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Eshnar said:Finally the profile of Stentaria has popped up on Salite.ch
There's a crazy rumour about a MTF to go there for the next Giro
PS: I'm serious. There IS that rumour.
The road is in very bad state, but if Cainero wants they'll resurface it. I see a MTF on Stentaria unlikely but possible. The original rumour, though, adds Crostis and Zonc (from Sutrio) before it. Well, that's just bs. It is impossible to descend the Ovaro side with those narrow tunnels at the beginning. They prevents any kind of medical cars to follow the riders. It's way worse than Crostis.Ferminal said:I saw this only yesterday, didn't realise it was a new addition. Looks like a fairly poor road though?
The real question, would they allowed to descend Zoncolan into Ovaro.
Eshnar said:The road is in very bad state, but if Cainero wants they'll resurface it. I see a MTF on Stentaria unlikely but possible. The original rumour, though, adds Crostis and Zonc (from Sutrio) before it. Well, that's just bs. It is impossible to descend the Ovaro side with those narrow tunnels at the beginning. They prevents any kind of medical cars to follow the riders. It's way worse than Crostis.
WKA311 said:Well i read this thread and noticed that no one here posted some austrian climbs
Hey! I definitely posted the Naßfeldpass/Passo di Pramollo...
Red Rick said:Actually, does the Tour ever use climbs from the Cévennes region. It looks like some climbs are pretty good for climbs outside the traditional mountain ranges
roundabout said:apart from Lusette there isn't anything really interesting there.
WKA311 said:Hmm the Mont Aigoul from the south is interesting too, i think.
33,8 km while gaining 1465m altitude, nothing spectacular but still impressive for that region.
Alpe, I know we've talked about it, and forgive me if you have answered already, but have you ridden any of the Hawaiian climbs? If so, was it at a race or leisure pace? I ask because, for me, the hardest climb I've done was an unknown (to me) thing called Le Ej at the 2002 Grand Fondo Campagnolo. Passo Manghen is the hardest ride done at leisure because I was chasing someone whereas Mont Ventoux was less daunting because I was leading.Alpe d'Huez said:Here's the Mauna Kea climb.