Recent content by bp92

This is more of a re-introduction; I was an active member about 4-5 years ago, then went inactive for a couple years... then tried to come back last year but couldn't because the password reset system didn't work for me. And neither did the new account creation. Now that that's fixed, hello...

Tour de France Stage 20: La Côte-Saint-André - Saint-Étienne, 147km Climbs: Croix-de-Montvieux (cat. 2), Croix-de-Chaubouret (cat. 1), République (cat. 1) The final, fairly short medium mountain stage of the Tour (and the final stage before the typical journey to Paris) takes us back into the...

Getting many ideas for a DACH Rundfahrt (sp?) of my own. If only I wasn't too lazy to actually pull through the entire thing... (also if I could figure out how to find suitable cobbles outside of the typical Paris-Roubaix stuff...) Tour de France Stage 19: Moûtiers - Chambéry, 173km Climbs...

Tour de France Stage 18: Annecy - Arc 1800, 204km Climbs: Romme (cat. 1), Colombière (cat. 1), Aravis (cat. 2), Saisies (cat. 1), Pré (cat. 1), Cormet de Roselend (cat. 3), Arc 1800 (cat. 1) Right after the time trial we get another insanely hard mountain stage, featuring the final summit...

While making my Tour, I briefly considered including a Manosque-Pra Loup stage (after Ventoux or Paul Ricard)... using pretty much the same route LaFlorecita used. Dodged a bullet there :lol: . Nice medium mountain stages in Germany. I haven't really tried to draw many stages in Germany so far...

Tour de France Stage 16: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Montée de la Bastille, 129km The second week ends with another high mountain stage. This one is much shorter, though, with barely over half the length of Stage 15. However, it's also extremely hard, with two good HC climbs along the way, and a...

Re: Hmm... according to these official-ish (?) looking profiles there's no Picacho (instead they just do a 110km microstage to Bucaramanga)... A shame. There's a lot of potential for fun, challenging routes in Colombia, but the low profile of the race means they can't do it too hard because...

Re: Re: Whoops, I meant Brullnux. I no can read :redface: .

Tour de France Stage 15: Vence - Briançon, 229km Climbs: La Bonette (Souvenir Henri Desgrange, HC), Vars (cat. 1), Izoard (HC) The Alps in this Tour start with a bang, with the queen stage of the race right at the beginning. This is a very long high mountain stage, with "only" three...

Tour de France Stage 14: Toulon - Monaco (Circuit de Monaco), 197km Climbs: L'Etoile (cat. 4), Croix-Valmer (cat. 4), L'Esquillon (cat. 4), Villefranche (cat. 3) The first stage of the second weekend of the race takes us into another world-famous circuit... although this one is technically...

Tour de France Stage 13: Montpellier - Le Castellet (Circuit Paul Ricard), 234km Climbs: Romarins (cat. 4), Allauch (cat. 4), Camp (cat. 3), Le Castellet (cat. 4), Vieux-Camp (cat. 2) Next comes the longest stage of the race, clocking in at a whopping 234km. The route follows the...

Tour de France Stage 12: Limoux - Montpellier, 184km Climbs: None We're out of the Pyrenees at last! As a reward for enduring those stages, the riders will get a pan-flat stage, with the classic post-Pyrenees finish in Montpellier. Beware of shenaningans along the way... The caveat? Instead...

...And LaFlorecita's Pyrenees went and made my Tour's Pyrenees look easy :lol: . That Tourmalet-Aspin stage's just ridiculous. Really nice stages from Brullnux too. A bit of a shame that the Langogne stage's finish is so far from the mountains, but the final stage in the Massif Central (how...

Tour de France Stage 11: Foix - Ax 3 Domaines, 142km Climbs: Garabeil (cat. 1), Pailhères (HC), Bonascre (cat. 1) After the first rest day, we resume the race at the foot of the eastern pyrenees, in Foix. Stage 11 is short, but features a very tough 3-climb chain in the second half of the...

Tour de France Stage 10: Tarbes - Loudenvielle, 224km Climbs: Ares (cat. 3), Menté (cat. 1), Peyresourde (cat. 1), Aspin (cat. 1), Ancizan (cat. 2), Azet (cat. 1) The last stage before the rest day takes us into the mountains for the Pyrenees' "Queen Stage". With 224km, 6 categorized climbs...