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2014 Paris Nice, Stage 3: Toucy - Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 180k

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Parrulo

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The bore fest continues . . .
 
Parrulo

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MatParker117 said:
Yes ASO no MTF's, no TT's that will bring GT contenders back to your race and make it riveting and exciting.
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I actually like the idea for this route, i just think this is a very poor execution of it.

The first sunday stage should have already been very hilly in order to separate the contenders from the pretenders on day one and reduce the nervousness of the peloton on the following flat stages.

The fayence stage should be much tougher, like in 09 when even a guy like Chavannel was in contention so it wasn't a mountain stage. And even the Col de Eze stage could have some more difficulties before making Eze much more selective.

So this would leave us with 4 flat stages (2,3,4 and 7), 3 proper hilly stages (1, 6 and 8) and the other one (5) imo should have been something like the pais vasco stage where purito beat Samu for the win in a 2 man sprint (the one where kiserlovsky attacked from far away), so pretty much a trap stage.
 
Kwibus

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Parrulo said:
I actually like the idea for this route, i just think this is a very poor execution of it.
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This. this and this.

Such a shame that when they try something nice they completely fail to execute it properly. Typical ASO I'm afraid. They tend to be too cautious.
 
Libertine Seguros

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I am mystified as to how they have found those elevation changes on the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. That was notorious for being flat, and for having been designed based on combining people's favourite corners from a dozen different racetracks, while retaining approximately none of the charm or character of these.
 
VeloHuman

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The open, flat finish makes this stage Coquard's best shot of hanging with the big guns. I kinda hope he does it.
 
wirral

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hfer07 said:
One thing is certain: Farrar won't do sh!t either :D

a match between Bouhanni & Degenkolb is in the forecast :)
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Yes he will, he will crash either at around 20 km to go or in a pile-up on the second to last corner. :p Hope he will be alright though.

Re the early flat stages, ASO are obsessed with having as many yellow jersey changes as possible and appalled at the thought of having the GC wrapped up in the first half of the race.
 
Butterhead

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Jspear said:
Meersman will get revenge.
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Revenge?
He was giving a time penalty of only 1 minute and 10 seconds for pace, which is hilarious, he would have lost several minutes without the pace, I think he should be grateful instead.
 
BigMac

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The first two stages were not boring. In fact, the first was quite good. It would have been even better if Betancur had stayed on the group with Bardet, the Schlecks etc. That is what you get for riding in the back of the peloton all day.

Only now noticed Andy is almost 9 minutes down in the GC. :eek:

Nacer will win the stage.

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Which one?
I'm assuming it's Brice, isn't Romain more of a sprinter?
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It's Romain.
 
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