2013 Ronde van België/Tour de Belgique (2.HC) 22nd - 26th May

[Geraint Too Fast]

2013 Ronde van België/Tour de Belgique (2.HC) 22nd - 26th May

Official Site

Start List (Cancellara, Martin, Boonen, Gilbert, GVA, Boom, Roelandts, Greipel, Spilak, Voeckler, etc.)


Stage 1: Lochristi - Knokke-Heist (194.2 km)

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Stage 2: Knokke-Heist - Ninove (178.8 km)

Stage 3: Beveren - Beveren (ITT) (15 km)

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Stage 4: Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure - Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure (164.3 km)

Stage 5: Banneux - Banneux (175.6 km)

 

[gooner]

Good to see this on Eurosport.

Spilak FTW.

 

[Parel van het Zuiden]

Tony Martin FTW

 

[Ferminal]

Not a bad parcours. Easy win for Klöden if he survives the Muur.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Good field. But I want to see a ITT on the cobbles and hills! (well, when Canc is starting there's not much of a thrill of course )

 

[Zam_Olyas]

El_pistolero told me the old ronde course is gonna be use, i don't know whether he was trolling me because we troll alot

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

It seems they don't even use De Muur? Any idea why? Seems a bit stupid, passing through Geraardsbergen, and using the wrong side of the hill...

3 times La Redoute, that's cool though.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

To hell with the broken bones, after a soft stage the show will start:

 

[saneguy]

Kloden should get this one for sure !

 

[Lanark]

It seems they don't even use De Muur? Any idea why? Seems a bit stupid, passing through Geraardsbergen, and using the wrong side of the hill...

3 times La Redoute, that's cool though.

I think it's because of roadworks.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Is the last stage finishing on Top of Redoute?
Do they use some climbs of Flandern, too?

Time Trial looks pretty technical

 

[Roderick]

The "hills' they do in the flemish ardennes are actually pretty pathetic. Most of those hills are not even real hills in de Ronde or E3

 

[Bavarianrider]

The "hills' they do in the flemish ardennes are actually pretty pathetic. Most of those hills are not even real hills in de Ronde or E3

So no climbs of Tour of Flanders, like Kwaremont or so on?

 

[Roderick]

So no climbs of Tour of Flanders, like Kwaremont or so on?

Only TenBosse and Bosberg, which will be done twice, but the other "hills" are actually just little bumps in the road. Wouldn't surprise me if there's a bunchsprint of around 70 people that day

 

[Bavarianrider]

Thanks, hopefully no crashes, Tony on cobles is never a good imagination

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Only TenBosse and Bosberg, which will be done twice, but the other "hills" are actually just little bumps in the road. Wouldn't surprise me if there's a bunchsprint of around 70 people that day

I'd call the Congoberg a real hill too.

As for the Muur, it's especially weird they're not riding them, since this week there will be all kinds of events their celebrating 100 years of Ronde van Vlaanderen. There might be roadworks, I didn't go to Geraardsbergen since a while, but all I can find online is possible roadworks on the kapelmuur, so they could still have ridden the Vesten.

 

[Oliver]

I've done the Muur by bike recently but the the roadworks aren't finished yet. Normally they would have done the Muur tomorrow but because it isn't ready yet, they take 'Oude Steenweg' instead (825 m, 17%, average 9,3%).

 

[Roderick]

I've done the Muur by bike recently but the the roadworks aren't finished yet. Normally they would have done the Muur tomorrow but because it isn't ready yet, they take 'Oude Steenweg' instead (825 m, 17%, average 9,3%).

So the 'Oude Steenweg" is what was formerly known as the 'kloosterstraat'? That could definitely spice things up. Forget about the bunchsprint then

 

[Oliver]

So the 'Oude Steenweg" is what was formerly known as the 'kloosterstraat'? That could definitely spice things up. Forget about the bunchsprint then

Yes. I believe it's the hardest one of the hills that day.

 

[Roderick]

Yeah by far, I thought 'Oude Steenweg' was the big N-road all around the Muur but that's apparently the 'Guilleminlaan'. Typical for Flanders to have like half a dozen different names for the same hill

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Yeah by far, I thought 'Oude Steenweg' was the big N-road all around the Muur but that's apparently the 'Guilleminlaan'. Typical for Flanders to have like half a dozen different names for the same hill

This would mean they changed the course from what's in the roadmap and the gpx files on their website. But a much better course indeed.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Voeckler crashed again.

Edit - caused by one of his own bottles.

 

[Oliver]

This would mean they changed the course from what's in the roadmap and the gpx files on their website. But a much better course indeed.

Yeah, it's confusion. In one of the documents they are also mentioning 'Berendries' but on the map it's changed to 'Langendries'. Berendries would be much better.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Yeah, it's confusion. In one of the documents they are also mentioning 'Berendries' but on the map it's changed to 'Langendries'. Berendries would be much better.

They also pass by the Molenberg, and ignore it.

 

[Martin]

WOW.
Tommy V. didnt give it up and fights his own bitter race against HD timelimit.
What a character.