The worst of race profiles

[Scarponi]

Surely someone would have been caught out by that Angrilu profile haha

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I don't like those 3D effect profiles that make every climb and MTF look as though they finish on a plateau (especially when there is little or no colour difference between the faces: yes, I am talking about La Vuelta). I guess the defence is usually that if can give an impression of the ascents.

I say usually, because sometimes the downhills get all the prominence.

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Trofeo Buffoni

This is a junior race: the colour scheme seems to have been drawn up in a junior school.

 

[AnatoleNovak]

This one looks good until you look at the numbers on the y-axis.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

A couple of these are just impacted by typos though. Look at the climb profile next to the normal stage profile and you'll realise it's simply meant to be 400m 600m and 800m on the y-axis.

Similarly, that classic awful Vuelta a Colombia stage profile which has a KOM at 2144m and then finished "above" it at 1470m? Manizales is at over 2000m altitude and the climb to Manizales from the west to arrive at the Plaza del Toros is a classic of the race, so that's probably a typo and meant to be a finish at 2470m (although at the same time that profile has a lot of other problems that still necessitate it being here).

 

[Danskebjerge]

Re: Re:

This one bears transferring from the Vuelta a Burgos thread

+100 percent climb.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This legendary thread has been quiet for too long. I was looking for something else when I came across some old Vuelta a Palencia profiles which most definitely belong here.

Tick the boxes for "scenic landscape", "x-axis creativity", "hilariously-placed GPMs" and "incorrectly-placed altitude":

 

[Scarponi]

This legendary thread has been quiet for too long. I was looking for something else when I came across some old Vuelta a Palencia profiles which most definitely belong here.

Tick the boxes for "scenic landscape", "x-axis creativity", "hilariously-placed GPMs" and "incorrectly-placed altitude":

San glorio looks like an average 45% climb haha

 

[Gigs_98]

This legendary thread has been quiet for too long. I was looking for something else when I came across some old Vuelta a Palencia profiles which most definitely belong here.

Tick the boxes for "scenic landscape", "x-axis creativity", "hilariously-placed GPMs" and "incorrectly-placed altitude":

Like, I see the what they were aiming at but they probably shouldn't have given the task to their intern with one hour of photoshop experience.

 

[RedheadDane]

This legendary thread has been quiet for too long. I was looking for something else when I came across some old Vuelta a Palencia profiles which most definitely belong here.

Tick the boxes for "scenic landscape", "x-axis creativity", "hilariously-placed GPMs" and "incorrectly-placed altitude":

And meanwhile the riders decided to stay down where it's flat, rather than go riding up those weird mountains in the background.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And meanwhile the riders decided to stay down where it's flat, rather than go riding up those weird mountains in the background.

But they did ride straight through the sticks holding the mountains. I guess that wouldn't have been possible or maybe even a bit dangerous with first category sticks.

 

[Sciatic]

But they did ride straight through the sticks holding the mountains. I guess that wouldn't have been possible or maybe even a bit dangerous with first category sticks.

The sticks were there so they could attach their caribiners to them before ascending!

 

[starlord]

Profiles with weather forecast integration. Pretty advanced stuff.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

From this year's Clásico RCN

I.... I just don't know where to start with this one.

 

[Netserk]

(and I still don't know how to insert pictures)

Have you learned it yet?

 

[tobydawq]

Have you learned it yet?

No.

 

[RedheadDane]

No.

That okay. Your text-style race profiles are a thing of beauty.

 

[tobydawq]

That okay. Your text-style race profiles are a thing of beauty.

I have learned a trick or two by Emil Axelgaard.

 

[SHAD0W93]

No.

Same!
Half the time it works and half the time it doesn’t.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The Étoile de Bessèges profiles show why the colour gradient for your slopes shouldn't feature the same colour you use to mark the finish. You'd be forgiven for thinking they were finishing on the French version of Guardiagrele.

The worst part is that it is actually an uphill finish of sorts...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

From the Tour of Oman thread: that climb at 31km is rather precipitous.

Stage 4

 

[dazaau]

From the Tour of Oman thread: that climb at 31km is rather precipitous.

another pinchy climb at around 50km too I see, as well as a few really hard climbs early on. steep, recovery, steep, recovery steep. A good opportunity to blow the peloton apart early (esp if you have a hot air balloon or climbing rope) .

 

[Sciatic]

From the Tour of Oman thread: that climb at 31km is rather precipitous.

Looks like they’ll need their ropes and harness for that one!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

With credit to Devil's Elbow's thread for Tour of the Alps

Measurement claiming to be accurate to within 5 femtometres. Impressive.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

With credit to Devil's Elbow's thread for Tour of the Alps

Measurement claiming to be accurate to within 5 femtometres. Impressive.

That's my own profile, not an official profile the software I use is pretty glitchy.

 

[Izzyeviel]

well you've just taught everyone what 'femtometres' are/is. so theres that.