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Boonen is getting a monument at the top of the Taaienberg Boonenberg

Story of the col de la mort d'Imbert

There was a helicopter crash at the peace race in 2002. Riders were shocked and wanted to cancel the stage. I have only found a German source: article in German Olaf Pollack said after the incident: If this would have happened three seconds later, 100 people would have been killed. Probably...

I guess from the map and the profile they take the following route: Start: Boulevard Bischoffsheim (classical route), after 400m they turn right into the Boulevard des deux Corniches. They follow the Avenue de Mont Alban and cross nearly the classical descend here. Instead they are turning left...

I just want to add the first four climbs the Tour has ever visited (though one of them was climbed very recently). 1903: Col de la Republique (7 km 6%) Last climbed in 1997 and 1978 1905: Ballon d'Alsace (9.1 km 6.6 %) Last climbed in 2019 and 2005 Côte de Laffrey (6.8 km 9.1%) Last climbed...

In 1995 they finished indeed 1.5 km before the finish today (at around 1970 m) and yes they finished in Les Arcs only at 1718 m above see level in 1996.

A breakaway jersey would be great. Something like Trofeo Fuga where they count the kilometers in breakaway groups. This would give incentives to attack on flat stages where a bunchsprint is certain. Even a doomed breakaway gets something to fight for and it could lead to situations where the...

Forecast is about 15 km/h.

Could you shift the all the "organizers, riders are bad" stuff to another thread so that this one is for the race action? This should not be impolite, but it makes following the race harder and it worsen my moot.

It will definitely make some difference. But keep in mind that Heras holds the record on Angliru by more than a minute with the gearing of 2000. So beeing faster than 2003 is great achievement (regardless of improvements in gearing).

There is a tough fight today for Trofeo Fuga (classification of most kilometers in a break of less than 10 cyclists). They should upgrade this classification and give it a jersey. The white jersey of the best young rider is obviously redundant.

There is a very technical part from 4 km to 2 km before the climb with 6 hairpins and 4 90° corners. Then it gets easier. But there is a last not to tight hairpin 600m before the climb: hairpin. After that it is relatively straight into a tight 90° right-hand corner into the climb (which is not...

Maybe they have an imaginary win already.

Thanks for the correction with vaccination hesitancy. Covid is also bad for young people and it is important to tell this in media and television. Saying you need to get the numbers down seems very reasonable too. However, the chance that you have complications is much larger for older people...