot days in the Tour…it’s lots of things that have to come together.”

The return of marginal gains

Although the term has been much maligned in recent years, as Artetxe sees it, the question of marginal gains makes for a huge difference. 

“Little by little they’ve gone on building it all up, like we did in Sky, adding in more and more details. At the same time, they’ve got a big, solid pool of 10 to 12 riders they know they can depend upon for Grand Tours. So just as a while back we were a reference point for a lot of teams, now they’re the reference point that teams are looking at.”

Yet if the scale of Jumbo-Visma’s success is such that other teams are likely wondering which of their riders might benefit by having a similar program to Kuss in 2023, the question of what is in store for Kuss himself in 2024 is hardly a minor one, either. Viewed from the outside, Artetxe reckons that while Kuss’ achievements are hugely impressive, the American now has another mountain to climb: handling considerably raised expectations now that he is an established GC rider in his own right.

“Up to this year’s Vuelta, we’d never seen Kuss doing a GC for himself and he’s shown what he can do. Maybe next year, though, if they put him in the Giro, say, handling the pressure of being ahead every single day, being in the thick of the action from the get-go, is something he can’t do so well," Artetxe says.

“Sometimes it’s better being second fiddle than the leader. We know that, we did that twice - in 2018 when Geraint [Thomas] was the plan B for [Chris] Froome in the Tour de France and in the 2019 Tour when Egan [Bernal] was the plan B for Geraint. Which just goes to show, again, that while the physical question matters, above all it’s the psychological factor which is key.”

And if it’s not clear where Kuss’ mental resilience, combined with his phsyical strength and GC abilities will take him now, those 14 red jerseys sitting in his trophy cabinet at his home in Andorra are testament to how far having the right head on his shoulders for three weeks this autumn in Spain was able to bring him in 2023.

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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will be exploring Colombia, Mongolia and many, many more destinations when series three returns on Amazon Prime Video

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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back on Amazon Prime Video with The Grand Tour series three.

The new series has already begun, but with new episodes released every week there is plenty to discover about what's to come, including where the trio will be travelling later in the run.

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Find out everything you need to know about The Grand Tour series three below ...

When is The Grand Tour series 3 released on Amazon Prime Video ?

The Grand Tour series three is available to watch now on Amazon Prime Video. Watch online here.

The new series began on Friday 18th January 2019. However, the next two episodes are set to be a little different.

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Normally new episodes of The Grand Tour are released every Friday. Episodes two and three however will be released back to back on Friday and Saturday in a two-part Colombia special. Read more about the special here.

Can I watch The Grand Tour if I don't have Amazon Prime?

The Grand Tour series three is currently exclusively available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon's video streaming service . That means only Prime subscribers can watch.

Normally an Amazon Prime subscription costs £7.99 per month or £79 a year .

However, if you're a new customer, you can sign up for free and watch The Grand Tour and everything else available on Amazon Prime for free for 30 days. Check out more details here.

Where is The Grand Tour filmed?

Filming began in early 2018. In March, Jeremy Clarkson posted a photo from DriveTribe (the trio's social media site) of a truck driving through snow, confirming in the caption that filming was underway.

The studio segments of series three were filmed in a tent in the Cotswolds , conveniently close to Jeremy Clarkson’s house.

However, as usual the trio have been a tad more ambitious with the filming locations for the non-studio bits. Mongolia and Colombia are the two highlights, but there are plenty more places to explore in the episodes ahead.

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“We did a special in Colombia. It has a lot more to it besides Pablo Escobar, and we wanted to get that across,” Richard Hammond explained.

“It’s the most ecologically diverse place on Earth. Cartagena was my favourite place this series,” Clarkson agreed, although he also had plenty to say about Mongolia.

"In Mongolia we drove for six days using nothing but the compass and we didn’t see any evidence that Man had ever existed – not a person, a jet trail, a wall, nothing," he said. "All of Mongolia is covered in what looks like grass, but it’s actually rosemary, sage and thyme. As you drive, the smell is heavenly. The producers packed everything we would need for a week, without including any alcohol...”

Producer Andy Wilman has also disclosed that the trio had been filming in China , the USA , Azerbaijan and Georgia .

The Grand Tour series three will also feature three epic 'specials', in Colombia, Mongolia and Nevada.

New episode details will be released closer to the air date, but check out where The Grand Tour is travelling to in upcoming episodes below.

