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Netserk

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Brutal. Almost 140 km long mountain stages. At least the ITT is of proper length!

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there's almost nothing worth looking forward to in that entire route. like i said, i doubt it's even possible to use it as Tour prep because it's way too easy. anyone who goes there loses a week of hard training. maybe they will go out into the alps and do a real ride after the stage ends?
 
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Pozzovivo said:
Stage 7 is a masterpiece. The rest is underwhelming.
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There is no world where chaining together a mere two mountain passes, and finding a mountain top finish after quite a sizable valley section is a masterpiece. It's actually impressively bad stage design considering the options in that area.

edit: By simply swapping the starting points of the two last stages, I was able to plot two much more interesting stages while still keeping the length (ridiculously) short.

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Val-d'Arc - Valmeinier 1800

161.2 km, +4897 m. Bike ride in Aiguebelle, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Grand-Aigueblanche - Plateau du Mont-Cenis

139.2 km, +4659 m. Bike ride in Aigueblanche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Pozzovivo

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E_F_ said:
There is no world where chaining together a mere two mountain passes, and finding a mountain top finish after quite a sizable valley section is a masterpiece. It's actually impressively bad stage design considering the options in that area.

edit: By simply swapping the starting points of the two last stages, I was able to plot two much more interesting stages while still keeping the length (ridiculously) short.

ridewithgps.com

Val-d'Arc - Valmeinier 1800

161.2 km, +4897 m. Bike ride in Aiguebelle, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
ridewithgps.com ridewithgps.com

ridewithgps.com

Grand-Aigueblanche - Plateau du Mont-Cenis

139.2 km, +4659 m. Bike ride in Aigueblanche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
ridewithgps.com ridewithgps.com
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Starting stages up serious mountains is the best way to design a stage. Could be crazy. Last stage is very weak I agree.
 
Berniece

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Tim Cahill said:
Don't know who has been following but they are currently kicking the absolute sh*t out of each other in Goma on the eastern Congolese/Rwandan border with real danger of it spilling over into a wider regional conflict.

Posting because it's the Tour of Rwanda next month and the World Championships this year, the UCI haven't commented yet but this will surely put the races into serious doubt. Rwanda is not a big country, Kigali about 100km away as the crow flies.

TL'DR Rwandan backed rebels captured DRC city, diplomatic relations severed.

www.bbc.co.uk

DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about?

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1883790271042797892
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One of the subcontractors was on a panel show in Belgium yesterday. Basically saying it's all in the hands of the UCI, as far as he knows we keep on going through with it.
 
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Berniece said:
One of the subcontractors was on a panel show in Belgium yesterday. Basically saying it's all in the hands of the UCI, as far as he knows we keep on going through with it.
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Tim Cahill said:
Don't know who has been following but they are currently kicking the absolute sh*t out of each other in Goma on the eastern Congolese/Rwandan border with real danger of it spilling over into a wider regional conflict.

Posting because it's the Tour of Rwanda next month and the World Championships this year, the UCI haven't commented yet but this will surely put the races into serious doubt. Rwanda is not a big country, Kigali about 100km away as the crow flies.

TL'DR Rwandan backed rebels captured DRC city, diplomatic relations severed.

www.bbc.co.uk

DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about?

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.
www.bbc.co.uk

https://twitter.com/x/status/1883790271042797892
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I hope the Imola municipality is ready to get the Worlds again (ok, joking, but that would be nice)
 
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pastronef said:
I hope the Imola municipality is ready to get the Worlds again (ok, joking, but that would be nice)
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If the UCI is in charge of safety and security of the race everyone should feel confident. And with races completed so far in these first weeks of the season, UCI gave stern warnings in Australia, Saudi, Spain.. No crashes or safety concerns, problem solved..some armed rebel groups are easy stuff!!
 
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Monsi

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E_F_ said:
Yeah but Rwanda would secure the win this year for him. At least in Martigny Jonas might have a chance.
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Yeah he would have a chance but I don't know how he'll drop Pogi on a 4 km 10% climb or outsprint him on the flat. Jonas did outsprint Pogi on stage 11 of the Tour but for that to happen again, Pogi would have to be on a bad day or forget to eat properly again. It's a bigger chance for Jonas in Martigny though compared to Rwanda so he'll take that.
 
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Monsi said:
Yeah he would have a chance but I don't know how he'll drop Pogi on a 4 km 10% climb or outsprint him on the flat. Jonas did outsprint Pogi on stage 11 of the Tour but for that to happen again, Pogi would have to be on a bad day or forget to eat properly again. It's a bigger chance for Jonas in Martigny though compared to Rwanda so he'll take that.
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Now I'm trying to think of ways in which disagreements between Pogacar and Roglic might benefit Vingegaard...
 
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