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Ganna will go for the hour record on the 8th of October.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/filippo-ganna-to-attack-uci-hour-record-on-october-8/
RCS is really butthurt about it because it's the same day as Lombardia, but how about showing the race the love it deserves yourself first? Present the route a few months earlier and give us longer TV coverage for this one instead of freaking MSR (where you really don't need it)?
It's just RCS feeling entitled and fearing that Ganna could steal some attention away from the race.Il Lombardia was shown in full last year.
Also, I don't really see their problem. It's not the same time of day.
We seem to attract a particularly starnge variety of spam here. This purports to be cycling comment that might have been relevant 13 years ago or so, incorporating an unflagged link to a very poorly written site aimed at Maths for 13 year olds: not known to be a major source of internet traffic or a market widely represented among cycling fans.
Sometimes, they even create a "whole new thread", that's just a copy of an already existing thread, with the wording slightly changed. Anna Van Der Breggen "String", anyone?
West of Scotland offers so much promise for at least an interesting route before the city circuit. So unsurprisingly they decide to shoehorn a start in Edinburgh in instead.View: https://mobile.twitter.com/BenjiNaesen/status/1573254631442239488
Rather similar to Harrogate, short hills, and below the Men’s ITT is 46km.
This is the scond hill and the only real 'climb' outside of the city:Can't say anything really without profile of the circuit and the hills and perhaps a map too.
No real hills in the circuit then?This is the scond hill and the only real 'climb' outside of the city:
Segment Details for Crow road south (fintry side) - VeloViewer
5.40 km ride with 226 m of climbing, average grade of 4.2 %. Check it out!veloviewer.com
And this is it including the valley road before it:
Segment Details for Carron valley to top of crow - VeloViewer
17.87 km ride with 510 m of climbing, average grade of 0.8 %. Check it out!veloviewer.com
Edit: there's a bit of the valley missing obviously, but you get the gist. the valley is pretty sheltered, the top of the Crow almost always has a headwind when you're heading south.
This is the scond hill and the only real 'climb' outside of the city:
Segment Details for Crow road south (fintry side) - VeloViewer
5.40 km ride with 226 m of climbing, average grade of 4.2 %. Check it out!veloviewer.com
And this is it including the valley road before it:
Segment Details for Carron valley to top of crow - VeloViewer
17.87 km ride with 510 m of climbing, average grade of 0.8 %. Check it out!veloviewer.com
Edit: there's a bit of the valley missing obviously, but you get the gist. the valley is pretty sheltered, the top of the Crow almost always has a headwind when you're heading south.
Can't tell from this map, it definitely isn't the same circuit as at the 2018 Euros though, although I guess the character (short hills and technical) won't be too different. At least the chance of rain will be higher than most years, that always helps the selectivity, especially on a technical route. It's also quite long distance-wiseNo real hills in the circuit then?
The circuit will be like the Commonwealth/Euros. I've heard they're trying to include more of the hills but haven't seen it so can only really comment on the part outside of the city. There will be lots of short, sharp hills, enough to shake the sprinters and probably even the ones who can climb if they race hard enough.No real hills in the circuit then?
Seems like a very false comparisonto Harrogate and a dire parcours then.
The only good thing these days is that the reduced sprinters/puncheurs are so strong they should force a selection on just about any parcours.
Just don't look up what the old Scots saying 'away the crow road' means.Are you saying, that after the issues with magpies this year, next year... they'll be heading to the area of Crow?
I'd have to check, but I think that it is very much the same as the Euros, possible tiny tweeks.Can't tell from this map, it definitely isn't the same circuit as at the 2018 Euros though, although I guess the character (short hills and technical) won't be too different. At least the chance of rain will be higher than most years, that always helps the selectivity, especially on a technical route.
2018 circuit profile, surprisingly it was never that close to being a bunch sprint:
This has way more corners than the Euros lap and doesn't finish in the same place. Good chance that they're reusing some, if not all, of the little hills though.I'd have to check, but I think that it is very much the same as the Euros, possible tiny tweeks.
Interesting. I heard they were trying to get a finish on top of Montrose Street, which is the steepest one they rode in the Euros. Would make it more interesing at least, but there's a very sharp left into the bottom of it so they'd need a circuit that'll guarantee a reduced bunch. Maybe that's what they've done.This has way more corners than the Euros lap and doesn't finish in the same place. Good chance that they're reusing some, if not all, of the little hills though.