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.
Tour de France 2014: teams and riders. Read a full list of the remaining riders at the 101st edition of the Tour de France, which started in Leeds on Saturday July 5 and concludes on the Champs-ÃlysÃ©es, Paris, on Sunday July 27. 1  Fall guy: Stef Clement, one of many Dutch riders in the Belkin team, was forced to quit the Tour during stage seven Photo: AFP.