The Grand Tour Season 3 Episode 1 – Motown Funk Release date: 18th January Filming locations: Detroit, Donnington Park

Season 3 Episode 2 Part 1 – Colombia Special Release date: 25th January Filming locations: Colombia

What is going to happen in The Grand Tour series 3?

Back in June, Amazon released a picture of Jeremy Clarkson dressed as a mustachioed traffic warden while filming series 3, so we know there'll be some unusual cosplay involved...

On top of this, producer Andy Wilman did debut some footage from the series at the Amazon Prime Video's European showcase event in London at the beginning of October, which featured a clip of unlikely guest star Mary Beard, who was seen in conversation with Jeremy Clarkson.

They've also returned to their own test-track, fondly known by the trio as the “Eboladrome” because of its resemblance to the shape of the Ebola virus.

Producer Wilman explained that they felt they had to "live up to" the name The Grand Tour this year, and that he is "quietly confident about this one" – so we're expecting big things.

Is there a trailer for The Grand Tour series 3?

Yes, Amazon Prime Video unveiled a first look at the same time as the release date.

The new footage promises more of the same epic road trips that have become a hallmark of Clarkson series, including trips to Colombia, Mongolia, China, Sweden and Detroit.

At the end of the trailer Clarkson asks, "What is the budget for our show?" to which May replies, "Smaller than it was."

Watch The Grand Tour series three trailer below.

Will there be more of The Grand Tour after series three?

Amazon has confirmed that The Grand Tour will be back for a fourth series – but that there will be a number of changes when the show returns.

The new-look Grand Tour will focus on big road trips and specials, ditching the studio segments and not-always-successful celebrity interviews.

Amazon promises that series four will see the trio “take on big adventure road trips that fans around the world love”.

Clarkson recently told Radio Times that he had no plans to leave The Grand Tour , saying that "my head’s filled with enough ideas for five years.”

"I have no plans at all for after The Grand Tour," he added. "God, no. I never run out of ideas. Someone asked me, before this series, ‘What can you possibly do with a car that you haven’t already done?’ But my head’s filled with enough ideas for five years.”

When are The Grand Tour season 3 live shows filming?

Amazon released three dates for the studio recordings so far. They are…

• 31 October 2018
• 7 November 2018
• 21 November 2018
• 28 November 2018
• 12 December 2018

The studio tent pitched up on 31st October.

How do I get tickets to the live tour dates?

Tickets for the live tour dates, which are taking place in October, November and December this year, have been released intermittently on Amazon. The first batch of applications ended on the 12th of October, but tickets for the live dates on 28th November and 12th December have been recently made available - and can be bought here .

Kep an eye on The Grand Tour's official Facebook page - where tickets will be released if there are any left to be snapped up.

What is The Grand Tour Game?

The big news for the the new season is that there is going to be an accompanying game, as introduced by James May and Richard Hammond, half-naked from a pool in the YouTube video below.

"Basically, you can be us," James May says. "All the challenges and experiences we've had, only this time, you're driving."

It comes equipped with four player split-screen, meaning fans will be able to face off against one another, and it will be released in episodic format on Playstation 4 and Xbox One from the beginning of series three.

And there's also a gameplay trailer, which you can check out below.

How can I watch seasons 1 and 2 of The Grand Tour?

Seasons 1 and 2 of The Grand Tour are available to watch now on Amazon Prime Video . If you don’t already have Prime, you can access it now with a 30-day free trial .

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The Grand Tour Presents: Lochdown: release date, trailer and new episodes explained

What we know about the show's Scotland and Russia specials

The Grand Tour season 4, episode 3 is coming on July 30, Amazon has confirmed – and it'll take co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to Scotland in a special called Lochdown. The episode was actually filmed in 2020, mid-pandemic, so hopefully we won't have to wait too long to see it. The special will imitate the feeling of an American road trip – without actually requiring the British hosts to leave their country. 

There's a first trailer for The Grand Tour Presents: Lochdown, too, which you can see below.

There's more good news if you're a fan of The Grand Tour Presents: a new episode has been filming this year in Wales and parts of England like Warwickshire. This dovetails with what James May said in an interview last year about filming more episodes closer to home in an effort to release them more regularly. Given how languid the releases have become lately – a year separated the release of the last two specials, Seamen and A Massive Hunt – that will come as a relief.

Below, we'll tell you everything we know about the future of The Grand Tour Presents on Amazon Prime – including details about the Scotland-based Lochdown special, what we know about the new UK episode as it films, and what happened to the lost Russia special that was originally set to follow A Massive Hunt. 

