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Unless it's a tribute to those Spanish Templarios Ciegos horror movies...
What if theirfinal wishes were to be part of a professional bike race?
I can just imagine the conversation:
"My son, in a few hundred years, when something called 'bike racing' has been invented, I desire for a race to pass over my grave."
"Dearest father, what is a 'bike'?"
"It has not been invented yet, my son."
Perfect for Anthon Charmig, he can keep up his tradition of desecrating a few tombs after a victory.
He took a photograph with his bike at some sacred place in Taiwan, I think it was, and the locals weren't too happy about it.
Better keep him away from the Saudi-Tour...
Maybe that's why his team didn't bring him there this year.
Samu is right, after he won the Taiwan KOM Challenge at Wuling La he posted a victory celebration photograph posing with his bike, reclining on what he thought was a scenic bench near the summit to try to do a whole "the king of the mountain on his throne" kind of picture, only to find out that he had actually been seated on the altar of a sacred family tomb and that this act was considered a grave (no pun intended) personal insult to both the deceased and their descendants.
In reality, it was largely understood that it was a gaffe of cultural ignorance, not undertaken knowingly and so apologies were issued and little real offence was taken, but it turned a lot of local heads in horror and got a bit of press in Taiwan at the time.
18 year old neo pro (?) Estela Domínguez passed away after being hit by a truck in training
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Spaanse wielerwereld rouwt om overlijden Estela Domínguez (18)
De Spaanse wielerwereld is in rouw. Donderdag is namelijk de beloftevolle Estela Domínguez (18) overleden, nadat ze tijdens een trainingsrit werd aangereden door een vrachtwagen. Domínguez is de dochter van oud-wielrenner Juan Carlos Domínguez. Het fatale ongeluk gebeurde in Villares de la...
There are lots of cool things about helicopter coverage for bicycle racing.. Oman getting dangerous stuff blown all over, possible injuries worst, delays at best. Loved cyclocross worlds with pesky little drone chasing the race..I hope that there can be expanded coverage for smaller races using drones, many are pretty big..as big as a bicycle.. Creates another list of problems, but can be an alternative to moto and car coverage for smaller races and doesn't create the tornado conditions seen in Oman
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj4thX3OUbI
slighty a-typical route, no 'real' MTF and no ITT (can't remember this race without ITT).
Last stage clearly seems the most difficult, and will for 90% decide the race. Considering that the last hard climb is quite far from the finish, it could be most likely a small group finishing together (2-5 riders). So best classified of them will win.
Stage 1: difficult to judge. Are those very small hills in the last 35k of the stage difficult enough to trouble sprinters?
Stage 2: interesting part between 120-150k, but far from the finish, will any team make the race hard in this phase. Last hill/mountain is not steep at all, so probably reduced bunch sprint.
Stage 3: Puncheur stage. A little bit hard to judge how difficult the hills are. But considering the dark green they will be at least steep. Second most important stage of the race.
Stage 4: All about that 2nd cat climb. Probably looking at the profile first few km will be around or above 8%. Difficult enough for the favorites to try something, but not difficult enough for big time differences.
Stage 5: Puncheur stage light. Could have some impact on the GC as those small hills seems rather steep.
Stage 6: The most important stage. Strong team could help with tactical movements.
Last stage clearly seems the most difficult, and will for 90% decide the race. Considering that the last hard climb is quite far from the finish, it could be most likely a small group finishing together (2-5 riders). So best classified of them will win.
Stage 1: difficult to judge. Are those very small hills in the last 35k of the stage difficult enough to trouble sprinters?
Stage 2: interesting part between 120-150k, but far from the finish, will any team make the race hard in this phase. Last hill/mountain is not steep at all, so probably reduced bunch sprint.
Stage 3: Puncheur stage. A little bit hard to judge how difficult the hills are. But considering the dark green they will be at least steep. Second most important stage of the race.
Stage 4: All about that 2nd cat climb. Probably looking at the profile first few km will be around or above 8%. Difficult enough for the favorites to try something, but not difficult enough for big time differences.
Stage 5: Puncheur stage light. Could have some impact on the GC as those small hills seems rather steep.
Stage 6: The most important stage. Strong team could help with tactical movements.
Stage 3 doesn't look too hard, I think it's mainly down to the final 500m. Hills on stage 5 look very short.
Very underwhelming route
The Dauphiné route was announced today, oddly it has more ITT than the Tour.
considering that finishing alone on stage 4 and 6 will be quite unlikely, it still makes it the second most important stage. As 1 or 2 seconds different in this stage could make the difference for GC lead.
Stage 8 is fantastic. What a great tribute to Bernard Hinault's first big win after a career defining near death experience.
Stage 8 is fantastic. What a great tribute to Bernard Hinault's first big win after a career defining near death experience.
stage 8 alone is better than every design of the mountain stages in the tour this year.
The whole route is not bad, but neither super great. For my feelings it takes a while before the import GC stages arrives. A few identical stages in the beginning that most likely are too difficult for pure sprinters, but clearly not difficult enough for GC actions. Although, they could be entertaining, like stage 1, can all the sprinters get back in the peloton or not, and are teams with better climbing sprinters drilling it on the hills.
Second half is more difficult, ITT with decent length for a one week race. A stage with a tricky 2nd category (almost 9%) near the finish. A punchy mountain stage to crest-voland. And 2 real mountain stages with opportunities. Although the combo mollard + croix the fer will mostly be ridden as a kind of unipuerto MTF. Last stage is great.
Itzulia... I think the last climb on stage 5 is this from the looks of things:
(only the green bit)
If I'm right, penultimate climb is probably the first 1300m of this:
While this is the main climb of stage 4:
Dauphiné: I don't like the pacing (feel like it'll be just the TT and the last weekend) but I really like the mountain stages.
(only the green bit)
If I'm right, penultimate climb is probably the first 1300m of this:
While this is the main climb of stage 4:
Dauphiné: I don't like the pacing (feel like it'll be just the TT and the last weekend) but I really like the mountain stages.
yep, what I already mentioned. I takes awhile before the race really awakes. You have to wait for the TT for first GC action and than again 2 medium mountain stages with some, but limited GC action. So, it's mostly the pacing that's not could. Stage 3 and 5 flipped around for example, would already improve the pacing.
Itzulia... I think the last climb on stage 5 is this from the looks of things:
(only the green bit)
If I'm right, penultimate climb is probably the first 1300m of this:
While this is the main climb of stage 4:
That's actually what I tried to say. Thanks for diving into the details, Libertine Seguros. On the profile the climbs of stage 3 and 5 looks small and unimportant. But as expected they are the typical steep bask walls. So, maybe time differences in stage 3-4-5 will be not so extreme, but they will have a significant effect on the final GC, as it looks really difficult to arrive solo in the queen stage.
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