113.7 miles: we reach the Alps! Category 2 mountain, then downhill to the intermediate sprint, then an HC climb, a descent to the feed zone, then a Cat 1, another HC with a final summit of 8500 feet, then right downhill to the finish. Oh, and everyone is exhausted from yesterday! 20 green jersey points …
This stage of 102 miles started with a 12-mile uphill climb cat 3 then a cat 4, then crossed the Rhone Valley through the intermediate sprint point. This was a sprinter’s stage with a downhill finish with a bunch of turns and roundabouts that will cause the wind to change direction again and again, great …
Continue reading TDF Stage 16: Le Puy-en-Valey to Romans-sur-Isere
As I said in yesterday's column - which I wrote on Friday - I didn't expect much from the weekend's stages and yesterday was another "rest day." Was I wrong! Both Saturday and Sunday had their exciting points, highlighting the importance of strategy and tactics. Although I hadn't planned to post them, I was blogging …
Friday's stage promised to be a big stage for a number of strategic reasons: Leaving aside everything else, it was the kind of road profile – a short stage (less than half the length of the usual stage) with an early intermediate sprint, followed by three Category 1 mountains and a downhill finish through the …
Continue reading TDF Stage 13: Bastille Day – Saint-Girons to Foix
133 miles, 15,000 feet of climbing starting with a category 4 climb, the intermediate sprint, then a category 2 mountain, a cat 1, HC, cat 1, and finishing on a cat 2 that includes a 20% gradient in the last 400 meters. Clouds and mist on the way up, wet roads on the way down, …
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