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The Grand Tour Presents: Lochdown release date is July 30, 2021

The next special in The Grand Tour Presents series is called Lochdown – and it just got a release date of July 30 on Amazon Prime Video. Check out the trailer in the section below for confirmation.

That's not all that's coming from Clarkson and pals in the foreseeable future, though.

As of April 2021, another special for The Grand Tour was filming in the UK – the three hosts were spotted filming in Llandrindod Wells, Wales, by The Grand Tour Fans YouTube channel . They were each driving classic French cars, which hints a little at the theme for the episode. Jeremy Clarkson was apparently spotted driving a Citroën CX Break, James May was glimpsed in a Renault Avantime, while Richard Hammond was reportedly in a Matra Murena, according to the channel. Later, the hosts were spot in Leamington in England, filming near a retail park.

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That episode seems like it's probably a while away, though. Let's go through what we know about the Lochdown special's filming, first. A first teaser for that episode was released on social media earlier this year – Clarkson describes the special as The Grand Tour 'unplugged'.

Earlier plans to record an episode in Russia were put on-hold because of the pandemic (see below) – so the Lochdown special was filmed in Scotland across nine days earlier in 2020 instead.

"We did it in area of Scotland with not many people," co-host James May told BT . "We didn’t interact with the locals really. There were complicated systems set up for cleaning everything and it was a bit tiresome going through lots of procedures and being tested every day, but it didn’t get in the way of filming to be honest."

The hosts couldn't go to the pub after filming the episode, which must've been a challenge. 

While it might be a long wait until the trio and their crew can head to more exotic locations, the intent is to keep making episodes in locations where it's easier to pull off – hence why a Wales-filmed special probably makes sense. "In the short term we might have to reduce our travel ambitions and we’ll have a better chance of doing it," May says. "Better to film in the UK and deliver regularly than promise the earth and not deliver anything. The Grand Tour may become a little more domestic. But it will still be us three which is the important thing. And cars."

That bodes well for the future – and who knows, maybe we'll start seeing episodes of The Grand Tour season 4 land more regularly than once every year again.

The Grand Tour Presents: Lochdown trailer

Och aye the new trailer for The Grand Tour Presents... #Lochdown is here pic.twitter.com/0eobci0wpL July 15, 2021

Check out the trailer for The Grand Tour Presents: Lochdown above, which was released in July 2021.

To film the upcoming Scotland special during the pandemic, the crew formed a bubble, and no one caught Covid-19 during the shoot. It was reported that the hosts were seen driving classic American cars from Edinburgh to the Hebrides – which suggests some kind of Route 66-style road trip element. 

Clarkson was seen driving a blue Lincoln, May was seen driving a red Cadillac, and Hammond was seen in a green Buick. The trio also took part in a drag race on a runway somewhere in south Scotland, for which the cars mentioned were apparently modified, and were seen towing caravans at one point too.

May says that being a bit closer to the home for the hosts doesn't matter that much – after all, viewers on Amazon Prime Video could be watching it from anywhere. "If you're watching The Grand Tour from Sri Lanka, Scotland is as exotic and beautiful as Sri Lanka is from Scotland, so there's always going to be a large part of the audience which finds anywhere in the world fascinating."

And hey, anything that gets the hosts to film new episodes faster seems like a good thing. 

The Grand Tour season 4 Russia special: what we know

Yes, the next Special will land later this year.Yes, it’s filmed in Madagascar and yes, there will be cars.Yes, we wanted to go to Russia.No, we couldn’t (we all know why).Yes, we will try again.No, we don’t know when.Yes, we will keep you updated.#TheGrandTour July 7, 2020

The next planned episode for The Grand Tour Presents was meant to take the hosts to Russia – and this is still the idea, one day. It's just been postponed for now due to the pandemic. James May says that lots of preparation has been made for this special, but that it's "just impossible right now". Hopefully, with the incoming wave of vaccines, that might be able to change in future – but it seems unlikely you'll see a Russia special of The Grand Tour at any point in the next year or so.

After the next UK special, though, Clarkson did confirm the plan was to film abroad – they're just not sure where yet.

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The Grand Tour Season 3 – Aston, Astronauts and Angelina’s children – Episode Guide, Recap, Fun Facts

We start in the tent where Clarkson, Hammond and May discuss what’s to come in the episode. It’s a quick introduction which soon moves to Richard Hammond’s piece on the new Aston Martin, the Vantage.

