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Samu Cuenca

Samu Cuenca

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No, different sides of the climb. Distance would be all wrong if you climbed it from the same side twice as you'd have too much valley. And you can see on the outline of the profile which side is climbed the first time.

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You're right, sorry. It's just that loop towards Telfs that makes no sense (the local municipalities have paid for it, obviously).
 
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Tour de Romandie parcours will only be presented a week before it starts (so dumb), but riders already have it and LaFlammeRouge also published it on their website.

Flat short prologue, 3 versatile "sprint" stages (2 pretty hard ones, and one finishing on a 2km 5% hill), the typical Thyon mountain stage (shorter than usual) and a 17km flat TT.
 
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Montréal didn't show their route yet. I think it will not be a 100% copy from the 'classic', but at least based somehow on the main hill of that race. Normally I would have hoped for a more difficult circuit in Canada. But considering, Rwanda and Sallanches are both super hard,
it better would have not more than around 3500 altidude meters.
 
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The finish will be as close as possible to Brussels centre. There will be several laps in Brussels, showing most of the historical buildings. Before those laps they will go to Flanders (probably direction Remco's birthplace (with maybe Muur and Bosberg) andr direction Overijse (with the hills from the Brabantse Pijl)) and Wallonia (Brabant Wallon which has a few hills).
As Brussels also has some hills, and Remco will probably still be a contender, I expect it to be comparable to WC Leuven.

As they will probably include the Kauwberg, the local laps will have some cobbles.
 
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Bertram Wooster said:
The finish will be as close as possible to Brussels centre. There will be several laps in Brussels, showing most of the historical buildings. Before those laps they will go to Flanders (probably direction Remco's birthplace (with maybe Muur and Bosberg) andr direction Overijse (with the hills from the Brabantse Pijl)) and Wallonia (Brabant Wallon which has a few hills).
As Brussels also has some hills, and Remco will probably still be a contender, I expect it to be comparable to WC Leuven.

As they will probably include the Kauwberg, the local laps will have some cobbles.
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ok, great info. That seems a lot to tackle for only 1 race, to have Brussel circuit, Muur van Geraardsbergen, but also some terrain in Wallonie.

Kauwberg seems quite far from the real centre? Will that mean that the circuit is quite big or that the city centre only will be used for start and finish, but no circuit?
 
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Muur and Bosberg would only be possible if the start is in that region. A Brussels newspaper opted that the race would be heading towards the birthplace of Remco. Muur and Bosberg are not very far from Schepdaal. Also, the frontier with Wallonia is nearby.

But the hills from Brabantse Pijl combined with some hills in Brabant Wallon seem more likely. Overijse and Hoeilaart , and nearby Walloon cottages Rixensart and Limal, have some nice hills.

Most difficult Brussels hills, Kauwberg included, are in and around Ukkel/Uccle, So I think the local circuit Will include Ukkel.

Thomas VD Spiegel said in an interview they already have an idea but they still have to talk with the regio's Flanders and Wallonia.

The input from the regions will also help shape the course. There is already a sketch, but based on how the region is involved and which tracks they put forward, the loop will be mapped out outside the capital.

The World Championships in Leuven will serve as a guideline. Flanders Classics is once again planning a run-in section, this time through Flanders and Wallonia, and then local laps, the recommended city loop. “We want to show Brussels in all its beauty, with an eye for its sights.”

The finish line should be as central as possible in Brussels. The Atomium is not on the table for the time being. "But we should not influence those options yet. Not only will a peloton be blazing along that finish line, it is also about the public, hospitality, media, ...”

The fact that the course with a passage along Schepdaal will also include a nod to Remco Evenepoel – he will be blowing out thirty candles in six years’ time – seems plausible. A tribute to Eddy Merckx also seems plausible. "There is no doubt that Brussels has enough to offer to make it a varied city tour," the organization said.
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