Those fortified medieval villages...

[SetonHallPirate]

...how come races often will pass by them, but never seem to finish in any of them? Would seem to make for an interesting uphill finish.

Just a thought...

 

[The Hitch]

 

[SetonHallPirate]

Nice...there's a good example (that's Assisi, Italy)!

That one seems to be a great candidate to run a stage through, rather than to finish. I'm used to seeing (or at least hearing about) the road network running in a spiral, and Assisi seems to be an anomaly in that regard.

 

[ElChingon]

Avila, Spain.

Surprised LaFlorecita didn't add this

 

[Lupetto]

Motovun in Croatia raced in the Istrian Spring Trophy.

 

[personal]

...how come races often will pass by them, but never seem to finish in any of them? Would seem to make for an interesting uphill finish.

Just a thought...

It would be, but usualy there is very little room up there for everything that needs to be at the finish line.

 

[RedheadDane]

It would be, but usualy there is very little room up there for everything that needs to be at the finish line.

Tourmalet is sorta short on room too. They still managed to finish a Tour stage there a few years back...

 

[McLovin]

 

[RedheadDane]

They should've placed the finish line so that gate was the flame rogue! Of course only if physically possible...

 

[McLovin]

They should've placed the finish line so that gate was the flame rogue! Of course only if physically possible...

It would be possible but with finish line outside the fortress. But still going uphill.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Fayence, France:

Macerata, Italy:

Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain:

 

[rhubroma]

Piazza del Campo, Siena:

 

[icefire]

Morella hosted a stage finish in the 2004 Vuelta:

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Citadelle de Namur, Belgium:

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Mont Cassel, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France:

 

[jsem94]

Absolutely lovely thread!

 

[Tigerion]

They should've placed the finish line so that gate was the flame rogue! Of course only if physically possible...

That would have been awesome if the could pull it off

It would be, but usualy there is very little room up there for everything that needs to be at the finish line.

The main thing is room for all the team buses and support vehicles. Add to that the area for the podium and and press area you can struggle in the small towns.

Loving all the pics in this thread though

 

[SetonHallPirate]

That would have been awesome if the could pull it off




The main thing is room for all the team buses and support vehicles. Add to that the area for the podium and and press area you can struggle in the small towns.

Loving all the pics in this thread though

I agree. I will say, however, that I think it would be make a better race if the routes actually went through some of the small towns rather than just around them...the Tour de France suffers from this malady, where, what, a half-dozen stages decides the tour?

 

[Netserk]

It all comes down to money.