Road Cycling 2018 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,135]

Meanwhile in the Amstel Gold Race, the lead group of nine men has 16 minutes on the main peloton, Bram Tankink is on his way to epicness 

[hckošice 14,822]

No matter how this will finish, Sagan was really impressive today

[Agger 1,662]

I simply cannot believe this. Another fantastic race by the Danes!

[dcro 10,210]

Tour of Croatia starting tomorrow.

 

 

Stage 3 and 5 are the highlights

 

 

[heywoodu 15,135]

How bad is that final climb in stage 3? Not sure if it's the profile designer, but it looks like they're riding up Mount Everest 

[dcro 10,210]

17 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

How bad is that final climb in stage 3? Not sure if it's the profile designer, but it looks like they're riding up Mount Everest 

 

Well, it goes from basically sea level to 1800m.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Well, it goes from basically sea level to 1800m.

That sounds good  

 

Length, gradient, tell me more  

[dcro 10,210]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

That sounds good  

 

Length, gradient, tell me more  

 

It's 29 km long. Can't find the gradient info.

[Gigs 68]

vor 1 Stunde schrieb dcro:

 

It's 29 km long. Can't find the gradient info.

Well, 29km with 1800m of climbing would mean a gradient of 6.2% so not brutally steep but also not exactly flat. If I remember correctly the climb was used last year too but the last few km were cancelled due to wind.

On another note, the tour of the alps (formerly known as giro del trentino) takes place this week too with a great starter field with the likes of froome, Lopez and Pinot 

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, Gigs said:

Well, 29km with 1800m of climbing would mean a gradient of 6.2% so not brutally steep but also not exactly flat. If I remember correctly the climb was used last year too but the last few km were cancelled due to wind.

On another note, the tour of the alps (formerly known as giro del trentino) takes place this week too with a great starter field with the likes of froome, Lopez and Pinot 

 

In fact, only 12km of the climb were used last year as the higher parts were snowed in. Weather is thankfully much more pleasant this time around.

 

And that is the average gradient, yes, though steepest parts are reportedly within last 10 km (last 3 km in particular).