I don't think there would be any spectators there.I'm not sure descending through the Dutch corner is viable
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I don't think there would be any spectators there.I'm not sure descending through the Dutch corner is viable
😆Still the same lame duck descent and valley if you take Glandon.
What you want before Alpe d'Huez isn't a pass, it's the climb on the opposite side of the valley, which leaves only 4km of flat between the end of the descent and the start of the Alpe
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Is that not only a problem if you do it in the opposite direction?😆
Col de Solude is basically cut in a rock. It´s more dangerous than Monte Crostis. If there haven´t been enough cycling deaths to your liking, descending Col de Solude is the way to go.
It's probably the trade-of for having 2 Tours in a row with very decent first half without any boring flat stages in the north.What surprises me about this proposed route is that we're really hitting the north.
With barely any TT kilometers and many tough mountains rumored for the third week? Didn‘t know Remco was the second coming of Egan Bernalthis route looks taylor made for the remco giro/tour double attempt
Hate when route scater to cerain rider.
FIRE GOUVENOU!!!!! Hire Zomengan
Remco can't win the Tour without doing the Giro, let alone Giro-Tour. Just put Mont Ventoux there and he will lose 2 minutes to Pogacar.this route looks taylor made for the remco giro/tour double attempt
Hate when route scater to cerain rider.
FIRE GOUVENOU!!!!! Hire Zomengan
With barely any TT kilometers and many tough mountains rumored for the third week? Didn‘t know Remco was the second coming of Egan Bernal
He had another child, of course he have.....I meant with no difficulties until week 3
Made for vingo as well if he has balls
I guess you ironically mean that with this course, Evenepoel is bound for the giro. The rumoured course has 4 hc mtf´s (superbagnères, Ventoux, Alpe d´Huez and la Plagne) and barely any flat itt. That´s about 4 hc mtf´s too much and 2 long flat itt´s too few for an Evenepoel course.this route looks taylor made for the remco giro/tour double attempt
Hate when route scater to cerain rider.
FIRE GOUVENOU!!!!! Hire Zomengan
I guess you ironically mean that with this course, Evenepoel is bound for the giro. The rumoured course has 4 hc mtf´s (superbagnères, Ventoux, Alpe d´Huez and la Plagne) and barely any flat itt. That´s about 4 hc mtf´s too much and 2 long flat itt´s too few for an Evenepoel course.
Smart guy, he is trying to win the only GT he can win next year. He must pray to Vingegaard not be thereLefevre already said Remco is doing the giro next year
Makes sense if Roglic, Pogi and a fully fit Vingegaard aim for the Tour.Lefevre already said Remco is doing the giro next year
I think what Patrick said is that Remco might attempt both the Giro and the Tour. I think he said they even considered it for this year but with the Olympics being in July they focused on one peak during that month.Lefevre already said Remco is doing the giro next year
I think what Patrick said is that Remco might attempt both the Giro and the Tour. I think he said they even considered it for this year but with the Olympics being in July they focused on one peak during that month.
I think what Pog's double has done is make it possible for everyone to play the "well we might do the double card so let's see what kind of route you give us".
I am a Remco fan but obviously they're not designing a Tour route around Remco's needs. In fact I don't think this crew is ever going to give Remco what he probably wants/needs (long individual time trials, punchy climbs). They simply don't like long individual time trials. Especially in a contract year, the best thing for Remco is probably to go to the Giro, win a second grand tour, rather than get another distant 3rd in the Tour.
Nah, Ulle double with the Giro just to loose the off-season weight and to collect RCS money.Lefevre already said Remco is doing the giro next year
And MTF-dependent (not that this isn't typical for the Tour). With Sestriere/Findstre seemingly out, it seems like all the mountain stages will be about the MTF.We need to wait a month to get the full route? I am not too excited about this... for what I am reading here, this will be a very backloaded race
[[content deleted]] Of course it has to be "Netflix" friendly as well. Lights! Action! Drama!The typical “easy” solution when there is a dominating force in the race:
- backload the route to keep it tight as long as possible, believing that will create more tension in the race
- don’t make too hard stages, let them fight it out on the last climb (also more friendly for the casual fans just watching the last 15-30 minutes)
- come up with sometimhing stupid to hype as the big deal, when it’s basically irrelevant for the outcome of the race (grid start, bonus seconds on random hills or climbs or…. a short TTT)