Florence 2013

[khardung la]

Florence has been selected for the Worlds in 2013

 

[Roland Rat]

Fantastic! I adore Florence, a beautiful city that just oozes history, and plan to have a flat there one day. Great terrain in Tuscany too, they can create a briliant course there. That's my end of season break in 2013 sorted.

 

[joy118118]

wish they will have Strade Bianche in the course.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Michele Bartoli will make the lap.. so expect it will be hilly

 

[khardung la]

I hoped Ponferrada (Spain) would have won. Great terrain in the proposed course, super hilly. The ITT would have finished in a very hard hill also.

Other time hopefully.

 

[Lupetto]

Sunday, 22.09.2013
Team Time Trial Women / Pistoia - Firenze (36,1 km)
Team Time Trial Men / Montecatini Terme - Firenze (49,6 km)

Monday, 23.09.2013
Men Junior ITT / Firenze Cascine - Firenze Campo di Marte (23,1 km)
Women Elite ITT / Firenze Cascine - Firenze Campo di Marte (21 km)

Tuesday, 24.09.2013
Women Junior ITT / Firenze Cascine - Firenze Campo di Marte (13,6 km)
Men U23 ITT / Pistoia - Firenze (36 km)

Wednesday, 25.09.2013
Men Elite ITT / Montecatini Terme - Firenze (49,6 km)

Friday, 27.09.2013
Men Junior RR / Montecatini - Firenze (130,1 km)
Women Elite RR / Montecatini - Firenze (130,1 km)

Saturday, 28.09.2013
Women Junior RR / Firenze Cascine - Firenze Campo Marte (78 km)
Men U23 RR / Montecatini - Firenze (178,4 km)

Sunday, 29.09.2013
Men Elite RR / Lucca - Firenze (267 km)

The Road Race will start in Lucca, climbs San Baronto and reaches Firenze. The Circuit looks heavy to me. The longer climb goes to Fiesole. The short climb will be this one.

http://sportitalia.com/shownews.aspx?id=16771

http://www.gazzetta.it/gallery/Cicl...13-vedi-tutte-altimetrie-711295113065.shtml#1

 

[Ferminal]

The Junior worlds are back with the rest?

 

[Jamsque]

Team Time Trial too? Awesome.

Will guys from the winning TTT team get to wear rainbows for their trade team's TTT's or what?

 

[craig1985]

What would be the odds on somebody being able to win the TTT, the ITT, and the RR of either male or female? That would be one hell of a treble.

 

[Tuarts]

Not sure what the point of a Team Time Trial is?

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Not sure what the point of a Team Time Trial is?

A TTT WC is great. But should't be held that close to the 'normal' WC. This won't be taken serious, i'm afraid.

 

[El Pistolero]

Just call it Firenze, Florence is a lame name.

 

[Vonn Brinkman]

A TTT WC is great. But should't be held that close to the 'normal' WC. This won't be taken serious, i'm afraid.

And who will wear the rainbow jerseys? All the guys of the winning team when they ride TTT in their trade teams?
A bit confusing to me.

 

[Tuarts]

How many TTT are there in the top races? I think it'd be weird seeing 6-9 people on a stage in defferent teams wearing the same jersey (albiet with a different sponsor logo). Still adds another dimension to the WC.

 

[pedaling squares]

Great news! I love Firenze. My wife and I are going back to Tuscany for our 10th anniversary in 2013 and seeing as our anniversary was two days ago I'm guessing the timing will be just about perfect. Wine, anything on the menu with tartufo in the title, and now WC cycling. Perfect.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

the ttt will be raced in teams not countrys

 

[Jamsque]

the ttt will be raced in teams not countrys

Interesting.

Still makes the jersey situation odd, though. Does the whole team get to wear rainbows in TTTs all year, or just the six/eight guys that actually took part in the Worlds race?

They should just bring back the old Eindhoven TTT Pro-Tour event.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

So 2 team events & 13 nation events. In the same week. (where the riders of a country share a hotel, train together, ... not the riders of a team)

Dumb idea. I want to see a nation TTT.

Jerseys are a problem yes. Although it could be fun to count the number of TTT world champions in a TdF TTT

 

[rghysens]

Not sure what the point of a Team Time Trial is?

the UCI gaining more money

 

[Michele]

Rai showed the route tested by Cassani and there should be 2 climbs; the first one is done with 53 and he said that it's not so hard but you going over it 11 times, make it thought.
The downhill quiet fast and not tricky.
The second one is harder and it get easier in the last 200metres (around 4%) where he thinks the winning escape might take place.

 

[Leopejo]

Rai showed the route tested by Cassani and there should be 2 climbs; the first one is done with 53 and he said that it's not so hard but you going over it 11 times, make it thought.
The downhill quiet fast and not tricky.
The second one is harder and it get easier in the last 200metres (around 4%) where he thinks the winning escape might take place.

I haven't ridden the whole course yet, but those who have say it's really hard. The final circuit of 16,1 km will be ridden eleven times. After about 2 km you have the first climb to Fiesole, some 4,5 km long, not very hard, with a maximum slope of 9 %. (profile), on a wide road. Then follows a 3 km technical descent, IIRC, followed by two fast kilometers towards Florence. Suddenly a turn right gets to the muur of Via Salviati, a 600 m steep climb with an average gradient of 12 % and a maximum of 19 % (but I have also heard more than 20). A couple of km of fast descent lead to the final flat 3,5 km.

A kind of profile of the final lap.

 

[Lupetto]

Cassani on the course.

 

[who dat]

a couple of fast descents will nibali be attending?