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He was way ahead of his time.Guillén is the antidote to the long range attacks that are boring all of us to death. His time has come.
Yeah I would "love" to see UAE on a mountain TTT...Peyragudes is a stupid idea whether it’s a TT or not.
I guess it would be ok as TTT but that’s it. It’s a worthless climb.
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I guess there will be 6 mountain stages + MTT.Does that mean Superbagneres is gone or they're doing 3 MTF's in a row in the Pyrenees?
I guess they are thinking "well with so few mountains in the 1st week, we have to do a lot of mountain stages in the second half" but apparently hard MTF is the only way they can design mountain stages...
It's probably got something to do with Pogacar's dominance this year. A week of him dominating is probably better for the race than 3 weeks of dominance like this year.I guess there will be 6 mountain stages + MTT.
Normally the Tour have 6/7 mountain stages, but this time will be backloaded in the last week and half.
It's probably got something to do with Pogacar's dominance this year. A week of him dominating is probably better for the race than 3 weeks of dominance like this year.
Doesn't sound bad to me. Hautacam-stage was great in 2022, will be good again. If you are using Peyragudes, might as well make it into a MTT. Always liked that discipline anyways, especially if you are gonna use climbs which arent that well suited for a MTF anyways. Never seen Superbagneres and I liked Bales, so those Pyrenees i'd like.Hautacam after Aubisque and Spandelles.
Peyragudes MTT
Superbagneres after Port de Bales
Ventoux after bunch of flat and Madeleinen't
La Plagne after some random climbs nobody gives *** about like Loze 2023
Alpe d'Huez after Croix de Fer
Book it.
I'm betting on a Peyragudes uphill TTT with individual times. Same last 11 km as the 2022 stage.
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You'd love to see it, @Red Rick!
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I think it's:I guess this means a short mountain stage with (at best) something like Peyresourde, Aspin, Tourmalet, Hautacam. More probably only Aspin, Tourmalet and Hautacam or even just Tourmalet and Hautacam.
I really wonder if everyone has the two time trialing formats wrong. I wonder if this is a team time trial and the Caen one is a basic 20 k individual time trial. Because there’s not much unique about a mountain individual time trial but a team one would be fascinating.So what is the “unprecedented format” going to be? Peyragudes MTT in the morning plus a <100k mountain stage in the afternoon?
Not sure what else it can be unless it’s a TTT which would be terrible
It would be interesting if the best climbers didn’t have the best teams and vice-versa, but given that Pogacar and Vingegaard’s have the best mountain trains anyway, it’d just makes the gaps to the rest bigger imoI really wonder if everyone has the two time trialing formats wrong. I wonder if this is a team time trial and the Caen one is a basic 20 k individual time trial. Because there’s not much unique about a mountain individual time trial but a team one would be fascinating.
Surley it's way to late in the race to be a team time trail. They had issues with having a TTT on stage 9 in 2015 if I remember correctly.I really wonder if everyone has the two time trialing formats wrong. I wonder if this is a team time trial and the Caen one is a basic 20 k individual time trial. Because there’s not much unique about a mountain individual time trial but a team one would be fascinating.
Half-stages are explicitly banned in the WT.So what is the “unprecedented format” going to be? Peyragudes MTT in the morning plus a <100k mountain stage in the afternoon?
Not sure what else it can be unless it’s a TTT which would be terrible