Giro 2018: Stage 2 HAIFA - TEL AVIV 5 May 2018/Saturday/167 km *Spoilers*
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Stage 2
HAIFA - TEL AVIV 5 May 2018/Saturday/167 km
The stage is essentially flat, with a single and short categorised climb mid-course, with gradients exceeding 10%, in Zikron Ya’aqov. The route travels a long stretch on the motorway, on a wide roadway, and then enters the city along broad avenues, heading for the finish. Final kilometres: after leaving the motorway, the route runs on wide city avenues interspersed with 90-degree bends. The main obstacles along the course are the ones typically found in urban areas, such as roundabouts, traffic islands and sometimes speed bumps. The home straight (600 m) is on 8-m wide asphalt road.
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HAIFA
Haifa is the third largest city in Israel, an important commercial and passenger harbour and an active centre for Hi-tech industry. Haifa is built in a bay that forms a natural port and, laying at the foot of Mount Carmel, has expanded and reached the top of the hill, at an altitude of about 200 m, in its recent development.
TEL AVIV
Tel Aviv, located along the Mediterrenian coastline, is the centre of the largest and most populated metropolitan area in Israel, called Gush Dan (Dan’s Block). It is the main economic centre in Israel and a bustling city with its pleasure-seeking and entertainment flair, that celebrated its first century only in 2009.
HAIFA - TEL AVIV 5 May 2018/Saturday/167 km
The stage is essentially flat, with a single and short categorised climb mid-course, with gradients exceeding 10%, in Zikron Ya’aqov. The route travels a long stretch on the motorway, on a wide roadway, and then enters the city along broad avenues, heading for the finish. Final kilometres: after leaving the motorway, the route runs on wide city avenues interspersed with 90-degree bends. The main obstacles along the course are the ones typically found in urban areas, such as roundabouts, traffic islands and sometimes speed bumps. The home straight (600 m) is on 8-m wide asphalt road.
Profile:-
Map:-
Climb:-
Finish:-
HAIFA
Haifa is the third largest city in Israel, an important commercial and passenger harbour and an active centre for Hi-tech industry. Haifa is built in a bay that forms a natural port and, laying at the foot of Mount Carmel, has expanded and reached the top of the hill, at an altitude of about 200 m, in its recent development.
TEL AVIV
Tel Aviv, located along the Mediterrenian coastline, is the centre of the largest and most populated metropolitan area in Israel, called Gush Dan (Dan’s Block). It is the main economic centre in Israel and a bustling city with its pleasure-seeking and entertainment flair, that celebrated its first century only in 2009.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
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Mostly cross headwind, with a tailwind for the final km.
So, that equals a long zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sound followed but a large crashing sound.
Yorkshire beckons."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Is the claxon manned? Or is there no chance of echelons?0
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Possible, but unlikely. If only the breeze was a few points further West.
Campenaerts clearly wants pink, but BMC are not letting him into the break."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
told to wait for local rider is my take"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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ridiculous...Israeli academy rider cant bridge despite everyone going piano"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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mididoctors wrote:ridiculous...Israeli academy rider cant bridge despite everyone going piano
Now we know why Niv has zero CQ points.
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can someone on a moto just tow a israeli academy rider up while the cameras cut to the scenery... this is embarrassing."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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bit of a shambles."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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that was painful"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Hatch was in commentary the hot seat when I was watching the coverage before. Are they doing there full-day rotating shift pattern they did for the Tour?0
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Nice of the organisers to do their bit to ease ME tensions by providing a course that wouldn't look out of place in Dubai,Qatar or Abu Dhabi i.e. long, flat, dull along a motorway.
At least there's a bit of a crowd and some trees.
Really can't see how this is a good showcase for Israel, which is presumably the point of spending €10m0 -
wrong race ![Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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Sketchy with all those fools running up the hill!0
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Israelis imitate Californians on the climb, where Bardiani took the Cima Pirazzi. :P"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Very strung out at the moment. 2km to the intermediate sprint.0
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Dennis takes the sprint and 3 bonus seconds after a lead out of several kms0
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YorkshireRaw wrote:Nice of the organisers to do their bit to ease ME tensions by providing a course that wouldn't look out of place in Dubai,Qatar or Abu Dhabi i.e. long, flat, dull along a motorway.
At least there's a bit of a crowd and some trees.
Really can't see how this is a good showcase for Israel, which is presumably the point of spending €10m
it will get better, from what I remember when I visited there are chunks of featureless motorways that link the main very modern looking towns/cities places, then interspersed with twisty turn roads and suddenly you find yourself in some setting thats goes back to antiquity, it gets quite weird like that for instance when they get to Tel Aviv looks like a modern city, but then they should point out Jaffa was the setting for the greek mythology of Andromeda/Perseus. They passed Megiddo earlier, which in the bible is called Armageddon, and the daggers of megiddo where what they used in the film the Omen.
so maybe its just more of a theological/historical showcase with some chunks of niceish scenery. you could argue the bits that are really the best vistas, might not be the bits you want to ride a bike race through0 -
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awavey wrote:YorkshireRaw wrote:Nice of the organisers to do their bit to ease ME tensions by providing a course that wouldn't look out of place in Dubai,Qatar or Abu Dhabi i.e. long, flat, dull along a motorway.
At least there's a bit of a crowd and some trees.
Really can't see how this is a good showcase for Israel, which is presumably the point of spending €10m
it will get better, from what I remember when I visited there are chunks of featureless motorways that link the main very modern looking towns/cities places, then interspersed with twisty turn roads and suddenly you find yourself in some setting thats goes back to antiquity, it gets quite weird like that for instance when they get to Tel Aviv looks like a modern city, but then they should point out Jaffa was the setting for the greek mythology of Andromeda/Perseus. They passed Megiddo earlier, which in the bible is called Armageddon, and the daggers of megiddo where what they used in the film the Omen.
so maybe its just more of a theological/historical showcase with some chunks of niceish scenery. you could argue the bits that are really the best vistas, might not be the bits you want to ride a bike race through
fair enough - shows the flaws in showing stages like this in full though.0 -
anything can happen in a stage including a bit of stage-managed host start garbage...so showing the entire stage is ok with me. (goes back to watching Yorkshire )"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Can't help thinking I'm watching the wrong race this afternoon.0
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TheBigBean wrote:Can't help thinking I'm watching the wrong race this afternoon.
Yorkshire The Giro d'Israel"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
2.2km to go. All together.0
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And someone attacks. Action!0
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Viviani wins. Commentators overly excited by his previous position.0
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not exactly the greatest Giro stage of all time."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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mididoctors wrote:not exactly the greatest Giro stage of all time.
This.
At least there wasn't a big crash taking out any of the GC boys....."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
So, a rider promoting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv gets to go on a long break away in the Giro while in Turkey? Please excuse my cynicism.mididoctors wrote:anything can happen in a stage including a bit of stage-managed host start garbage...so showing the entire stage is ok with me. (goes back to watching Yorkshire )The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
PBlakeney wrote:
So, a rider promoting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv gets to go on a long break away in the Giro while in Turkey? Please excuse my cynicism.mididoctors wrote:anything can happen in a stage including a bit of stage-managed host start garbage...so showing the entire stage is ok with me. (goes back to watching Yorkshire )
I rest my case"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
That bad, huh. During a tea stop at Destination Bike i got to stare in disbelief at Guy trying to bridge to a couple in front who kept flicking elbows at each other and picking noses in general.0
