Tour de Yorkshire 28/04/17 - 30/04/17 2.1

[Frankschleck]

søren kragh ftw

 

[TourOfSardinia]

http://watch.wiiz.tv/itv4.php

 

[HelloDolly]

Peter Weening going for it.....love if he won the stage and race
Expending energy to win KOM but could maybe keep it for the stage as the chase is not so strong imo

 

[yaco]

Re: Re:

Excellent win by Bouhanni who is the most over-paid rider in the peleton - He needs to win at least one stage at the TDF to get somewhere near market value.

Over-paid I don't know, but he's undoubtedly the pinnacle of Cofidis sporting and marketing strategy and probably the best PCT rider at the moment.

He's absolutely over-paid - Allegedly receives 1.5m Euros.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Here we go, the infamous Shibden Wall!!!

 

[Brullnux]

Stick a few lions of Flanders up the road and build a church at the top and that could be the Muur. Brilliant climb.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hopefully this prompts them to come back to Halifax, there's about 10 nice little cobbled Flandrian-style bergs in the surrounding area.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Yeah, I hope this climb features more often (and more prominently) in this bike race (or in any other bike race for that matter). Really brutal!

 

[Red Rick]

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Hopefully this prompts them to come back to Halifax, there's about 10 nice little cobbled Flandrian-style bergs in the surrounding area.

Are they all as hard as the Shibden wall?

It seems to me that climbs are longer and steeper, but roads are a bit wider as well.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re: Re:

Hopefully this prompts them to come back to Halifax, there's about 10 nice little cobbled Flandrian-style bergs in the surrounding area.

Are they all as hard as the Shibden wall?

It seems to me that climbs are longer and steeper, but roads are a bit wider as well.

No, Shibden Wall's probably the 2nd hardest (after Trooper Lane) but there's a few more. Gibb Lane looks to be almost as hard. I did a cobbled madness Tour of Britain stage in the Race Design Thread here including several of them.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Re:

Hopefully this prompts them to come back to Halifax, there's about 10 nice little cobbled Flandrian-style bergs in the surrounding area.

Are they all as hard as the Shibden wall?

It seems to me that climbs are longer and steeper, but roads are a bit wider as well.

I forgot the name but there is one climb, I think in the east of Halifax, which is even harder than Shibden wall, but the road is probably a bit too narrow for a pro bike race.

Edit: I meant Trooper Lane, the climb Libertine just mentioned

 

[armchairclimber]

Re: Re:

Hopefully this prompts them to come back to Halifax, there's about 10 nice little cobbled Flandrian-style bergs in the surrounding area.

Are they all as hard as the Shibden wall?

It seems to me that climbs are longer and steeper, but roads are a bit wider as well.

I forgot the name but there is one climb, I think in the east of Halifax, which is even harder than Shibden wall, but the road is probably a bit too narrow for a pro bike race.

Edit: I meant Trooper Lane, the climb Libertine just mentioned

There's Old Lane Luddenden too. And Heptonstall.

 

[armchairclimber]

Re: Re:

Hopefully this prompts them to come back to Halifax, there's about 10 nice little cobbled Flandrian-style bergs in the surrounding area.

Are they all as hard as the Shibden wall?

It seems to me that climbs are longer and steeper, but roads are a bit wider as well.

Trooper Lane and Old Lane are narrow. And brutal.

 

[Valv.Piti]

0,7 km @ 19,6% on cobbles?

 

[Scarponi]

Bouhanni looked gone, knocked out cold?

 

[wirral]

Ooh, I hope he's all right. He was moving his hand.

 

[Scarponi]

Hope he is ok he didn't move a muscle

 

[Irondan]

Bouhanni looked really bad! I hope he's alright..

 

[Irondan]

Anyone hear what happened to Bouhanni?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Damn BouBou looked bad.. crossing my fingers

 

[Scarponi]

Break got swept up so quickly

 

[Scarponi]

Ewan doing ok for how bad he climbs

 

[SafeBet]

Who's the Direct Energie rider on the attack?

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re:

Who's the Direct Energie rider on the attack?

Bryan Nauleau

 

[Irondan]

Re:

Who's the Direct Energie rider on the attack?

Naulau, I'm not sure if I spelled it correctly though..