La Vuelta 2017 - Stage one, TTT, Nîmes **spoilers**
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Might as well kick this off, since it's August and the entire office is out.
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Nimes and the Rhône Delta
Nimes is located on the edges of the Rhône Delta, resting on the reliefs that surround it. To the West and North-West of the city are the reliefs of the Region of Cévennes, part of the French Massif Central where the rocks that were used to build most of the city's monuments come from.
On the other side, the city is close to the delta, where agriculture can prove highly efficient due to the conditions of that particular ecosystem. But Nimes is far enough from the water so as to not be affected by overflowing rivers. Even nowadays, with a multitude of reservoirs in the Rhône and in its tributaries, floods mark the history of human populations. It may seem like a trivial detail, but even given its location at the edges of the delta, Nimes did suffer very serious floods in 1988 and the neighbouring city of Arles, right in the delta's centre, has had many more floods, such as the one it suffered in 2003 that led to the evacuation of over 15.000 people.
A delta formation requires a river that carries a large amount of sediments and an adequate coast so that the waves, currents and tides allow the accumulation of those sediments to take place. The Rhône River originates in the Alps. Over the space of 800km, it goes from an altitude of almost 2000 metres above sea level where it originates, down to the Rhône Glacier and to the Mediterranean. Such an incline gives the river a huge capacity for erosion and its sediments have shaped the landscapes that surround the city of Nimes.
Stage Term: River DeltaA delta is an accumulation of sediments where a river flows out into a sea or lake. This accumulation is possible when the area's marine waves and currents are unable to transport all the river sediments to other coastal areas or to the seabeds. Due to their mild reliefs, the abundance of water and rich soil, early civilisations chose to settle near deltas. That is why cities such as Alexandria (in the Nile) and New Orleans (in the Mississippi) are located in the deltas or right on the edges.
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Cannondale - CAAD10
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Yes, it is an annual disappointment.
I haven't had the chance to peruse the startlist, so no idea who brought a decent TTT team.
SGS rules. That would make it a bit more fun
Looks a bit like Plokkfiskur, but done under the grill.
Worst holiday ever.
(had forgotten about the hilarity of that categorised climb - is this the GT equivalent of grade inflation?)
- Chaves/Yates/Yates 8s
- Majka 12s
- Nibali 22s
- Zakarin 24s
- Contador 26s
- Aru 32s
- Bardet 36s
Ooh yes please
Wilier Cento Uno SR/Wilier Mortirolo/Specialized Roubaix Comp/Calibre Bossnut