Vuelta a Burgos 2023, August 15-19

[tobydawq]

I believe the official profile is a bit off and the finish of the stage is closer to 750 meters a.s.l than the 800+ on the profile

I think the last climb is something like 2 km at around 5% very roughly.

I think it will be an interesting experiment in pacing and more interesting to me than a pure power focus TTT.

Yeah, 2.1 kms at 4.8% I believe. Then it really is not worse than when the Tour had a TTT finishing on the Côte de Cadoudal in Plumelec (where only the biggest of champions win).

 

[houtdffan]

Look at the time compared to the distance, it was much more downhill than the profiles indicates. Burgos profiles are notoriously bad. If we were to believe them, Lagunas de Neila has slopes of 125%.

That's a beyond infinite percentage there on that profile. Beyond vertical

 

[CyclistAbi]

Looking forward to it.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Yeah, 2.1 kms at 4.8% I believe. Then it really is not worse than when the Tour had a TTT finishing on the Côte de Cadoudal in Plumelec (where only the biggest of champions win).

So Ashleigh Moolman is the champion of champions?

As for the actual race, I really wish that a) it was an ITT and not a TTT (although it's understandable given that it's the only chance since Paris-Nice to fine-tune ahead of the Vuelta), and b) that the order of the mountain stages was flipped. Should still be a solid race as per usual although Jumbo look hard to beat. Will be interesting to see if it's all for Roglic or whether they fire people up the road on the Picón Blanco stage.

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1690815063991504896

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[Red Rick]

Rog reminding me of this

 

[Escarabajo]

I don't get why they put the TTT. It kinds of kills the race before it starts.

 

[Lequack]

I don't get why they put the TTT. Race is dead before it starts.

Roglic: "why not eh?"

 

[Valv.Piti]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1690815063991504896

View: https://twitter.com/Debby_Drckx/status/1690815063991504896?s=20

I will pack you!!!

 

[CyclistAbi]

Tan lines do indicate in Tour form.

 

[rghysens]

That's a beyond infinite percentage there on that profile. Beyond vertical

Purely mathematically speaking it´s a negative percentage.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Purely mathematically speaking it´s a negative percentage.

110% ?

 

[tobydawq]

110% ?

100% is 45 degrees.

 

[Hugh Januss]

100% is 45 degrees.

Oh yeah. Lets call it 100 degree slope then.

 

[houtdffan]

Oh yeah. Lets call it 100 degree slope then.

slope is rise over run. Vertical is undefined

 

[Hugh Januss]

slope is rise over run. Vertical is undefined

slope is rise over run. Vertical is undefined

Vertical is 90 degrees.

 

[Red Rick]

100% is 45 degrees.

Pretty sure they measure distance of the parcours, not hypothetical distance of the parcours had it been flat. At the percentages of cycling climbs, the difference should be neglible, but if we really had a 45 degree slope they'd probably give it the 70 odd percent it should be.

 

[tobydawq]

Pretty sure they measure distance of the parcours, not hypothetical distance of the parcours had it been flat. At the percentages of cycling climbs, the difference should be neglible, but if we really had a 45 degree slope they'd probably give it the 70 odd percent it should be.

I also thought that once. But I'm pretty sure this isn't how it is done.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

So Ashleigh Moolman is the champion of champions?

I believe Toby is likely referring to this result.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Tem]

Vertical is 90 degrees.

Slope is not measured in degrees, but in %. And u get % by dividing rise with distance. And if distance is 0..

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Burgos is one of the best stage races of the year. Shame to ruin it with a TTT.

 

[topcat]

tan θ = I don’t want to watch this race.

 

[Peter von]

"better get our anti-gravity bikes for this one!"

 

[iBanesto]

Interested to see how Vlasov goes in this race.