At the request of Flo76 at LeGruppetto I've taken some screens, thought it'd be cool to share them here too to give an impression of what the landscape looks like. It's bascially screens of monts and châteaux
Stage 1: Mont de l'Enclus / Enclus du Haut
Stage 2: Scheldt river and the Château d'Antoing
Stage 4: Côte du Beau Site (cobbled) / Côte d'Arabie
I found some motivation to do a few stages again, not sure for how long. In any case, these are done. I might do some other 2017 NCs in the future as well. If you want any NC based on a local lap only to be done, feel free to ask in PM. PCM17 conversions will come as soon as I myself can be bothered to play PCM17.
Dutch Championships 2017
The Dutch National championships take place in the Montferland, near the German border. It's a slightly hilly area, as can be seen in the profiles.
The ITT is quite long. On a circuit that is done twice, the riders have to deal with some uphill sections. Most of the course is flat enough though, so normally it's just a TT specialist who will win this one.
The RR is raced on an unpredictable course. The course has some cobbles and hills, but neither are extremely hard. Nevertheless, if someone decides to set a massive pace on either of them, the course may well be selective. On top of that, the final bit runs uphill, meaning that a pure sprinter could be in for a nasty surprise.
Screens
The start-finish town 's-Heerenberg with its castle
Zeddam, with once again 's-Heerenberg in the background
I had the roads of this race finished a few months ago, but today I finally found the motivation to finish the damn thing
Ronde van Overijssel
The Ronde van Overijssel is a Dutch 1.2 race, which takes place in, surprisingly, the Dutch province Overijssel. On the way are several cobbled sections and a few sections of road only Dutch people dare calling a climb. All in all, it's gonna be interesting to see if it's the cobbles that are the decider or if a sprint happens.
Screens
Start-finish town Rijssen, with in the background the Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park and the town of Holten.
The final downhill from the Holterberg, the highest point in the region. It may be short, but with its steep slope it can still be dangeorus.