Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 1 (Copenhagen – Copenhagen, 13.2k/ITT)

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Jul 13, 2012
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In the OP it states that the course is not very technical. I've heard people say it's not technical at all, except for the final 1/4 and I've also heard it's a very technical course.

Not to mention all the different weather forecasts. How am I able to predict this TT now?

I'm not familiar with the full course but of the parts of Copenhagen I've been to, the only part I'd say that's technical is the few hundred metres around Kastellet. From Kastellet in to the finish it's small enough roads and usual city level road traffic but nothing majorly difficult.

I wouldn't be familiar with much of the parts from Frederiksborggade to Osterport though.
 
May 25, 2010
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I only use Windy and some of the prefered prognoses for this part of europe (NEMS and ICON) says it will rain after 17:00CET.

The weather is unpredictable. 1 thing is for sure today they can't predict when the rain starts on friday. They have good estimations, but this can still change to rain all afternoon or no rain all day. We will see!
 
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The weather is unpredictable. 1 thing is for sure today they can't predict when the rain starts on friday. They have good estimations, but this can still change to rain all afternoon or no rain all day. We will see!

I love discussing the weather because I have absolutely no control over it :) :) :)
 
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Weather is probably the most used topic over the world with the exception of the countries that pretty much always have the same weather every day :)
 
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As far as I can remember those streets, it must be for strong men after all.
Cyclocrossers can have some advantage in the end due to the cornering and the pull up after the corners.
But those bends are not very technical now, and the bends or turns are also wide enough to cycle through fairly quickly.
 
Sep 9, 2012
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Could be a good course for Küng, too, he seems to be quite fast in the corners on the TT bike.
 
Apr 16, 2009
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The opening weekend is really poison for the pure climbers.

They are guaranteed to lose a 1 minute or more in the time trial. And maybe a couple of minutes more in the following stage with the bridge. Put the cobbled stage into the equation and they are reduced to stage hunters.
Quintana can put minutes to the climbers as well!!!
 
May 5, 2010
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Yes. I am a time traveler and was sent back from the future to tell the peloton and the people in this wonderful place in the universe the single most important thing. And that is to:

Wear sunscreen.

I'm a redhead. I always wear sunscreen, coz I prefer the "red" part of "redhead" to refer only to my hair, not my face.