South American race thread

[Max Rockatansky]

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37,5 km/h in the end.

Almost 6 hours for those 219 kms. Make this 40 kms longer and a WRR.

 

[DNP-Old]

I'm so, so happy for Checho, he really deserves this. He finally got his gold after Rio. I'm certain he's in for some big things this season, Itzulia and Fleche Wallone could be his this year.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Let's hope Sky won't ruin his new jersey.

 

[DNP-Old]

Let's hope Sky won't ruin his new jersey.

I'm certain they will go with the same design as Kennaugh's a few years back.

 

[hfer07]

Last 15K

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVTMJpyL_rA

 

[AlexNYC]

This is so great for Henao and for Colombia! It's going to be a pleasure seeing tha jersey all year round.

 

[coimbrawu]

Congrats to Sergio! He deserves it.
btw, Is it the 1st time a WT team/top team rider wins the Colombian nat road race title?

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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Congrats to Sergio! He deserves it.
btw, Is it the 1st time a WT team/top team rider wins the Colombian nat road race title?

Antonio Londoño rode Le Tour 1986 as national champion, Rubiano was in the Giro 2014 as national champion. That should be it. Fabio Parra was champion in 1985, according to Memoire du Cyclisme he had no special jersey.

 

[Valv.Piti]

How's Sky's history of making decent NC jerseys?

 

[Alexandre B.]

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How's Sky's history of making decent NC jerseys?

They are good.

Norwegian champion jersey in 2012 was pretty poor though.

 

[carton]

Really enjoyed that race. Fantastic win for Sergio, absolutely bossed it. But it goes to show that even riders who prove to be a cut above on form need teammates to win, and that was a great job by Sebastian to bring him back twice. It was good to see the moved the original start line up (exactly) 1 km; otherwise that sprint for second would've made for a real test of nerves. Also, I have to add, seeing the riders up close going up the same route you rode through a day earlier is something else.

Thanks for the link Hfer. I enjoyed the knowledgeable but clearly "influenced" Colombian announcers referring to the WorldTour riders (though not the local riders) by their home states much more often than by the team that pay their wages. I'm sure Trek in particular loved that.

 

[Escarabajo]

For the locals regions are very important in Colombia. Some kind of rivalry over the years. At least that's how I see it.

 

[DNP-Old]

No idea where to put this, so I'll just leave this here. Colombia's team for the WC in Bergen: Rigoberto Uran, Nairo Quintana, Sergio Henao, Jarlinson Pantano, Esteban Chaves, Miguel Angel Lopez, Fernando Gaviria, Carlos Betancur y Sebastian Henao

Great. Just *** great...

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

So no Restrepo?

 

[Vesica]

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No idea where to put this, so I'll just leave this here. Colombia's team for the WC in Bergen: Rigoberto Uran, Nairo Quintana, Sergio Henao, Jarlinson Pantano, Esteban Chaves, Miguel Angel Lopez, Fernando Gaviria, Carlos Betancur y Sebastian Henao

Great. Just **** great...

That's one hell of a great team. Not so many countries that can beat this amount of (climbing) capabilities..

 

[DNP-Old]

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No idea where to put this, so I'll just leave this here. Colombia's team for the WC in Bergen: Rigoberto Uran, Nairo Quintana, Sergio Henao, Jarlinson Pantano, Esteban Chaves, Miguel Angel Lopez, Fernando Gaviria, Carlos Betancur y Sebastian Henao

Great. Just **** great...

That's one hell of a great team. Not so many countries that can beat this amount of (climbing) capabilities..

This is a great team if you're having to climb Alpe d'Huez four times. For Bergen, it couldn't be much worse.

 

[DNP-Old]

Jhonatan Narvaez is the new national champion of Ecuador!

 

[DNP-Old]

Colombia Oro y Paz route for 2018:

 

[Alexandre B.]

What average gradient for Manizales?

 

[DNP-Old]

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What average gradient for Manizales?

Don't know the exact percentages, but it's the old route which is known as the easiest ascent.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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What average gradient for Manizales?

It's 18/19 km's @ 4,5%.

 

[Squire]

I thought it was gonna have six stages?

For an early season race, the climbs are pretty good. But I'm sure Colombia can provdide better options if they wanted to make something serious.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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I thought it was gonna have six stages?

For an early season race, the climbs are pretty good. But I'm sure Colombia can provdide better options if they wanted to make something serious.

First stage is a circuit race in Popayan. You can't draw a profile from that information.

Sure you could, but for most WT this will be the first race of their season, so there is no reason for that. It's also one of the first races on the national calendar.

 

[Escarabajo]

Very interesting race DNP. It will be 2.1. I wonder who will go to the race.

More details here:

http://www.revistamundociclistico.com/ruta/24281-la-carrera-oro-y-paz-21-compromiso-de-colombia-jorge-ovidio-gonzalez-presidente-de-la-fcc.html

2.3 million of dollars for the costs of organizing it.
They already collected 1.3 million.

 

[Escarabajo]

I am getting very excited about it:

http://www.revistamundociclistico.com/ruta/24489-absoluto-respaldo-a-la-realizacion-de-la-primera-carrera-uci-colombia-oro-y-paz.html

Complete support from everyone in Colombia. The cycling world will see the level of passion that we have for cycling in Colombia.