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Re: Awesome news, it's a monster of a climb from that side. Lots of space at Passo della Maielletta (marked at >Passo Lanciano) for a finish there but I hope they go all the way up :D

It looks weird, not really in a good way I think; presumably they would approach Canazei from the south which would mean they'd just repeat that stretch of road from Moena to Canazei the next day. And then setting off for Piancavallo from Selva would entail some repeating of the stuff they'd...

Not to mention the fact that apparently 1470 > 2144 in whatever parallel universe they are living in. :o

Libertine rhapsodising about the Tourmalet for a paragraph... now I've truly seen everything! :p I love the way your Tour is shaping up so far, in basing it off poor previous editions and transforming them with the special Libertine touch into something that I'd love to see in reality (just...

Wow this is going to be an insane challenge... :eek: I'm going to try and give it a go but I have a feeling it will take a long time to come up with a route I'm satisfied with. :p Would it not make more sense to have it at 27 days, i.e. a full GT plus a Monday rest day and then a final...

Re: Re: Great! Already hyped :D

I'm up for participating in another challenge, was great fun last time. Though I'd probably need a bit of time to prepare as I'm quite busy at the moment.

Congratulations barmaher on a well-deserved victory, not only did you produce a great route but I also really enjoyed reading your write-ups :) Although in fact congratulations to everyone for producing some great routes and sticking at it through the whole challenge, I'm really in awe of...

Number-crunching Giro di Stromeon: Roma - Milano Total distance: 3536km In Italy: 3426km In France: 110km Longest stage: Stage 8 Chieti - Castelraimondo (238km) Shortest road stage: Stage 14 Vigo di Fassa - Passo Pordoi (139km) Average stage length: 168km Average road stage length: 191km...

Giro di Stromeon Stage 21: Torino - Milano 151km Although the time-trials will probably gather more technical points, I strongly dislike the idea of having a TT on the final stage of the race (I much prefer seeing riders battle it out head-to-head in the mountains for the win, and also if...

Giro di Stromeon Stage 20: Cuneo - Sestriere 198km Short of time (again, frustratingly) today so don't have time to do justice to this, the final mountain stage. This is my tribute to the epic 1949 Fausto Coppi stage that Libertine mentioned earlier; we use the same passes but instead of...

Giro di Stromeon Stage 19: Savona - Santuario di Vicoforte 187km Similarly to stage 7, from Trivento to Guardiagrele, today's stage is two [in]famous stages chopped in half and stuck together. The first is the middle half of Milano - Sanremo (M-SR is long enough to have three halves), and...

Sorry to be annoying, but by my maths I have 437 rather than 429 (and I think others are similarly out?); not sure how the discrepancy arises though as its not the difference from not doubling the technical or anything like that.

Giro di Stromeon Stage 18: Bergamo - Genoa 212km After five days in the mountains, albeit separated by a rest day, it's time to give the sprinters a chance. With this stage almost certain to end in a sprint, and the final stage as well, I wanted to offer a carrot to the sprinters to suffer...

Giro di Stromeon Stage 17: Sondrio - Colli di San Fermo 160km Start of the last mountain stage in this long block of mountain stages, after three 5* stages in a row (separated by the rest day) this stage is somewhat easier, although still very difficult. While all the other mountain stages...