Criterium du Dauphine route

RichN95.
RichN95. Posts: 27,241
edited April 2015 in Pro race
Stage 1
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Stage 2: 173km flat

Stage 3: Team Time Trial
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Stage 4: 228Km flat

Stage 5:
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Stage 6
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Stage 7
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Stage 8
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Should make for some reasonable TV, I can't wait. Wish I was down there watching for a few days TBH.
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  • cc78
    cc78 Posts: 599
    Coming past my front door!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    cc78 wrote:
    Coming past my front door!


    Yeah, but the Tour of Britain is staying well away from you.
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,095
    They are testing the lacets de Montvernier
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 19,542
    cc78 wrote:
    Coming past my front door!
    Arghh. Stage 6 is my playground. And I can't be there. Torture.
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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    cc78 wrote:
    Coming past my front door!

    LOL, first thing I thought when I saw that stage ;-)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Looking at stage 1, which has five laps of a 16km circuit - I wonder if they're pitching that as a future World's course.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Looks like it could be an excellent race.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    RichN95 wrote:
    Looking at stage 1, which has five laps of a 16km circuit - I wonder if they're pitching that as a future World's course.

    I was thinking exactly that. I can't remember the Dauphine having a circuit stage before?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Milton50 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Looking at stage 1, which has five laps of a 16km circuit - I wonder if they're pitching that as a future World's course.

    I was thinking exactly that. I can't remember the Dauphine having a circuit stage before?

    This is the closest I can remember

    http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/200 ... elibere057

    If you want a LOL, take a look at the top 10 overall
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    iainf72 wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Looking at stage 1, which has five laps of a 16km circuit - I wonder if they're pitching that as a future World's course.

    I was thinking exactly that. I can't remember the Dauphine having a circuit stage before?

    This is the closest I can remember

    http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/200 ... elibere057

    If you want a LOL, take a look at the top 10 overall
    And that was basically the 1980 Worlds course that Hinault won - they used it again in 2010 (the 25th & 30th anniversaries)
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    RichN95 wrote:
    Looking at stage 1, which has five laps of a 16km circuit - I wonder if they're pitching that as a future World's course.

    This is the just the start; the shape of things to come.
    After 2017, most of the WT races will look like this..........exactly like this.
    A Cookson-Tinkoff co production, coming soon to a theatre nowhere near you.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Looking at stage 1, which has five laps of a 16km circuit - I wonder if they're pitching that as a future World's course.

    This is the just the start; the shape of things to come.
    After 2017, most of the WT races will look like this..........exactly like this.
    A Cookson-Tinkoff co production, coming soon to a theatre nowhere near you.
    I tend to think it's a good idea though. Once or twice in the shorter stage races. It's good for the spectator, the local businesses and keeps costs down.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    RichN95 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Looking at stage 1, which has five laps of a 16km circuit - I wonder if they're pitching that as a future World's course.

    This is the just the start; the shape of things to come.
    After 2017, most of the WT races will look like this..........exactly like this.
    A Cookson-Tinkoff co production, coming soon to a theatre nowhere near you.
    I tend to think it's a good idea though. Once or twice in the shorter stage races. It's good for the spectator, the local businesses and keeps costs down.

    Absolutely, as long as it doesn't get over used and as long as the circuit isn't just a billiard table.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • curium
    curium Posts: 815
    I've cycled around the Villard-de-Lans area while camping in Autrans. It did get a lot of rain while we were there.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 19,542
    curium wrote:
    I've cycled around the Villard-de-Lans area while camping in Autrans. It did get a lot of rain while we were there.
    It's heavenly when the weather's nice, but it's better if you can choose your time of riding. When it's wet up on the Vercors it can be miserable.

    That said, Stage 6 is potentially a fabulous route - I've ridden all of it except the first bit to Mens, and the terrain and scenery are spectacularly good. The ascents are all different (the Gorges de la Bourne is a true wonder of the world), and there should be some super-fast descents (the Col de Grimone should be particularly thrilling, with the tunnels towards the bottom, including one on a tricky little corner onto a risky bridge-over-a-gorge). I'll be amazed if the field stays together - though there are no steep climbs (Col de Rousset is one that suits powerful riders as much as the specialist climbers), there will be enough opportunities for a group to get away and stay away, I suspect.

    Just devastated that I can't be there.
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  • cc78
    cc78 Posts: 599
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    cc78 wrote:
    Coming past my front door!

    LOL, first thing I thought when I saw that stage ;-)

    Look out for us on the TV 8)

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