Hammond Reviews The Vantage

We go to the Eboladrome , where Hammond is very complimentary of how the Vantage looks. He also likes the interior, which doesn’t have the usual mistakes of previous Astons. The engine is also brilliant. It’s from AMG, but still works well in the Vantage especially with Aston’s tune on it.

I think it’s safe to say he loves it, despite a few small issues such as visibility, the indicator sound, and there being too much Alcantara. He even admits that it is close to, if not better, than a Porsche 911.

On the Eboladrome by the hands of Abbie Eaton, it gets a time of 1:20.4. That’s exactly the same as a Porsche 911 GT3RS and a BMW M5.

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First up is the VW ID R, and how it can corner so fast the driver could blackout due to the lateral G forces. Then, after some joking about fighter pilots, they discuss the Rolls Royce Cullinan and how Rolls didn’t want to give them one due to their fear that they’d call it ‘ugly’.

They’re interrupted by a phone going off, and it turns out to be an alarm for an audience member to pick up their children. They briefly poke fun at her before resuming their chat about the Cullinan.

Next, flying cars. They go through a few examples, but conclude that they’re useless. As are the statistics from Scotland regarding safe driving.

James On The Moon

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James May has a segment on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, He takes us through the story of spaceflight, but as this is a car show, he eventually gets to the cars the astronauts would drive. This, in particular, would be the Chevrolet Corvette. James actually drives Neil Armstrong’s Corvette in a spine tingling video.

Clarkson Tests The Citroen C3 Aircross

Clarkson decides to do a thorough test on the everyday Citroen. the first test is ‘can the car go faster than itself?’. A top speed test is done at Milbrook where it gets 115mph. But Clarkson thinks it can do better. He uses the slipstream of a Bentley Bentayga where it eventually does 123mph.

Next, parking. Clarkson concludes that if the car is bigger than the space, then no it can’t park there. But if the space is bigger than the car, then yes it can.

Now, a strength test. Can it pull a 13,000 tonne ship? The car is hooked up to a car transporter, and it needs to drag the ship 25 metres. It actually manages to do it… kind of, so with that sorted out, Clarkson can now look at practicality.

Turns out there’s not a lot of space for kids, even those bought by Angolina Jolie. The boot is just about big enough for a very small horse, though.

For the next test, they’re in France to see if it could work as a police car. A DeTomaso Pantera is being used for an armed robbery, so Clarkson is on the case in the Citroen! After a hilarious chase, the Pantera eventually broke down and was caught by Clarkson.

The final test covers the invasion of Italy. So, Clarkson uses the Citroen to cross the Alps and it turns out that the little car is pretty good off-road.

At the tent, Hammond and May think the tests were awful. They exclaim that the tests were useless, and that there should have been at least a comparison to the Vauxhall equivalent. James offers a better test. How easy is it to vacuum the Vauxhall? Clarkson says he knew he’d bring that up, so gives it to Sir James Dyson (yes, actually) who says it’s very easy!

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End of an era: Top Gear trio bids farewell with final tour

T he iconic trio known from "Top Gear" and "The Grand Tour" is officially ending. However, each of the presenters plans to continue their projects.

Rumors about the end of "The Grand Tour" have been circulating for many months, and May, Hammond, and Clarkson did not shy away from the gossip, implying that the great trio's time has passed. The official farewell will be the last episode of "The Grand Tour," filmed in Zimbabwe.

The British daily "The Daily Mail" writes about the matter, mentioning the official end of over 21 years of collaboration and the dissolution of the W. Chump and Sons media company , which brought together the presenters.

Each of them, however, intends to continue their television careers by pursuing individual projects. Clarkson with "Clarkson's Farm," May with culinary-travel shows, and Hammond in the series "The Great Escapists" co-created with Tory Belleci from "MythBusters."

Does the farewell to the incredible trio mean the end of "The Grand Tour"? Not necessarily. There is no shortage of rumors in the British media about the continuation of the show , albeit with different presenters.

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Tour de France 2024 stage-by-stage guide: Route maps and profiles for all 21 days

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The 2024 Tour de France is a truly unique race beginning in Florence and ending – for the first time in its 121-year history – outside Paris .

This year’s Tour will wrap up without the usual procession to the Champs-Elysees, where security resources will be focused on the Paris Olympics starting five days later. Instead, organisers have opted to end the race with an individual time-trial in Nice, adding the possibility of the yellow jersey changing hands on a dramatic final day.

