Men's Road Cycling UCI Giro d'Italia 2018

[heywoodu 15,141]

Who on earth thought this was a good idea for a mass sprint stage (tomorrow)? 

 

Spoiler

 

I guess someone thought it'd be fun to see a bunch fall at 60km/h because this has all potential for disaster.

[Gianlu33 4,572]

Giro d'Italia Stage 3: Be'Er Sheva  Eilat

The route follows the mild undulations of the Negev desert. The roads are always wide and well paved. The route takes a long run across a rocky landscape, and becomes rougher especially when emerging from the Ramon Crater, with a categorised climb set in Faran River. The final part of the route descends slightly towards the Red Sea, and enters the city before hitting the finish line. Final kilometres: over the last 6 km, the road narrows while passing through a checkpoint. After taking in a series of roundabouts, the route eventually takes a U-turn 1.6 km before the finish, at another roundabout, leading into the final kilometre. The last bend is 350 m from the finish line (on 7.5-m wide asphalt road).

 

 

[AmericanHero40 213]

2 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Giro d'Italia Stage 3: Be'Er Sheva  Eilat

The route follows the mild undulations of the Negev desert. The roads are always wide and well paved. The route takes a long run across a rocky landscape, and becomes rougher especially when emerging from the Ramon Crater, with a categorised climb set in Faran River. The final part of the route descends slightly towards the Red Sea, and enters the city before hitting the finish line. Final kilometres: over the last 6 km, the road narrows while passing through a checkpoint. After taking in a series of roundabouts, the route eventually takes a U-turn 1.6 km before the finish, at another roundabout, leading into the final kilometre. The last bend is 350 m from the finish line (on 7.5-m wide asphalt road).

 

 

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After driving this route million times it's hotter then hell.   And very windy with the wind blowing desert sand all over you 

[Olympian1010 7,976]

4 hours ago, Maxim Fastovsky said:

After driving this route million times it's hotter then hell.   And very windy with the wind blowing desert sand all over you 

As a cyclist, this sounds like a fantastic ride. In honesty though, this was one of the stages I thought could be the most interesting to watch

[heywoodu 15,141]

Light crosswinds expected today, nothing strong enough for some nice echelon riding  

 

[heywoodu 15,141]

Enrico Barbin, Guillaume Boivin (again) and Marco Frapporti are gone for today...I think we can tune in with 20km to go  

[Gianlu33 4,572]

Again a boring stage... luckly it's the last stage in Israel  

[heywoodu 15,141]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

Again a boring stage... luckly it's the last stage in Israel  

Yes, because a sprint stage in France, Italy or whatever is usually very interesting.....  

[Gianlu33 4,572]

1 minuto fa, heywoodu ha scritto:

Yes, because a sprint stage in France, Italy or whatever is usually very interesting.....  

I expected at last to have wind in Israel... i see only sand  

[heywoodu 15,141]

Just now, Gianlu33 said:

I expected at last to have wind in Israel... i see only sand  

At least I saw some buildings/cities/stuff that was already ancient in the Roman Empire time...the only thing I found interesting about these days in Israel