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Seattle Classic (288km) The Seattle Classic, one of the five monuments of my World Tour, starts at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The first part of the race is a lttle lumpy, but mostly flat with only ascents about 25km into the race at Maple Valley Highway(2.5km@5%) and 30km later in...

Maranchon - Madrid (187km) Well, this is a decently long transfer, but in exchange the riders get a easy stage to parade the winner. The only obstacle is the ascent to Miralrio (4km@4.7%,cat4) between the intermediate sprints at Siguenza and Guadelajara. The GC leader will reach Madrid safely...

Re: Re: Oh yeah, I forgot, fair enough, I changed the profile to include the final part.

Re: I wasn't sure if the pass is still rideable this late in the calendar. Edit: But now that I look at the roads they should be fine,

Foix - Aixas (136km) The final decisive stage is a lot shorter and flat until the intermediate sprint at Ax-Les-Thermes, then the long, but rather gentle climb of El Pas de la Casa (33.7km@4.8%, HC) begins with the final 2km at 11%, which is followed by the much steeper Col de la Galina...

Berga - Bagneres-du-Luchon (250km) The queen stage of this Vuelta has the riders immediately start climbing up to the Tunel de Capulat (10.9km@4.7%, cat2) and afterwards ascend the Col de Jou (10.4km@6%, cat2). After a bit of lumpy terrain and the descent, they pass the intermediate sprint at...

Pamplona - Frontera del Portalet (176km) I am kind enough to ease the riders into the final set of mountain stages with a long stretch of flat to rolling terrain containing two intermediate sprints at Liedena and Jaca. Towards the end of the stage the final climb is annonced by a warm-up climb...

It should be no surprise that mine also contained a stage with the Roßfelder Höhenstraße (4 times), although I'm not totally sure whether it is the queens stage or not (PCM decided to label it as a "hills stage")

Re: I should really start to post some races outside of the well-known regions, so Libertine doesn't already know every single climb. :D @Libertine Thanks, I didn't actually expect such rather small hills to have a name and cycling history.

Bilbao - Durango (88km) This is a very short road stage that is up and down almost all the way, so we should hopefully see an active race. The first few km until the early intermediate sprint in Amorebieta-Etxano is bumpy, but without any longer climbs. It is followed by an unclassified climb...

Gijon - Santander (178km) It's the calm before the storm as the riders make their way along the coast from Gijon to Santander. The early intermediate sprint at Villaviciosa may either be contested by the sprinters or given to a break depending on the state of the points classification, the...

Re: Yes, it is. I didn't notice because it was unlabeled in Google Earth (normally at least someone made a photo whose name is the climbs name). Those option do sound a bit more realistic in terms of logistics, I always forget to consider that.

Oviedo - Navaliego (219km) This stage starts with some rolling terrain including the climb to El Rubial (3.1km@6%,cat4), then there are about 30km of false flat before the main difficulty of the day, the consistent decently steep ascent to El Puerto (11.3km@6.8%, cat2), which is followed by some...

Salamanca - Leon (199km) As we make our way towards the North, the riders get another flat stage on the way to the mountains. The way from Salamanca past the intermediate sprints at Zamora and Benavente to Leon does not feature any significant climbing with the only slightly unusual factor being...

No, I haven't yet. It doesn't really matter, I just found it funny how similar we race designers seem to think.