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I climbed both Zoncolan and Crostis. Crostis is a beauty, Zoncolan a beast. If you find your rithm then Crostis is quite ok as the slopes are constant.
Offtopic, for me personal Joux Plane was harder than both of them.
We have a former cyclist at ESP Romania for about 5-6 years, I think and he is like he was born for this. I agree about Contador having an odd voice but still beter than Cadel.
Is anyone here riding a bike? I am a 4-5.000 km/, 60.000+ vertical meter/year amateur cyclist and I climb all the time in 90+ cadence on 10+ km mountains. I can go easily on 110 area for minutes. If one of my friends attacks I never respond 'on danseuse", I just lift the cadence to 120+.' I just...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dO77C3kYsw
Balea Pass (North)
25.8 km with 6% average slope. I climbed it for the first time this summer. It's not that unknown.
First, it's nice to have a velowire-er here. Nice story btw. So this explains (LS) why Pau and Tourmalet are there almost every year. And still ..... why no Superbagneres then?
Maybe they have a contract with PdBF, we knew since 2015 that it is going to be in 2017, at least velowire readers. I liked it in 2012 and 2014. It's short but not that indecent like some Vuelta finishes.