Criterium du Dauphine 2014 Route

[Pentacycle]

Seems like ASO designed this perfectly for a showdown with the TdF favourites. Now all we need is Nibali to finally show the form he had a year ago.

 

[LaFlorecita]

in some sports minutes are close I guess

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=24513

I know this wasn't one of Froome's FR attacks, but I'm quietly optimistic Bertie won't lose much time uphill.

 

[Arredondo]

It was reported on twitter a couple days ago.

Thanks, missed that.

So Piti is going to follow the classic recept. Actually let your opponents fight with each other for victory and makes them think they really have a chance in July?

 

[lenric]

Seems like ASO designed this perfectly for a showdown with the TdF favourites. Now all we need is Nibali to finally show the form he had a year ago.

Hope that it's not going to happen so soon. If he reaches his peak so soon, then there will be no Nibali ahead of Froome or Contador

Let the party begin!

 

[Publicus]

I fully expect Contador not to go deep at all here. Nothing to prove at this point.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I fully expect Contador not to go deep at all here. Nothing to prove at this point.

I think he'll want to test himself against Froome. I don't think he'll go all out, but I definitely think he wants to beat Froome.

 

[Publicus]

I think he'll want to test himself against Froome. I don't think he'll go all out, but I definitely think he wants to beat Froome.

I think the test will be can he follow the accelerations. I'm thinking sort of like what he did to Cuddles in 2009. Well that's what I hope. It will be more meaningful (and less costly) than going deep to win the Dauphine and then possibly lose the Tour

EDIT: And going all out in the short ITT.

 

[ILovecycling]

Anybody who knows if la ronca is doing Dauphine?
https://twitter.com/PedaleandoAlma
On this photo he looks almost on his winter weight

Please Carlos dont eat too much

 

[Red Rick]

Contador might do some accelerations, I don't think he'll really try hard to win it. If he can make froome loose to another rider though, he might actually do that, he has trolled in the Dauphine before

 

[Red Rick]

In that case, bring on the Giro! I suggest Ivrea -> Col Tze Core -> Châtillon -> Aosta -> Col du Grand Saint Bernard -> Champex -> Martigny -> Col de la Forclaz -> Col de la Gueulaz.

Zomegnan might call me a coward for not adding Champremier or Col des Planches though.

Ideally, actually, they'd have a stage finishing somewhere like Verbania, Omegna or even a flat stage into somewhere like Borgomanero, then a mostly Swiss stage starting from Domodossola over Simplonpass, then over Col du Lein, Col de la Forclaz and finishing at Col de la Gueulaz, then having a super tough Valle d'Aosta stage. I'd suggest Aosta -> Verrès -> Col Tze Core -> Châtillon -> Col de Saint Pantaléon -> either Col de Saint-Bartélemy or Champremier -> Pila (choice being Pila-Ciel-Bleu MTF or Pila-La Cerise then descending back into Aosta for a downhill finish). I'd also adore a MTF at Brusson-Estoul if we could get one.

It's also weird that the Dauphiné is showing the Tour de Suisse where it ought to be going.

And every single race that goes around the surrounding area should be making better use of the Valle d'Aosta, really wish they'd host more races there and not just at Cervinia, which apart from maybe Cogne is the most boring MTF the area could produce.

Profile of stage plz

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Ignore the call of "cat.1" for Tze Core, it's HC if you take the climb proper into account (16,2km @ 7,5%, with its last 6km averaging 9,2% and a steepest 2km stretch of 11,8%) rather than padding out the distance with flat and false flat as MMR has done there.

For the Giro I'd have assumed Tze Core cat.1, GSB cat.1, Champex cat.2, Forclaz cat.2 perhaps, Gueulaz cat.1.

If you started closer to the Swiss border (maybe at Pont-Saint-Martin or Donnas) you could maybe throw another Valdôtain climb in there between Tze Core and GSB, probably Champremier (9,2km @ 9,1%) or the Col de Saint-Barthélemy (15,8km @ 6,8%).

 

[Linkinito]

Lololol, 28.3%.

EDIT: "Fixed" by ASO.

 

[McLovin]

200m at 28.3. That's something.
And why the first km is part of the climb? Just to ruin the numbers?

 

[veji11]

Nah... There clearly was a glitch in the software and they forgot to check... Last 250 meters at 7% or so and the software somehow mutliplies that by 4 to get a value for a whole km and you get 28%.. that they would let a glitch like this go to print though.. shame.

 

[Linkinito]

200m at 28.3. That's something.
And why the first km is part of the climb? Just to ruin the numbers?

Probably here to lengthen up the climb so that makes it 10 km long, enough for HC.

Anyway Libertine, can you confirm that 28% ramp at the end? It seems too steep to be true.

 

[McLovin]

Probably here to lengthen up the climb so that makes it 10 km long, enough for HC.

Dont' get the logic anyway. They put the Galibier just from Monetier les Bains but here they consider a garage ramp.
Edit: Maybe they will climb the barrage.

 

[Ruby United]

I like it, though the TT could've been longer. In my opinion, a long TT like we've had in last Dauphine's would balance out the difficulty quite well. Now the balance is very much tilted towards the climbers. Some promising stages though. Stage 7 looks pretty awesome though.

Maybe the tt should've been about 5k longer, but all a long tt would've done is play into froomes hand and then he would've ended the race on the first proper mountain stage. This way froome won't gain much time - if any- from the tt and we will have a more interesting and open race. And that's coming from a froome fan.

 

[Von Mises]

Probably here to lengthen up the climb so that makes it 10 km long, enough for HC.

Anyway Libertine, can you confirm that 28% ramp at the end? It seems too steep to be true.

Definetly not 28%, 6-8 maybe.

 

[Escarabajo]

Anybody who knows if la ronca is doing Dauphine?
https://twitter.com/PedaleandoAlma
On this photo he looks almost on his winter weight

Please Carlos dont eat too much

That was May 30th. He does look fat on that picture but I hope it was just a bad angle.

He needs to continue with the Colombian supremacy in cycling.

 

[pastronef]

TV schedule

stage 1 to 6 will finish before 15:00
stage 7 and 8 will finish after 16:30

just like the previous years. French tv shows Rolland Garros during the week, and the weekend matches (the finals) begin after 16:30

 

[ILovecycling]

That was May 30th. He does look fat on that picture but I hope it was just a bad angle.

He needs to continue with the Colombian supremacy in cycling.

At least he will have a stability on cobbles
Personally I hope for Top10 maybe more,his itt is not very good tho

 

[Sciatic]

TV schedule

stage 1 to 6 will finish before 15:00
stage 7 and 8 will finish after 16:30

just like the previous years. French tv shows Rolland Garros during the week, and the weekend matches (the finals) begin after 16:30

Oh man, thAt is deadly for those of us on the u.s. west coast-- the stages are over by 6:00am! I'll get up at 5:00 to watch Flanders or Roubaix, but not the Dauphine.

 

[Linkinito]

TV schedule

stage 1 to 6 will finish before 15:00
stage 7 and 8 will finish after 16:30

just like the previous years. French tv shows Rolland Garros during the week, and the weekend matches (the finals) begin after 16:30

Roland Garros is over this week-end, not the next one.

 

[pastronef]

Roland Garros is over this week-end, not the next one.

yes, it wasn't Rolland Garros, it is the Queen's Tennis Club Championship.

 

[del1962]

yes, it wasn't Rolland Garros, it is the Queen's Tennis Club Championship.

Eurosport are pushing Halle as there next tournament now, so I assume Queen's isn't on ES this year