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Re: Re: If there was a boycott from both Gulf teams, Vegni will pressure UCI to align an italian national team. This would be quiet an armada : Nibali, Aru, Visconti, Ulissi, Conti... For other teams and riders, it depends on the level of geopolitical views put in the route, especially in...

Re: Re: Well, I don't even know if there will be one final ITT :D I remember an interview of Prudhomme in 2014-2015 and it was clear that for ASO the equilibrium of the route has to change every year. In 2017, rouleurs had the "last serve" in Marseille, so by this logic I'm expecting a last...

Re: Never took what Vayer says for granted because it's often BS :rolleyes: This map, like the other 3-4 which are flooding twitter since yesterday, belongs to a group of 51 maps designed for our annual TDF-N+1 design challenge in the forum of legruppetto.com :D However, the creator of...

Concerning the PBF, it is located in a remote "département" of France, Haute-Sâone, forgotten by the Tour (only one start in 99 édition). The chief of regional council is a fan of cycling and in 2012 he saw an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone by hosting a stage finish : correct this...

Rather than modifying the stages, a good idea for the Alps would be to invert them. A stage from La Mure to Col d'Izoard by Vars is 205km long. Additional perk : the start would be less flat with the hilly 'Route Napoléon' which always stimulate the baroudeurs. The day after, a...

Perigueux-Bergerac is a normal stage. It's pretty clear in the newspapers : the touristic aim of this stage is to go near Lascaux where there is a famous prehistoric site (same kind of Grotte Chauvet this year). IMO the second ITT will be around Marseille and probably a hilly one with the...

Re: Re: I was a Velochrono reader but not really a commentator. You may have mistaken me with someone else (or seen me in forums about PCM and now LeGruppetto). But it's off topic :D Concerning the Puy-de-Dôme, the eponymous French "département" and its main city Clermont-Ferrand are...

- According to local newspapers, the finish line in Liege will be on the boulevards (Sauvenière, Arvoy ?) so flat. The final kilometers could be hilly with for example Mont-Theux and Côte des Forges. Not really a LBL, even if the flat finish could be a good test for the future of the classic. -...