WC Ponferrada 2014. Altimetry

[Arnout]

Road race profile. They don't use the same climb for whatever reason.

Anyone with profiles of what seem to be little hills (barely 200m altitude gain)?

 

[Kvinto]

if the scale on this profile is correct it should be about 2km-8% and 0,6km-11% and i would say it's a pretty good course

 

[roundabout]

first little hill 250m @ 7%, next 5.1km @ 3.7% and last 1.2km @ 6%

 

[Descender]

The climbs are too soft and the loop too long. Meh. Florence is much better.

 

[The Hitch]

The climbs are too soft and the loop too long. Meh. Florence is much better.

It ends on a descent doesn't it

 

[Kvinto]

Yes, i didn't notice that a horizontal scale is 2km and calculated 8% gradient climbs, stupid me
meh

 

[roundabout]

Yes, i didn't notice that a horizontal scale is 2km and calculated 8% gradient climbs, stupid me

nah, I got the numbers from the course preview, I am not that eagle-eyed

 

[Descender]

It ends on a descent doesn't it

An easy one, but yes.

But there were much better possibilities around Ponferrada.

 

[Kvinto]

nah, I got the numbers from the course preview, I am not that eagle-eyed

maybe some mistake occured and they mixed up profiles. this profile is definitely more appropriate for a tt while the tt course would be better for the RR

 

[El Pistolero]

Great. I hope that in 2015 the Worlds TT will be 2 km long, so we'll have a time trial for sprinters.

Cancellara would still win lol.

 

[The Hitch]

Cancellara would still win lol.

Well if it was really technical it would be between Sagan Canc and Thor. but if it wasnt then track riders might win it.

 

[theyoungest]

Well if it was really technical it would be between Sagan Canc and Thor.

Boom and the much loved Phinney are also not bad on a technical ultra short course.

 

[roundabout]

wouldn't Phinney fall on a technical course?

 

[Escarabajo]

Yeah. And do you really think we'll see another Contador within, say, 10 years?

edit: sorry, I asked the wrong person, of course we will. Sergio Henao, Carlos Betancourt, Nairo Quintana...

LOL.

At least you know the names.

 

[Escarabajo]

I am puzzled as to the type of bikes that the riders will use.

I think they will be aerodynamic TT bikes but those bikes have to hurt the riders on the climb.

What do people think about it?

 

[roundabout]

There's talk of an area where riders can change bikes

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I am puzzled as to the type of bikes that the riders will use.

I think they will be aerodynamic TT bikes but those bikes have to hurt the riders on the climb.

What do people think about it?

they will switch bikes before the hard part

 

[Moondance]

Robert Gesink could come out of retirement for that race and dominate. The Dutch would finally be able to do something in a WC.

As far as I know in terms of gold medal success at the Worlds it's:

The Netherlands 7 - Australia 1



Scoreboard.

 

[Parrulo]

As far as I know in terms of gold medal success at the Worlds it's:

The Netherlands 7 - Australia 1



Scoreboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG0Hi-UDUZk

 

[El Pistolero]

As far as I know in terms of gold medal success at the Worlds it's:

The Netherlands 7 - Australia 1



Scoreboard.

Robert Gesink could come out of retirement for that race and dominate. The Dutch would finally be able to do something in a WC.

Bring on the scoreboard now

 

[rantanplan]

I can see Contador or Froome winning here



http://www.gpcanaldecastilla.com the spanish Roubaix?

 

[Angliru]

Of course we know who will win it, how can Contador possibly lose this? I think it's obvious that this course was created with him in mind: not too long, and very hard. I like this profile, but come on... if these were the times of Miguel Indurain we'd have seen a very long, flat TT in his home Worlds.

I was speaking about hometown favouritism, how could this have happened to Tony Martin Cancellara won his home Worlds, but the course wasn't really tailor made for him... he was just the best time trialist in the world at that time.

Evans, Leipheimer, Menchov, even Wiggins could all do well on this TT course.
Contador isn't a given.

 

[Kwibus]

Interesting TT course, allthough right there is only one that can win it and that's Contador. Still 3 years to go though.

RR looks 'ok'.

 

[theyoungest]

Evans, Leipheimer, Menchov, even Wiggins could all do well on this TT course.
Contador isn't a given.

They're oooold.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

They're oooold.

Tony Martin could win it. There's only about 4 kilometers of real climbing.