What is your favourite stage profile ever?

[Eshnar]

So if my math is good, it's 27 km at 9.1. Still, I don't know if it;s paved. Imagine how much Ullrich would had lost if they didn't stop at Le Deux Alpes. Half an hour?

he probly wouldn't have arrived at all. Just like the rest of the peloton but Pantani

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

So if my math is good, it's 27 km at 9.1. Still, I don't know if it;s paved. Imagine how much Ullrich would had lost if they didn't stop at Le Deux Alpes. Half an hour?

It's unpaved from just outside Les Deux Alpes, as you would expect. It's suited to 4x4 off road SUVs and mountain bikes, but not much else.

 

[Siriuscat]

Real stages?? this one...end of discussion!!

Stage 15, Il Giro 2011

Very closely followed by

Stage 19 Il Giro 2005

 

[Netserk]

I really like this one as well, though it is not the best of all time, I still find it pretty good (giro 2003, stage 18):

 

[Parrulo]

It was a great stage, I hoped Simoni wouldve made the top of the Gavia first though as I am a great Gibo fan. But Tschopp stole nothing and rode to his well deserved win. It was a shame GC was decided already though, it would have been so cool to see Liquigas go all out on the Gavia.

ya it was a shame arroyo didn't kept pink by a minute on the mortilo

 

[will10]

Giro 04, stage 18

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Giro 04, stage 18

That was just a bit too short, but has all the right ingredients. If they started in Bolzano and added Passo Mendola before they got to Clès, or in Mezzolombardo and did Fai Della Paganella first, then it'd be golden.

 

[Eshnar]

I really like this one as well, though it is not the best of all time, I still find it pretty good (giro 2003, stage 18):

Strange. I swear I posted this very stage in post number 1 as my favourite

 

[Netserk]

Strange. I swear I posted this very stage in post number 1 as my favourite

Sorry, I forgot it was already posted

 

[Eshnar]

That was just a bit too short, but has all the right ingredients. If they started in Bolzano and added Passo Mendola before they got to Clès, or in Mezzolombardo and did Fai Della Paganella first, then it'd be golden.

I fully agree with you

 

[Eshnar]

Sorry, I forgot it was already posted

Well, I guess I can forgive you after all.

 

[Another_Dutch_Guy]

This one is off course epic!

 

[Another_Dutch_Guy]

I found some epic stage profiles on this site.

I think this one is my favourite of these

 

[Netserk]

 

[will10]

I was trying to find some of the early TdF mountain stage descriptions - 300km with 6 or 7 cols

 

[Libertine Seguros]

That Pra Loup stage is exactly what the Tour needs but doesn't do anymore. And look - the climbs aren't obvious "big name" climbs either! Couillole and Allos should probably see more action than they do.

 

[Tank Engine]

Let's forget, for just a moment, the actual race every stage provided.
What is (was..), on paper, the best route ever?
NOTE: Every stage of every professional tour is allowed, but you must post the profile here

I have many doubts but today I feel this is my favourite:

Giro D'Italia 2003, stage 18
Santuario Di Vicoforte - Chianale

It's close to what I call perfection.

If I remember correctly, Garzelli was pretty close to Simoni on the GC and was confident going into this stage, as he claimed that the final climb suited him more than Simoni and then he'd win in the final ITT. I looked at the profile and thought "Simoni's not going to wait for the final climb ". The rest is history and evidence for the theory of "Make the penultimate climb harder than the final climb".

 

[The Hitch]

What happened on that stage?

 

[will10]

What happened on that stage?

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/giro03/?id=results/stage18

Was a cracking stage. 2003 was a really good year for GTs

 

[roundabout]

Yeah, one of the best stages in recent years. It's certainly epic to see just 3 or was it 4 (as I can't recall exactly) riders in the maglia rosa group when the coverage started.

Can't seem to find any videos of it though.

 

[Eshnar]

It was probly the stage with the biggest gaps I ever saw live.

 

[Lupetto]

That Pra Loup stage is exactly what the Tour needs but doesn't do anymore. And look - the climbs aren't obvious "big name" climbs either! Couillole and Allos should probably see more action than they do.

But that stage also profited a lot from Merckx going total berserk and attacking very early. With these savage attacks, he isolated the captains from their teams. Same thing with Ocaña in 1973, only difference was, that Ocaña did not crack like Merckx in 75. That was a different style of racing, a style I would like to see more these days.

 

[Nick C.]

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/giro03/?id=results/stage18

Was a cracking stage. 2003 was a really good year for GTs

That was the stage where it was snow/sleeting or at least was on the roads. That was a rare thing indeed to see a group of 5 GC riders more or less together off the front in the final Ks of the penultimate climb.

 

[Eshnar]

That was the stage where it was snow/sleeting or at least was on the roads. That was a rare thing indeed to see a group of 5 GC riders more or less together off the front in the final Ks of the penultimate climb.

