Route of 2020 mens elite world championship.
Posted Sep 25, 2019, 8:45 PM UTC
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Approximate profile from La Flamme Rouge https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1176936010216812549
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Love the placement of the finish line well after the final descent. That type of finish often makes some of the most dramatic moments.
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Alternative profile https://twitter.com/friebos/status/1177131547893358593
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I like the circuit, but would've preferred if they had done one lap fewer and included a longer climb in the beginning
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Looks like a nice long ride through the valley followed by some hill/mountain repeats . . . Would like to see the profile.
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3.6- not great not terrible
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This seems to be the Strava segment of the climb: https://www.strava.com/segments/12194197
edit: and the profile
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Time Trial will be 46 km, flat (278m elevation gain)
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And the Elite Men's ITT will be held on Sunday, not Wednesday
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It's an attempt to get the better TTers participate in the relay thingy
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Which I reckon won't happen
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Ouch
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Would prefer a Lombardia-like route where they ride another 10k after the last round with a not too decisive climb, so the big guys have to attack from further out
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Looking forward to see Valverde riding in the rainbow jersey all the way til 2021
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Calling Thomas de Ghent now.
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Just noticed the men's road race in Yorkshire on Sunday is 285 km and will take around 7 hours. That is almost double the longest ride I have ever done in my life.
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They could've made a killer fucking climb filled WT race with those mountains but no. Let's stack some absolute walls in form of 7 laps. Its pretty much a KOM title this one.
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*men's
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244km a bit short for my liking
Innsburg was about 10km longer and lasted almost 7 hours. It's plenty long enough.
Yeah and it also had an actual climb.
The mountain on the loop is 3.9 km with an average degree of 10.4 %. That is quite the climb considering the fact that it is the World Cup. It seems to be a race for the puncheurs and punchy climbers such as Alaphillipe, Valverde or Pinot.
The argument I was making is that it will take significantly less time to complete this course compared to Innsbruck. Innsbruck had a climb at 5.4% over 10 km.
Additionally, it had at least 9 climbs which took up 75% of the parcourse, compares to just 7 which is roughly 50%. The other 50% is flat. I am guessing that this WC will be 4-5 hours long unlike the 7 of Innsbruck