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Turgis and Asgreen should be forced to wear suits on the bike.
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The descent from Col de Saises isn't too difficult? At it would mean 10-12 km of flat before the last ascent to Megeve airport. If used, it should be one of the last (or very last) mountain stage where riders are often more "forced" to attack than earlier in the race.
If all that were needed to use Plan Bois more safely was to pave the descent, a potentially great combo would be Plan Bois - Croix de Fry and either a descent finish to La Clusaz or a short ascent to the top of Col de Aravis.
But ASO only need to do minor tweaks on what are already using to make it much better. Add another climb or move the stage finish a short distance. Like adding Mont Cenis before Iseran on a stage to Tignes. Use Col de la Loze as a pass, descend and finish in Pralognan de Vanoise. Use Pla d'Adet as a stage finish instead of Col de Portet and make it a longer mountain stage with multiple cat 1 and 2 climbs. Things like that.
- Sep 20, 2017
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That's a lot of Vosges for the women. Also interesting they're going for a stage with unpaved roads, hopefully that's a sign for the future of the men's race. A shame there's no TT, though.
- Apr 10, 2019
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- Mar 7, 2013
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They're now presenting the crash fest of this year's Brittany stages as a triumph?
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It's either this or pretending like they didn't happen, which would have been worse.
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So they're giving us the crashes to have something to complain before the route is shown?
- Aug 14, 2012
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What is La Super Planche and why it seems even more despicable than the Not Super Planche?
Red Rick
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Womens route looks pretty okay to me, apart from that it could've used a 20km ITT in there. 175km stage must be among the longer races on the womens calendar right?
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It's the version with the stupid gravel ramp used in 2019 on top of the regular climb.
Red Rick
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It's extraordinary long for a women's race.
Personally, I'm okay with the women's route although I don't find it "super".
Wonder if we'll ever see Le Markstein in the men's race. The section we see in the middle of that stage in the women's race (Petit Ballon - Platzerasel - Le Markstein) preceeded by perhaps 5-6 more cat 2 climbs, could be a great medium mountain stage in the men's race.Women's race:
- Jun 11, 2021
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- Sep 20, 2017
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- Sep 26, 2020
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I also wish they had turned one of the first stages into a time trial. A very long stage is great, and so is having two stages with multiple mountains in them.Women's race:
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