1. FRIGO Dario FAS 05:23:43
2. SIMONI Gilberto SAE 00:00:10
3. TOTSCHNIG Georg GST 00:02:38
4. POPOVYCH Yaroslav LAN 00:03:12
5. RUMSAS Raimondas LAM 00:04:01
6. NOE' Andrea ALS 00:04:01
7. PELLIZOTTI Franco ALS 00:04:04
8. GARZELLI Stefano VIN 00:05:08
9. HONCHAR Serhiy DNC 00:05:08
10. CASAR Sandy FDJ 00:05:08
11. MAZZOLENI Eddy VIN 00:05:29
12. LANFRANCHI Paolo PAN 00:05:37
13. BARANOWSKI Dariusz CCC 00:06:59
14. BELLI Wladimir LAM 00:06:59
15. GARCIA QUESADA Adolfo KEL 00:06:59
16. FARESIN Gianni GST 00:07:43
17. SABALIAUSKAS Marius SAE 00:09:01
18. SPEZIALETTI Alessandro SAE 00:09:36
19. SCARPONI Michele DVE 00:11:54
20. ZABALLA GUTIERREZ Constantino KEL 00:12:23
21. SUNDERLAND Scott FAK 00:15:42
22. CODOL Massimo MER 00:15:59
23. PANTANI Marco MER 00:15:59
24. SZMYD Sylvester MER 00:15:59
25. GONZALEZ MARTINEZ Freddy Excelino CLM 00:15:59
26. ZAMPIERI Steve VIN 00:16:03
27. CASTELBLANCO ROMERO José Joaquim CLM 00:17:46
28. LUNGHI Denis ALS 00:21:10
29. LAVERDE JIMENEZ Luis Felipe FPF 00:21:21
30. VILA ERRANDONEA Francisco Javier LAM 00:25:24
31. CUNEGO Damiano SAE 00:25:24
32. BROZYNA Tomasz CCC 00:25:24
33. HARDTER Uwe GST 00:25:24
34. GUTIERREZ CATALUNA Ignacio KEL 00:25:24
35. DUMA Vladimir LAN 00:25:24
36. FIGUERAS Giuliano PAN 00:25:24
37. BERNUCCI Lorenzo LAN 00:25:24
38. TONTI Andrea SAE 00:25:24
39. CLAVERO SEBASTIAN Daniel MER 00:25:24
40. CAUCCHIOLI Pietro ALS 00:25:24
41. BILEKA Volodymyr LAN 00:25:24
42. ANDRIOTTO Dario VIN 00:25:24
43. WEGELIUS Charles DNC 00:25:24
44. GASPERONI Cristian MER 00:25:24
45. FRATTINI Cristiano TEN 00:25:24
46. VELO Marco FAS 00:26:48
47. BRUSEGHIN Marzio FAS 00:26:50
48. MARIN Ruber Alveiro CLM 00:26:50
49. LOMBARDI Giovanni DVE 00:26:50
50. TRAMPUSCH Gerhard GST 00:26:50
51. TONETTI Gianluca TEN 00:26:50
52. MUNOZ Hernan Dario CLM 00:26:50
53. GONZALEZ JIMENEZ Aitor FAS 00:26:50
54. HAMBURGER Bo FPF 00:26:50
55. CONTI Roberto MER 00:26:50
56. MOERENHOUT Koos LOT 00:26:50
57. CHMIELEWSKI Piotr CCC 00:26:50
58. GEROSA Mauro VIN 00:26:50
59. CHEULA Giampaolo VIN 00:26:50
60. BALIANI Fortunato FPF 00:26:50
61. COLOMBO Gabriele DVE 00:26:50
62. DACRUZ Carlos FDJ 00:26:50
63. MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir ALS 00:28:21
64. MASSI Rodolfo CLM 00:28:21
65. BERTOLETTI Simone LAM 00:29:42
66. BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo SAE 00:29:42
67. GASPARRE Graziano DNC 00:31:50
68. USANO MARTINEZ Julian KEL 00:32:56
69. STREMERSCH Tom LAN 00:33:00
70. ADYEYEV Sergiy LAN 00:33:00
71. GIORDANI Leonardo DNC 00:33:00
72. GOBBI Michele DNC 00:33:00
73. MANZONI Mario MER 00:33:23
74. SCIREA Mario DVE 00:33:23
75. VERSTREPEN Johan LAN 00:33:23
76. ROMANIK Radoslaw CCC 00:33:23
77. BALDATO Fabio ALS 00:33:23
78. SECCHIARI Francesco DVE 00:33:23
79. ILLIANO Raffaele CLM 00:33:23
80. POZZI Oscar TEN 00:33:23
81. DE ANGELI Luca CLM 00:33:23
82. BARBERO Sergio LAM 00:33:23
83. EISEL Bernhard FDJ 00:33:23
84. QUINZIATO Manuel LAM 00:33:23
85. FORNACIARI Paolo SAE 00:33:28
86. SVORADA Jan LAM 00:36:40
87. BACKSTEDT Magnus FAK 00:36:40
88. JØRGENSEN René FAK 00:36:40
89. WINN Julian FAK 00:36:40
90. NOCENTINI Rinaldo FPF 00:36:40
91. ZANOTTI Leonardo DNC 00:36:40
92. RIERA VALLS Jordi KEL 00:36:40
93. PIETROPOLLI Daniele TEN 00:36:40
94. SCAMARDELLA Salvatore LAN 00:36:40
95. KIRCHEN Kim FAS 00:36:40
96. FONTANELLI Fabiano MER 00:36:40
97. MESA MESA Hector Orlando FPF 00:36:40

41 riders out of the race.

edit: This one is good