This is good. I actually made something similar for a Vuelta stage in the race design thread. Hopefully we'll see attacks on the penultimate climbs and action for more than 3-4 kms. The only negative thing is that they don't do the steep southern approach to Arrate istead of Ixua.
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Wildcards Eolo, Bardiani, Israel, and Corratec. No Q36.5 is a surprise, but makes more sense why Quintana is rumored to be going to Corratec.
Wildcards Eolo, Bardiani, Israel, and Corratec. No Q36.5 is a surprise, but makes more sense why Quintana is rumored to be going to Corratec.
That makes me think the Quintana rumour is probably true. Before that Team Corratec was rather sceptical about their chances of getting a Giro Wildcard...
Former rider Christophe Moreau arrested on domestic violence charges - VeloNews.com
Is it just me, or has there been a crazy raise in (former) riders being arrested for domestic abuse in recent years?
Is it just me, or has there been a crazy raise in (former) riders being arrested for domestic abuse in recent years?
Yes this might be true but you could say that across society in general.
Which doesn't necessarily mean there's more of it going on, it could be the case that it's better reported than in the past.
Johnny Hoogerland returns to UCI-racing!
The startlist of the Sharjah Tour, a UCI-2.2 race in the United Arab Emirates from the 27th until the 31st of January, has a hidden gem on it. Somewhere deep down on the list in the colors of UAE’s Shabab Al Ahli Cycling Team we found the name of Johnny Hoogerland. Johnny Hoogerland… We almost...
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Johnny Hoogerland returns to UCI-racing!
The startlist of the Sharjah Tour, a UCI-2.2 race in the United Arab Emirates from the 27th until the 31st of January, has a hidden gem on it. Somewhere deep down on the list in the colors of UAE’s Shabab Al Ahli Cycling Team we found the name of Johnny Hoogerland. Johnny Hoogerland… We almost...
Adam hansen did a couple of .2 races in Czechoslovakia last year.
Vladimir Gusev will reportedly start as well Sharjah Tour with Abu Dabhi CC, featuring among others Alexander Pliuschin and Annas ait el Abdia. Race of the century.
Apologies if this has already been posted/mentioned elsewhere but the route of the UAE Tour is out.
It looks really boring, unless the wind blows on the flat stages.
There's also a TTT instead of a ITT.
Well, it is what it is. They could have included the Hatta Dam, though.
Don’t know why but I love the Hatta dam finish. It’s almost the perfect length and % to include sprinters and punchiers.
Yeah, I know we can't expect much more but including Hatta Dam (as you're saying) and swapping the TTT for an ITT would have made the route at least a tiny bit better imo.
A subtle change to this year's Liège-Bastogne-Liège. They will turn right at the top of the Redoute, instead of left. Thereby cutting out the false flat section where Evenepoel rode away last year. They will head straight to the Côte de Forges, before the Roche aux Faucons. This will also mean that the Redoute is about 4 km further away from the finish.
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Some awesome blasts from the past there. Hoogerland is especially fun! The route actually looks very good too. A short ITT, a sprint, a nice hilly stage, a short MTF and a sprint at the end.
A shame the WSA KTM team (Adam Hansen's team) aren't riding.
Yup, the UAE Tour's dull route is kind of brought home when a 2.2 race that uses the same terrain includes these stages:
I don't mind them not doing Al-Suhub as three MTFs would be too much for a one week race, but at the same time being around 6km at 8,5% it's a different kind of climber's terrain than the long tempo grinders of Jebel Hafeet and Jebel Jais. Also Jebel Hafeet is the tougher climb I believe, so might be better to put them the other way round, although at this time of the season it's probably less significant as it's still prep race territory. If they decide that the Wadi al-Hilo finish is too out of the way for a WT race they could always just make a circuit with that 3km at 7,3% climb and finish in Fujairah, the only one of the Emirates which is based on the east coast.
It's not like these stages would be super decisive or I'm asking them to put a Liège-Bastogne-Liège clone out there. Just that a route with two sprints, an ITT, the Hatta Dam not-quite-sprinter-not-quite-puncheur finish, a hilly stage around Fujairah or Wadi al-Hilo and two out of the three mountaintop finishes available (the two in the real race and the one in the Tour of Sharjah) would be a much more varied and interesting race, and without doing much that would make it too difficult for its role as a February prep race. We're only talking about adding a couple of climbs which are realistically cat.3 by most Euro races' standards to vary things a bit.
Just as how the Tour Down Under hasn't really made itself that much harder in recent years, but by better placement of the obstacles it has at its disposal it has made itself far better.
I don't mind them not doing Al-Suhub as three MTFs would be too much for a one week race, but at the same time being around 6km at 8,5% it's a different kind of climber's terrain than the long tempo grinders of Jebel Hafeet and Jebel Jais. Also Jebel Hafeet is the tougher climb I believe, so might be better to put them the other way round, although at this time of the season it's probably less significant as it's still prep race territory. If they decide that the Wadi al-Hilo finish is too out of the way for a WT race they could always just make a circuit with that 3km at 7,3% climb and finish in Fujairah, the only one of the Emirates which is based on the east coast.
It's not like these stages would be super decisive or I'm asking them to put a Liège-Bastogne-Liège clone out there. Just that a route with two sprints, an ITT, the Hatta Dam not-quite-sprinter-not-quite-puncheur finish, a hilly stage around Fujairah or Wadi al-Hilo and two out of the three mountaintop finishes available (the two in the real race and the one in the Tour of Sharjah) would be a much more varied and interesting race, and without doing much that would make it too difficult for its role as a February prep race. We're only talking about adding a couple of climbs which are realistically cat.3 by most Euro races' standards to vary things a bit.
Just as how the Tour Down Under hasn't really made itself that much harder in recent years, but by better placement of the obstacles it has at its disposal it has made itself far better.
Well, that's not a bad change. The Cornemont, immediately after the Redoute is a nice place to atack as well, with the sore legs from la Redoute.
However, this change means no Hornay anymore (not really some climb that really will be missed) and they removed the mont-le-soie as 'first' important climb before the Wanne.
Furthermore, with Roche-aux-Falcon still there, not much will change. I still hoping one they they spice up the zone around the stockeau, with climbs like Hezalles, Brume and/or thier de coo and remove the roche-aux-falcon.
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It's only Worlds that lose money. Anyone who hosts a Grand Départ always sees the best in their investment, don't they?
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I'm not really sure. The article does say that preliminary receits showed it would likely be a financial loss.
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