Before that, riders face a typically gruelling challenge, with a hilly start in Italy before crossing to France where a perilous gravel stage awaits in Troyes. Week two leads the peloton south to the Pryenees and the monstrous Col du Tourmalet, before a series of days in the Alps including a particularly brutal stage 19 with a summit finish in Isola.

It all concludes in Nice on Sunday 21 July, where the race winner will be crowned.

Stage 1: Florence to Rimini (hilly, 206km) | Saturday 29 June

The opening stage of the 2024 Tour de France will be a beautiful ride, starting with the Grand Depart on the banks of the Arno river in the centre of Florence before heading through Tuscany to the finish line on Italy’s east coast, on the beachfront of Rimini. The route also takes in San Marino, the Tour’s 13th country. But it will be tough on what is the most hilly first stage in the race’s history with 3,600m of climbing to conquer. It could be a day for Tadej Pogacar to immediately make his mark, or for an outstanding classics rider like Mathieu van der Poel to target, while young puncheurs like Ireland’s Ben Healy and Belgium’s Maxim Van Gils could be outside bets.

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Stage 2: Cesenatico to Bologna, (hilly, 199km) | Sunday 30 June

The second day throws up a more gentle ride, though it still contains six categorised climbs to test the legs. The purest sprinters will get left behind but the small ascents are unlikely to put off the more hardy fast men, like Wout van Aert , who will like the look of the fast finish in Bologna.

• Stage 2: Kevin Vauquelin earns debut win as Tadej Pogacar assumes yellow

Stage 3: Plaisance to Turin (flat, 231km) | Monday 1 July

The long third stage will be the first opportunity for a bunch sprint to the finish line. Expect Alpecin-Deceuninck to try and control the final kilometres in an effort to position Jasper Philipsen for the win, but there is a stacked list of sprinters ready to challenge him including Arnaud de Lie, Dylan Groenewegen, Sam Bennett, Wout van Aert and Mark Cavendish, chasing a record 35th stage win to finally eclipse the great Eddy Merckx.

• Stage 3: Biniam Girmay makes history as first black African to win a Tour stage

Stage 4: Pinerolo to Valloire (mountainous, 140km) | Tuesday 2 July

A tough fourth stage takes the riders into France via a couple of testing category-two climbs and to the foot of the Col du Galibier – the first hors categorie ascent of the race. The gradient averages only 5.3% but at 23km long, it is a draining slog of a climb to the top and the strongest climbers will come to the fore. Expect some attacks among the big hitters like Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard as we get our first real sense of the battle for overall victory.

• Stage 4: Tadej Pogacar makes statement with dominant win to regain yellow

Stage 5: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas (flat, 177km) | Wednesday 3 July

The second sprint finish of this year’s Tour contains some small hills but nothing that should disrupt the power riders from reaching the finish near the front, where they will expect to battle for victory.

• Stage 5: Mark Cavendish makes history with record-breaking 35th win

Stage 6: Macon to Dijon (flat, 163km) | Thursday 4 July

An even flatter day looks ripe for a bunch sprint on the streets of Dijon. One small categorised climb early in the stage precedes an intermediate sprint which might be targeted by those hunting the green jersey, and a breakaway will almost certainly then take to the front of the race. But it is likely to be caught by the sprinters’ teams before the finish as the peloton’s power riders fight for the stage win.

• Stage 6: Dylan Groenewegen wins photo finish in Dijon

Stage 7: Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin, (ITT, 25km) | Friday 5 July

The first individual time-trial of this year’s Tour de France sweeps through thick forest before opening out into the picturesque vineyards of Burgundy. The only climb is the short Cote de Curtil-Vergy (1.6km at 6.1%), followed by a descent into Gevrey-Chambertin, and here Remco Evenepoel – the reigning time-trial world champion – will plan to take some time from his general classification rivals who are less adept against the clock.

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Stage 8: Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises (flat, 176km) | Saturday 6 July

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Stage 9: Troyes to Troyes (hilly, 199km) | Sunday 7 July

The Tour de France takes on the gravel roads of the Champagne region to see out the first week, and the white dusty terrain could take down a few unfortunate victims. The 14 sections of gravel span 32km in all, and they are similar to the roads of the iconic Italian race, Strade-Bianche. The past winners of Strade-Bianche – Tom Pidcock, Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar – will fancy their chances here.

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Rest day: Orleans | Monday 8 July

Stage 10: orleans to saint-amand-montrond (flat, 187km) | tuesday 9 july.

