The five major ocean gyres. A gyre in oceanography is any large system of circulating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements. Gyres are caused by the Coriolis effect; planetary vorticity along with horizontal and vertical friction, determine the circulation patterns from the wind curl (torque).
Velogames Fantasy Cycling has been providing fantasy cycling contests since 1997. The centrepiece event is the Velogames Fantasy Tour de France, which attracted almost 40,000 teams in 2015.
What channel is the 2016 Tour de France on? The Tour de France officially gets underway this week and the greatest cyclists will compete for the right to wear the yellow jersey and compete for their countryâs pride. The first event every year takes place on a Saturday and this year it will once again begin with a single-rider time trial event.