Barcelona's yellow wave

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited July 2009 in Pro race
http://www.bcn.cat/tour/es/com.html

OK, that could look either really cool, or it could flop spectacularly and look really naff. We'll find out on Thursday.

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  • stefrees
    stefrees Posts: 137
    i hope it works, as im going to the stage, cant wait
  • Vino2007
    Vino2007 Posts: 340
    what? i dont get this, please elaborate.
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Vino2007 wrote:
    what? i dont get this, please elaborate.

    Its a crowd participation thing using what looks like yellow carboard to create a mexican wave type thing as the peleton goes by. Click the little videeo panel it shows you on there.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Very impressive and inventive. I hope it works out.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    that looks cool. I'm looking forward to seeing it. surely it'll work out - it ain't complicated, and those instructions are simple enough to be printed on the back of the cards.

    should be great. better than attacking the riders with big pmu hands and standing in their way waving cameras!
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    This is a mostly flat stage, so unless there's a breakaway it would normally favour the sprinters, but the finishing last km is pretty twisty and narrow in places, with a short uphill kick in the end, which may well scupper the plans of a number of the sprinters teams.

    Personally, I'd be pretty concerned about the sharp turn at Placa de Espana.
    http://www.bcn.cat/tour/pdf/pdf_tour_bcn_es.pdf
    Cycling weakly
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    skyd0g wrote:
    This is a mostly flat stage, so unless there's a breakaway it would normally favour the sprinters, but the finishing last km is pretty twisty and narrow in places, with a short uphill kick in the end, which may well scupper the plans of a number of the sprinters teams.

    Personally, I'd be pretty concerned about the sharp turn at Placa de Espana.
    http://www.bcn.cat/tour/pdf/pdf_tour_bcn_es.pdf

    This is not a flat stage, it's quite hilly, especially the coastal route around Tossa and Lloret, also very narrow and curving. Ideal for a breakaway.
    The bend at Placa Espana is very sharp, but the road is so enormously wide there, like the Champs-Elysees, that it won't be a problem.
    The climb up is not the steep side of Montjuic, but still a serious incline for a kilometer or so. With a nice bit of fresh smooth tarmac :).
    I'm in Barcelona now and will be next Thursday, and they're doing a good bit of promotional work for the event; it'll be very very busy. I think the wave plan could work, but of course you can only see it from helicopter shots.....

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