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.
The Tour de France announced the 2018 Grand DÃ©part will be hosted in the Pays de la Loire region. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com file. Paris (AFP) â The 2018 Tour de France will start from VendÃ©e on Sunday, June 30. The announcement was made by race director Christian Prudhomme of the ASO (Amaury Sport Organization) at half-time of the rugby match between France and Scotland on Sunday, with full details of next yearâs 105th Tour will be unveiled on February 28.