Arnout said:Isn't that too small a street for a big peloton?
That's why it's in a time trial
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Arnout said:Isn't that too small a street for a big peloton?
rgmerk said:Ramjambunath, loving your race design so far.
I appreciate this is a fantasy exercise, but even so it makes it more interesting if the stages are kept realistic.
As such, I'm wondering if a climb topping out at 3700 meters is too high, given the riders haven't been acclimatizing for weeks at high altitude. Sure, it's fine for riders to struggle athletically, but it probably wouldn't be a good look to have them being carted off to hospital en masse with altitude sickness.
Could you maybe top out the stage earlier, at around the 3000 metre mark?
Shame, because that scenery isn't half spectacular!
ramjambunath said:It's on the eastern border of Nepal.
It's fair to say your mate has balls.