Tuesdays descent into Briancon

moray_gub
moray_gub Posts: 3,328
edited July 2007 in Pro race
Does anyone know if this follows the same road into town that the Giro did a a few weeks back. The descent in the Giro was from the summitt of the Izoard but included a spectacular last couple of kilometers uphill through the old town No mention of a climb at the end of Tuesadys stage on the roure profile though ?


cheers
MG
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
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    The last km. Can't really tell from that. There's a bit of uphill, but I thought the Giro finishing climb was longer than that.

    I really hope it is the same finish, though, because they used it in last year's Dauphine too and I remember Iban Mayo attacking there.
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Yup the last 2km are uphill I believe. Certainly that's what I've read in one of the (many) guides. If you look (really) closely at the profiles you can just detect a faint kick at the end

    It did so the year Botero won in Briancon after his long long escape in the stage that last about 8 hours.

    Haha I've just checked out that - 2000 TdF, Stage 14...249km through the Alps :shock:
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    GroupOfOne MkII wrote:
    Haha I've just checked out that - 2000 TdF, Stage 14...249km through the Alps :shock:

    Ah yes, the good old days................then they had to eat coal for tea and sleep under a rock...............and they'd be damn well grateful for it too!! :roll:
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  • ricadus
    ricadus Posts: 2,379
    There was a stage a two or three years ago, over the Telegraph/Galibier and down into Briançon, where Botero and Vino broke away early and weren't caught.

    Vino won the stage. Can't see him repeating that this time, unfortunately.
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  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
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    Looks like a downhill finish from this profile

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  • Stephen Sorba
    Stephen Sorba Posts: 1,036
    From the 'Official Guide'
    Finish is in Champs de Mars after a climb of 1.5km at 6.7% (700 metres of it at 13%), at the end of a 500 metre long finishing straight.
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  • squired
    squired Posts: 1,153
    I just hope that it doesn't turn into a dull stage... break away goes ahead...GC guys do nothing at all....little sprint between GC guys on the little hill at the end....

    Too many people seem to be content with riding defensively, which is so frustrating. I know Stepehen Roche was baffled after the two mountain stages at the weekend. As he said, some of the mountain specialists will get to the end of the Tour and say that if only there had been one or two mountains they could have won/got on the podium. Of course, if they'd attacked on the mountain stages early on they might have got that position and put others in trouble.

    I think the best example of this is Vino. If you wanted to take time out of him the last two days were the time to do it, particularly Saturday. Instead they all just cruised up the mountain. I'm sure he is quietly smiling at the let-off he has had this weekend.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,573
    It always looks so easy sat on a comfortable sofa doesn't it?

    Roche can talk some class 'A' sh!te at times. Yesterday's stage was full of attacks but, for reasons we can only speculate upon, no-one looks to be significantly stronger than their rivals that they can make a major difference.

    If you factor in the severity of the Pyreneen stages then it's also clear that many riders are keeping something in reserve for the final week.
  • Max Weber
    Max Weber Posts: 183
    They'd have made a lot more of a difference if they'd bothered to work together. Surely it wouldn't have killed some of the Moreau group to work with him, take a turn on the front and put more time into Vino?
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    squired wrote:
    I just hope that it doesn't turn into a dull stage... break away goes ahead...GC guys do nothing at all....little sprint between GC guys on the little hill at the end....

    Thats what happened last time when Vino and Botero got away, the GC contenders looked at each over The Galibier and down into Briancon. Vino was allowed to get away becuase he had lost 6 minutes the day before. Gotta feeling tommorrows stage is gonna be the same . Hope im wrong and it turns into a free for all with riders scattered all over The Galibier.

    cheers
    MG
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • ricadus
    ricadus Posts: 2,379
    So... Vino takes advantage of the inability of the other GCers to cooperate and does a "Floyd", getting back all his lost time?

    I hope not, because I'm in a meeting all afternoon tomorrow.... :lol:
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  • sing_for_absolution
    sing_for_absolution Posts: 1,908
    Moray Gub wrote:
    . Hope im wrong and it turns into a free for all with riders scattered all over The Galibier.

    cheers
    MG

    No chance. Big break will get away. Someone will win from that. Always happens on stages where there's a descent at the end, :(
  • Ste_S
    Ste_S Posts: 1,173
    I'm predicting Rasmussen's wheel will get sucked into oblivion

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