TDF Trivia quiz

[The Hitch]

OK - I was defining "Road Race" as in the specific discipline, not extending "Road Race" to include the TTT (just as Vino is the Olympic Road Race champion), but I guess I made a rod for my own back by getting a bit too cute with the discontinued Team Road Race discipline.

Let's hear your question then, Hicz!

Well its made especially for you


Question.

Below are the profiles for 3 famous mega mountain stages in TDF history.

For the black profile, I would like to know who the winner was on this historic stage.
For the yellow profile, identify climb B (the one with the arrow pointing to it)
For the grey profile, I would like to know the altitude of the MTF (climb C)

For a correct answer, all 3 parts of the question need to be answered correctly.

Good luck

 

[kingjr]

A Richard Virenque 1995?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

C looks like Madeleine north, so 1993m.

A is Luz Ardiden 1988, so Laudelino Cubino (thanks Wikipedia, was going to say Herrera).

Edit: I've found B too, I believe. Portet d'Aspet.

 

[Finn84]

Is B the one where Casartelli was killed? So I'll answer Portet D'Aspet.

 

[kingjr]

A is Luz Ardiden 1988, so Laudelino Cubino (thanks Wikipedia, was going to say Herrera).

Same route as my guess, except for the final ascent

 

[roundabout]

B kinda looks like Andorra 97, but I can't remember what the first 2 climbs were that day

 

[Carlo Algatrensig]

Is B the one where Casartelli was killed? So I'll answer Portet D'Aspet.

I was thinking that as it looks like the stage to Arcalis in 1997

 

[Netserk]

 

[kingjr]

Netserk where do you get these profiles from. I've been dying to find a website for that for ages.

 

[Netserk]

The question is misleading. The final climb on profile C isn't a MTF.

 

[roundabout]

Re C, has there ever been a finish up Madeleine?

Looks like a 2010 stage with the last 40k lopped off.

 

[The Hitch]

C looks like Madeleine north, so 1993m.

A is Luz Ardiden 1988, so Laudelino Cubino (thanks Wikipedia, was going to say Herrera).

Edit: I've found B too, I believe. Portet d'Aspet.

Is B the one where Casartelli was killed? So I'll answer Portet D'Aspet.

Same route as my guess, except for the final ascent

Well done all.

Except, the answer to A is still missing.

You basically got the answer right but the actual profile said 2000. I was wondering why wikipedia said Madeline tops out at 1993 and ASO has it at 2000.

Are you using some software?

 

[Netserk]

Re C, has there ever been a finish up Madeleine?

No. Hitch just decided to make it more difficult

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'm not aware of one but I guessed from the profile, first thought was Madeleine.

There was an MTF at the St-François-Longchamp ski station in the Dauphiné a few years ago though. Moncoutié won from the break, and Fuglsang and Gesink looked like a million bucks.

 

[Netserk]

No special software. I'm just good with Google

 

[Netserk]

I'm not aware of one but I guessed from the profile, first thought was Madeleine.

There was an MTF at the St-François-Longchamp ski station in the Dauphiné a few years ago though. Moncoutié won from the break, and Fuglsang and Gesink looked like a million bucks.

Wasn't that from the south?

 

[The Hitch]

Netserk where do you get these profiles from. I've been dying to find a website for that for ages.

The profiles cept for the last one are the same ones i had and come from different websites so im guessing like me he got it from google images.

 

[kingjr]

one more try for A

Miguel Indurain?

 

[Netserk]

The profiles cept for the last one are the same ones i had and come from different websites so im guessing like me he got it from google images.

Did you use this one?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wasn't that from the south?

Yes, but it doesn't mean it's not part of the climb to the Col de la Madeleine

 

[The Hitch]

No special software. I'm just good with Google

How do you use google to find the answer to that?

The reason I ask is because I once asked on that other website, people to identify which 1 day race this is a profile of

And within seconds Krebs (suitcase of chaos guy on here) gave me the right answer even though the immage isnt actually a profile of a cycling race but a graph of polling data from the US election.

one more try for A

Miguel Indurain?

I mean sorry. My **** up. A was right. Really sorry that i said it was wrong. I meant that C was wrong (though it was sort of right)

 

[The Hitch]

one more try for A

Miguel Indurain?

I mean sorry. My **** up. A was right. Really sorry that i said it was wrong. I meant that C was wrong (though it was sort of right)

 

[The Hitch]

Edit, I forgot to add the final part of the question, which gives the final right answer to the question.

Take the 18th character from the first answer (including spaces) , the 3rd from the 2nd answer and the 4th character from the 3rd answer to get the final mega answer. Hint- greatest race on earth

 

[The Hitch]

Edit, I forgot to add the final part of the question, which gives the final right answer to the question.

Take the 18th character from the first answer (including spaces) , the 3rd from the 2nd answer and the 4th character from the 3rd answer to get the final mega answer. Hint- greatest race on earth

I'm not aware of one but I guessed from the profile, first thought was Madeleine.

There was an MTF at the St-François-Longchamp ski station in the Dauphiné a few years ago though. Moncoutié won from the break, and Fuglsang and Gesink looked like a million bucks.

Madeline was the easiest part of the question because it has the distinctive flattening out in the middle, and few tdf climbs are that huge.

Did you use this one?

Kind of. I used the one from the CN forum thread from that stage, which was the profile you show above only grey not yellow.

 

[Netserk]

Take the 18th character from the first answer (including spaces) , the 3rd from the 2nd answer and the 4th character from the 3rd answer to get the final mega answer. Hint- greatest race on earth

That doesn't make any sense