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Stage 11: Evaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran, (mountainous, 211km) | Wednesday 10 July

Six categorised climbs pepper a hard up-and-down day through the Massif Central. The third-from-last ascent is the toughest, the Puy Mary Pas de Peyrol (5.4km at 8.1%), with a painfully steep final 2km to conquer, and strong climbing legs will be needed to win the stage. A good day for a breakaway to escape and potentially stay away to the end.

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Stage 12: Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, (flat, 204km) | Thursday 11 July

The ‘flat’ categorisation disguises the numerous small hills dotted through this picturesque route to Villeneuve which will drain legs if the pace is high. Expect a determined breakaway to make it difficult for those teams hoping to set up a bunch sprint at the finish – twice before, the day has been won by a rider in the breakaway here.

• Stage 12: Biniam Girmay seals hat-trick of sprint stage wins

Stage 13: Agen to Pau, (flat, 165km) | Friday 12 July

Pau is a staple of the Tour de France over the years, acting as the gateway to the Pyrenees mountains. The hilly finish to the stage might slow down some of the pure sprinters but they will be determined to reel in a breakaway – especially if they failed to do so a day earlier, and with so much hard climbing to come.

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Stage 14: Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet, (mountainous, 152km) | Saturday 13 July

The iconic Col du Tourmalet stands in the middle of this mountain stage, with the road peaking at 2,115m above sea level. The 19km climb averages 7.4% gradient and once it’s conquered, two more big climbs await including a summit finish at Pla d’Adet. The GC contenders will surely trade blows on this brutal day.

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Stage 15: Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille (mountainous, 198km) | Sunday 14 July

A nice relaxing weekend in the Pyrenees is rounded off with five climbs over a 200km route, all rated category one or harder. Expect fireworks among the yellow jersey contenders as they race to the finish atop Plateau de Beille.

• Stage 15: Tadej Pogacar lands major blow to extend advantage over Jonas Vingegaard

Rest day: Gruissan | Monday 15 July

Stage 16: Gruissan to Nimes (flat, 189km) | Tuesday 16 July

This is the final chance for the sprinters to bag a stage before the road kicks up into the mountains once more. Those in contention for the win will need to keep their composure as roundabouts punctuate the long final strip into the line in Nimes.

• Stage 16: Jasper Philipsen seals hat-trick of sprint wins

Stage 17: Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Superdevoluy (mountainous, 178km) | Wednesday 17 July

The peloton reaches the Alps for a day that will be draining as the road tilts from the start. There are bonus seconds to be collected at the top of the category-one Col du Noyer, before a fast descent to a small summit finish which caps a tough second half to this stage.

• Stage 17: Richard Carapaz rides to victory as Remco Evenepoel takes time on Jonas Vingegaard

Stage 18: Gap to Barcelonnette (hilly, 180km) | Thursday 18 July

A breakaway will certainly have a go at escaping up the road to clinch this stage, and they should be able to make it stick. The five official climbs are all category-three ascents which might mean some of the more well-rounded riders with a fast finish can clamber over them and be a threat at the end.

• Stage 18: New dad Victor Campenaerts claims emotional maiden Tour stage win

Stage 19: Embrun to Isola 2000 (mountainous, 145km) | Friday 19 July

Perhaps the most eye-catching stage when the 2024 route was unveiled was this one: three monstrous Alpine climbs, back to back, with a summit finish at Isola. The middle climb of the trio is the giant Cime de la Bonette (22.9km at 6.9%), the highest road in France at 2,802m. If the fight for the yellow jersey is still alive at this point in the race, this will be a thrilling stage for the story to unfold.

• Stage 19: Peerless Tadej Pogacar tightens grip on yellow jersey

Stage 20: Nice to Col de la Couillole (mountainous, 133km) | Saturday 20 July

It may be a little shorter at only 133km, but this is another brutally tough mountain stage featuring four climbs and another summit finish, atop the Col de la Couillole.

Stage 21: Monaco to Nice (ITT, 34km) | Sunday 21 July

The race will finish without the usual procession through Paris and instead see the riders contest an individual time-trial from Monaco to Nice that could decide the outcome of the Tour. The last time-trial finale saw Greg Lemond pinch the yellow jersey on the Champs-Elysees, beating Laurent Fignon by eight seconds. This route is longer than the stage-seven time-trial, and a little more hilly too, so there is potential for some significant time gaps.

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