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Race Routes 2011
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| kumazan |
Posted on 12-01-2011 11:28
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Not a good year for the time-trialling stage race riders is it.
If it was just this year...
The route is very good, but I'd replace the Solares-Noja stage, which most likely will end in a breakaway winning in front of a passive peloton, with a 45 km ITT. Then it'd be awesome, imo. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-01-2011 20:11
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Tour of Oman profiles now out, and Stage 4 certainly looks interesting. Its moved away from being a Qatar style race with an ITT, to more of a Langkawi style race
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| roturn |
Posted on 14-01-2011 20:19
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Looks very interesting.
Not sure if all the participating teams knew about this big changes before ;D
So obviously not just a easy start into the new season.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 14-01-2011 20:22
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A mountain stage in Tour of Oman ? Awesome!  |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 14-01-2011 20:57
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Interesting profiles. At least it isn't all flat.  |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 14-01-2011 21:18
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Does anyone know how difficult that Akhdar climb really is? |
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| Johan92 |
Posted on 14-01-2011 21:23
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Can't be that hard, 600 height meters.
www.pcmnorge.no
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-01-2011 21:39
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Thomas66 has made the stage for PCM, and although he does go up to the very top of the climb, when the race doesnt do so - the average for the whole climb is listed as 9% - and the climb is a fairly constant slope
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 15-01-2011 02:35
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wow, stage 4 looks beasty (or the end does at least), and that sprint point in the middle of stage 2 will kill off any sprinters going for victory methinks (unless it's a climber sprinter type like Hushovd) |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 22-01-2011 00:54
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Here we go, a profile of the climb itself
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| roturn |
Posted on 22-01-2011 08:31
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Even if it`s just ~6km, most parts with more than 10% is awesome 
Last year there was an Eurosport broadcast of Oman so I am looking forward to it.
Edited by roturn on 22-01-2011 08:32
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-01-2011 09:40
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That's a hell of a climb at that point in the season. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 01-02-2011 16:23
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Paris-Nice route unveiled:
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paris...e-unveiled
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 01-02-2011 16:27
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Could be a perfect route for LL Sanchez to bring Rabo a victory 
Also, looking at a preliminary start list for Oman, the mountain stage there could be very interesting.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 01-02-2011 22:48
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Volta ao Algarve has also been presented. Pretty much the same as the last few years, in terms of both field and stage profiles:
This year's main atraction will be who will succeed Contador in Algarve's throne.
Edited by Gustavovskiy on 01-02-2011 22:49
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| issoisso |
Posted on 02-02-2011 00:13
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Yeah, the only important difference at the Volta ao Algarve this year is that Contador isn't there so the rest of the field will have a chance for once.
(For the GC, I mean. He's been beaten in the mountain stage before)
Edited by issoisso on 02-02-2011 00:13
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 02-02-2011 16:26
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Any word if there's going to be a live broadcast isso?
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 02-02-2011 16:58
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According to a blog about cycling in Algarve, the broadcast was cancelled due to some misunderstandings with the sponsors.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-02-2011 21:48
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The Tirreno starts with a TTT, ends with a 9.3km ITT
The rest of the route is a typical Tirreno.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 15-02-2011 11:27
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issoisso wrote:
Yeah, the only important difference at the Volta ao Algarve this year is that Contador isn't there so the rest of the field will have a chance for once.
(For the GC, I mean. He's been beaten in the mountain stage before)
Contador may not be on the race startlist, but theoretically, he may be back tomorrow |
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