The worst of race profiles

[MagliaNera]

They forgot to get rid of the sharp, steep descents though. Or should we rather worry about punctures on that route?

I'd almost be more worried about punctures during the TT:

How many riders will really opt for a TT bike with all these muritos?

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

I think you found a new candidate for the title there

 

[RedheadDane]

I'd almost be more worried about punctures during the TT:

How many riders will really opt for a TT bike with all these muritos?

That, and the other one being posted earlier, is especially funny when you compare with the profiles on PCS...
(This is Simac, right?)

 

[MagliaNera]

(This is Simac, right?)

Yes, from the official roadbook: https://indd.adobe.com/view/79ac3814-d751-4266-a11f-862666ff654f

The quality is a bit better in the PDF than in the viewer. Only there, I noticed the rather bizarre axis labels of stage 3, which add a nice little extra touch to the collection:

 

[laarsland]

That, and the other one being posted earlier, is especially funny when you compare with the profiles on PCS...
(This is Simac, right?)

As race/stage profile-general on a superior/non-misogynistic competitor I can tell you that the races own profiles are the only way to honor them properly.

 

[Tim Cahill]

They're going up the empire state building at Veneto

 

[QueenStagiaire]

They're going up the empire state building at Veneto

That‘s obviously The Shard and not the Empire State.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

That‘s obviously The Shard and not the Empire State.

And I was gping for Tour Eiffel.
A tad less logistics to Verona.
Still not a mountain to move.

 

[Izzyeviel]

This is from a book in 1884 - If only the spanish had conquered England. But jokes aside, it got me thinking - what is the earliest example of these profiles used anywhere?

 

[VO2 Max]

A bit OT but why do we never see profiles with the distance measured back from the finish? Forwards from the start for the riders' version for sure, but for viewers would be much better to have ones that tie up with the countdown distances in the corner of the tv screen. Are we all watching with calculators to keep track of where we are relative to upcoming climbs or sectors?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

A bit OT but why do we never see profiles with the distance measured back from the finish? Forwards from the start for the riders' version for sure, but for viewers would be much better to have ones that tie up with the countdown distances in the corner of the tv screen. Are we all watching with calculators to keep track of where we are relative to upcoming climbs or sectors?

My working assumption is that the reason RhD insists on watching live or not at all is that she doesn't like converting the distance into the race that significant points are indicated as on the profile into the distance remaining that is displayed on the screen if she were to fast forward through a replay to get to the key incidents.

 

[RedheadDane]

Are we all watching with calculators to keep track of where we are relative to upcoming climbs or sectors?

I know that riders are approaching a climb or sector by seing them approach the climb or sector.

(PCS also helps.)

 

[VO2 Max]

Again a bit OT, but I enjoyed seeing this advert on my train just now - Heart of Wales / Lein Calon Cymru is a very little used railway line that cuts diagonally across our small but hilly country. It traces out to ~200km so a nice little semi-classic, on paper it looks like always a sprint finish with the steady gradients (biggest climb maxes out at 1.6%) and prevailing tailwind, but bouncing around over all the railway sleepers is bound to break the group up a bit.

(Sugar Loaf station was briefly semi-famous for being the least used station in the UK, apparently an average of five passengers per month at one point, but you can't hold a title like that for long because of course train people immediately want to say they've been to the least-visited station)

 

[proffate]

A bit OT but why do we never see profiles with the distance measured back from the finish? Forwards from the start for the riders' version for sure, but for viewers would be much better to have ones that tie up with the countdown distances in the corner of the tv screen. Are we all watching with calculators to keep track of where we are relative to upcoming climbs or sectors?

Why does the rider version need to count up? As a rider in a live race what you probably want is a countdown to the finish and to any upcoming point of interest (climb, cobbles, feed etc).

I know Garmins will give you a count down to upcoming climbs and a course finish but it's a bit more fiddly than just looking at the odometer, and I don't know how to add POIs. Hopefully the team staff figures this out for their riders.