Settimana Lombarda - uphill prologue? *spoiler*

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited April 2010 in Pro race
Mountain prologue? Quite a novel idea... Scarponi won it.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/settim ... ue/results

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    16mph average is pretty decent? Ricco up there which is no surprise.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Looks like they climbed 419 metres in 6.6 kilometres. Someone with a larger brain than I will be able to work out what average gradient that it 8)

    http://www.settimanaciclisticalombarda. ... eGallo.pdf
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,649
    Average gradient = steep!

    Around 7%, rough guess
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,867
    afx237vi wrote:
    Looks like they climbed 419 metres in 6.6 kilometres. Someone with a larger brain than I will be able to work out what average gradient that it 8)

    http://www.settimanaciclisticalombarda. ... eGallo.pdf

    6.348%
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    I watched it yesterday night. The last few Lombardys have been very flat, therefore disappointing. This one may be like the edition that was won by Perez Guapio, which obviously wasn't!
    The reason I say that is because I think the same ITT course was used that year.
    Max gradient was 9%, according to the commentators.
    There are a lot of climbers riding and a few of the bigger teams have turned up.
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