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UAE brings the sh!t race king, so I guess they will give it a try, at least.

 

[DNP-Old]

I don't mind the new course, but Milano - Torino really needs to figure out what sort of race it wants to be. Superga rolling over in his grave watching these developments.

 

[Netserk]

not great, but better than last year at least. Here's a profile of the final 30k:

Milano Torino 2024 / Finish

Milano Torino 2024 / Finish - 33.3 km, +524 m. Bike ride in Comune di Rivara, Piemonte

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1st climb is Sacro Monte di Belmonte, up to Pemonte:

Sacro Monte di Belmonte via Tetti - Profile of the ascent

Sacro Monte di Belmonte via Tetti is a climb in the region Turin. It is 4.4km long and bridges 324 vertical meters with an average gradient of 7.4%, resulting i

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It's a decent route as Sanremo warm-up, but it has nothing to do with Milano-Torino. It could far more easily have been a new finish of Gran Piemonte.

 

[Samamba]

It's a decent route as Sanremo warm-up, but it has nothing to do with Milano-Torino. It could far more easily have been a new finish of Gran Piemonte.

Main problem is that the startlist of Milano Torino is so bad the last few years it's not even worth a watch anymore sadly. It's the result of the route change, and cause lots of sprinters nowadays skip MSR so also do Belgian/French races instead of this one.

Like Ive skipped through the start list earlier today and well... it's really bad. There's a good amount of WT teams but half of them is just filled with pack fodder.

 

[repre]

I don't mind the new course, but Milano - Torino really needs to figure out what sort of race it wants to be. Superga rolling over in his grave watching these developments.

Simply put, they need to bring Superga back

 

[Squire]

Like Ive skipped through the start list earlier today and well... it's really bad. There's a good amount of WT teams but half of them is just filled with pack fodder.

Judging by the startlist, all of them except UAE (and to some extent Bora) seem to think it's gonna be a sprint. Hirschi, Ulissi and Christen can just TTT away on one of the climbs to do a Gewiss-Ballan reenactment.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Judging by the startlist, all of them except UAE (and to some extent Bora) seem to think it's gonna be a sprint. Hirschi, Ulissi and Christen can just TTT away on one of the climbs to do a Gewiss-Ballan reenactment.

You don't think any of Zingle, Bettiol, Van den Berg, Vermaerke or Lutsenko can follow those three?

 

[Rob5091]

Sooth! I say. Yes, sooth! Beware the Ides of March wannabe Italian Race Emperors ...

 

[zlev11]

UAE brings the sh!t race king, so I guess they will give it a try, at least.

Hirschi or Ulissi?

 

[rallybanana]

In Very Important News: according to rumour, the phone booth on Il Poggio has been removed.

Hopefully just for renovations.

I'll be watching very carefully on Saturday to see if it's there

 

[Rob5091]

Cycling, the sport that eats it's own ...sad news about death of a young cyclist in Belgium -
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...nas-bresseleers-died-in-fatal-truck-collision

Jonas Bresseleers, a 24-year-old cyclist, was killed in a serious traffic accident in the Belgian village of Meer on Friday, March 15 his former team Acrog-Tormans reported. Bresseleers suffered a serious head injury in the collision and died on the spot a short time later. It is the second fatal accident for a rider from the team in five years. The sudden death of Bresseleers hits the Acrog-Tormans team hard. "Words are inadequate for this untold drama. Much strength to the relatives to bear this loss," the formation wrote on Facebook. The team experienced the same horrific situation five years earlier. Then it was Stef Loos, Bresseleers' teammate, who died in a traffic accident.

Acrog-Tormans Facebook announcement

 

[Samamba]

It's early so could definitely change, but weather for next weekend (and Friday) looking pretty great for hard races! Lots of wind and also some rain.

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

I'll be watching very carefully on Saturday to see if it's there

It wasn't there, was it?

 

[rallybanana]

It wasn't there, was it?

No

 

[Samamba]

It's early so could definitely change, but weather for next weekend (and Friday) looking pretty great for hard races! Lots of wind and also some rain.

An update on this.

Friday for E3: for now it looks like most of the rain will start falling after the race. Maybe they'll get some in the final but not enough to make a real impact.

Wevelgem: this will be carnage from 150km onwards, peloton will 100% split in the Moeren (35km/u cross tail wind) . Very big possibility we will go to the hills with only 25ish riders still able to win like a few years ago.

 

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The parcours of the Deutschland Tour was announced today, and they'll barely make it out of Baden Württemberg.

Stage profiles:

 

[Brullnux]

Probably inevitable, given it's a four day stage race. Less inevitable is how boring the route looks

 

[Netserk]

The parcours of the Deutschland Tour was announced today, and they'll barely make it out of Baden Württemberg.

Stage profiles:

The revived Deutschland Tour is contender for saddest race on the calendar.

 

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Probably inevitable, given it's a four day stage race. Less inevitable is how boring the route looks

yeah, last year they had longer transfers than stages, which wasn't ideal either of course. But this way, it has nothing to do with a "Deutschland Tour", and on top of it, the parcours looks bad as well.

 

[awavey]

The revived Deutschland Tour is contender for saddest race on the calendar.

British Cycling say hold that stein

 

[tobydawq]

Schweinfurt, what an epic name for a city, though.

 

[Brullnux]

British Cycling say hold that stein

At what point was it that the Tour of Britain decided to become shite? I remember a few years where it was genuinely enjoyable, with some fun Lake District and South Downs stages.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Terrible route once again. But you have to take what you can get. ASO demands way too much money from the cities to create a sustainable race.

First climb on stage 3 is Ochsenwang (3.7k @ 9,3%), followed by Bad Urach and then Traifelberg (2.2k @ 8%). And then 120k...

And on stage 4 it's the same. Kalmit (7k @ 5,5%) after 25k and then Iggelbacher Stich (5k @ 6,2%). And then nothing for 120k...

And on top, they didn't even put bonus sprints near these climbs.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Schweinfurt, what an epic name for a city, though.

Twinned with Swindon, perhaps.

 

[DNP-Old]

Oi. The first wet Ronde since 1852?