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Is it only me or CyclingNews has lately gone for the horrendous and unprofessional clickbait trend?

The headings for the news on Milano-San Remo, Ferron and the one on Ghirmay were either innacurate or purposedly misleading.
 
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Since you guys were so helpful with my earlier question let me ask a follow up.

thinking about it, instead of stage 20, I think my best back up option is Stage 14. How realistic is it to think I can stay in Évian-les-Bains and take a rideshare into Morzine for the race day? How early in the day do you think I'd have to leave for Morzine to avoid road closures? It looks like the route is avoiding the roads we'd take from ELB to Morzine? I'd appreciate any help!
 
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For decades zipping up your jersey and doing some gesture towards sponsors was good.. But if tossing your sunglasses off is a new thing I am all for it.. Watching a guy's emotional reaction to a win and starting a new trend was great
 
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After the earlier cancellation of Provence, the Tour of Antalya has - logically - been called off following the disastrous earthquake. Going to be a fairly quiet week of racing - three one-dayers in Spain, one in Portugal, one in Oman, and the first two stages of the Tour of Oman.
 
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Shame about Antalya but absolutely the only option. The death toll will likely run into tens of thousands and that's before th humanitarian crisis gets a hold.
 
Mayomaniac

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So this new one day race that takes place before the Tour of Oman (that now has enough uphill finished to make Unipublic blush) actually looks promising.
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Samamba

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Mayomaniac said:
So this new one day race that takes place before the Tour of Oman (that now has enough uphill finished to make Unipublic blush) actually looks promising.
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Oman is het best desert race...
But won't get televised. Well maybe the broken Oman TV livestream again like last year but...
 
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Regarding the new portuguese classic, apart from its awful name, I still don't know what's the most likely option, if a sprint finish or a selective classic.

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It will be a very scenic day, with nice atlantic seascapes. It's just 20k's from my home, so I will try to be there. This one is the last climb (labeled 'Enforca Cães' in the profile), who has now been resurfaced after many years in awful condition (like in the picture below, the road that climbs to the lighthouse). It's a very irregular climb, with steep stretches above 10% that climb all the way to the lighthouse before going down again in a kind of twisty road to Figueira da Foz promenade. A video in the opposite way they will be doing on sunday: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=286287086988091

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The category 1 climb also has some very nice views. They will climb all the way from the seafront until here and beyond.

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Ricco' said:
Regarding the new portuguese classic, apart from its awful name, I still don't know what's the most likely option, if a sprint finish or a selective classic.

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It will be a very scenic day, with nice atlantic seascapes. It's just 20k's from my home, so I will try to be there. This one is the last climb (labeled 'Enforca Cães' in the profile), who has now been resurfaced after many years in awful condition (like in the picture below, the road that climbs to the lighthouse). It's a very irregular climb, with steep stretches above 10% that climb all the way to the lighthouse before going down again in a kind of twisty road to Figueira da Foz promenade. A video in the opposite way they will be doing on sunday: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=286287086988091

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The category 1 climb also has some very nice views. They will climb all the way from the seafront until here and beyond.

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These are the sort of additions to the calendar I can get behind.
 
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Samamba said:
600m at 9%
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Yes, although that's only the last part of the climb. 9% being the average, as it is very irregular with steeper streches.

It will be run in the same direction as in the video below. They will climb from the beach until a plateau, go down a bit before a steep stretch and then they will have a very twisty descent on narrow roads (little more than a car width) before tackling that 600m stretch. The first part is straight, it then goes less steep for a short while before going up again to end the climb.

They only resurfaced the climb, so when they end and turn right they still have a bit of flat in very abrasive tarmac before going down for around 1500m until merging into the long flat promenade.

As it's winter and it's Figueira (what I'm saying, winter or summer doesn't matter), I expect to be very windy in the afternoon, with tail-crosswind in the final climb and tailwind in the run-up to the line (although it may be the opposite since the forecast has the wind direction being different than the norm for the region).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXvo0IyL_2Q
 
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Ricco' said:
Yes, although that's only the last part of the climb. 9% being the average, as it is very irregular with steeper streches.

It will be run in the same direction as in the video below. They will climb from the beach until a plateau, go down a bit before a steep stretch and then they will have a very twisty descent on narrow roads (little more than a car width) before tackling that 600m stretch. The first part is straight, it then goes less steep for a short while before going up again to end the climb.

They only resurfaced the climb, so when they end and turn right they still have a bit of flat in very abrasive tarmac before going down for around 1500m until merging into the long flat promenade.

As it's winter and it's Figueira (what I'm saying, winter or summer doesn't matter), I expect to be very windy in the afternoon, with tail-crosswind in the final climb and tailwind in the run-up to the line (although it may be the opposite since the forecast has the wind direction being different than the norm for the region).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXvo0IyL_2Q
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Just saw that the roadbook has detailed profiles of the climbs from the circuit. The first is the last climb and the second is the longer one.

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SafeBet

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RedheadDane said:
Well, there was some talk recently about a major route change.

Or it's about the pre-selection for Eurovision.
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Pre-selection for Eurovision is a bit of an understatement :D
The Sanremo Festival is the biggest TV programme in the country (by a mile). If you say Sanremo in Italy people will think of the Festival first, then the city and then maybe the cycling race.

And yes, that's why #Sanremo2023 is trending.
 
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Samamba said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1623335861348696064
View: https://twitter.com/OmanSportsTV/status/1623335861348696064


I'm assuming this means we are atleast getting the Oman Sports TV live broadcast again like last year for Tour of Oman.
It was pretty bad last year, but it's better than nothing.
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Oh nice, we were just wondering about that in the tour of Oman thread:

Tour of Oman - Muscat Classic 2023 , February 10-15

This is a race of two parts. First part is the Muscat Classic, a one day race on February 10, followed by 5 stages of Tour of Oman. Startlist should be the same for both races. It's like UAE Tour, but with actual hills and mountains instead of a flat desert. Should make for a better viewing. A...
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Lequack said:
Oh nice, we were just wondering about that in the tour of Oman thread:

Tour of Oman - Muscat Classic 2023 , February 10-15

This is a race of two parts. First part is the Muscat Classic, a one day race on February 10, followed by 5 stages of Tour of Oman. Startlist should be the same for both races. It's like UAE Tour, but with actual hills and mountains instead of a flat desert. Should make for a better viewing. A...
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Oops I missed that. I thought it still didn't have a thread (and honestly it didn't deserve one if there wasn't any live broadcast).
 
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