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Second irish race
171 km, 9 riders, mintact at 142, flat, max 5%, finish at -1



Scarborough-Newcastle upon Tyne

189 km, 9 riders, mintact at 160, hilly.
An early hilly section, all category 4, 6% to 11%, mostly 1km only, twice 2km. After that a flat middle section, soft hills restart at around 140, next siebable climb is 164. 7%, the one at 175 as well, last climb at 185, Arthur Hill in Newcastle is a bit steeper, 8%.
-1 -3 -4 +1 the last 4 km. Should be for strong classics



Second one for the UK, well, England in both cases:
Blackpool-Carlisle

191 km, 9 riders, mintact at 162, flat, but with hills in the middle.
Start in Blackpool, British summer resort, that seems to do still surprisingly well, also thanks to gambling. From there we move north and then enter the Lake District. A first climb and we soon are on the shores of Lake Windermere. Kickstone pass is the main difficulty of the day, to go from Lake Windermere to Ullswater, another Lake. A 6 km climb, but only 2 km are at 6% or 7%. Leaving Ullswater then another 2 km climb, 7% to Dockray, a 6% just after and we have 65 mostly flat km to reach Carlisle, most likely for a sprint. Of some sorts.

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2 Norvegian races


Fredrikstad-Oslo

Wanted hard hills, turned out a dumb race. 163 km, hilly, 6 riders. 2 siebkm, the last one at km 155. So should be for some sort of classics

Ardalstangen-Fargenes



147 km, mintact at 108. Hard hilly. Last climb 8 8 7 then -2 -4 -5 -6 -6 -2 -1, so normally climbers actually should do it. Or 80-70. 6 riders as well. (Fredrikstad-Oslo because the race pissed me off, this one to be consistent in Norway)

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2 Belgian races

Bastogne-Athus-Bastogne



173km, 9 riders, flat, mintact 144

Bastogne wants a finish too, after being only known for the turn around in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The character of the race is more like the ride to Bastogne as well, not too difficult. Only a single 6%, at km 131. Should be a rather easy sprint.

Huy-Liège


177km, hilly, 9 riders, mintact 148,
We start with a lap around Huy, of course including the Mur de Huy. But also the Côte de Cherave. 3 laps, after that we climb the Mur de Huy once more, and go towards Liège. All the named, but uncategorized hills have a siebkm, except Cornemont. Last km over 6% is a 7% at km 167. Followed by 5 2 then a slight downhill starting with -1, finishing with -5, last 2 km -1 (ok, so we finish the downhill with -1..) and 0. Should be for LBL type of riders, with chances for a bit weaker classics then there. At least possibly.

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Netherlands:

Maastricht-Venlo


164 km, flat, 9 riders, mintact at 134
Early hills from the Amstel Gold Race, but it's flat long enough to be for sprinters.


172 km, flat, 9 riders, mintact 142.
Flat, just flat.

Next Denmark:

Danish Hill festival


140 km, flat, 8 riders, mintact 110

Start in Horsens, finish in Himmelbjerget, which until the middle of the 19th century was thought to be the highest point of Denmark. 147 meters above sea level. Since 2005 Møllehøj is officially the highest, 170.86 m. Beating Yding Skovhøj at 170.77, although including the bronze age burial mound it would be 172.66 and Ejer Bavnehøj at 170.35. Anyway, the race passes near all those scary peaks, but stays around 10 meters lower, avoiding problems with oxygen supply for the riders. The hamlet of Ejer is where the road passes, that's where we pass. 8 times, twice each from east, north, west and south, in this order. The climb from the west even has a km at 6%, according to our measurements. The finish then as said on Himmelbjerget. 3 2 3 2 2 the final 5 km. Should be a sprint still.

Voldingborg-Roskilde



196km, flat 8 riders, mintact 166.
Just flat. No exciting high altitude excursions.

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Iceland

Just one for now

Bogarnes-Reykjavik



152 km, flat, 8 riders, mintact 122
Flat, but the end is a bit more challenging. Km 126 and 128 are both 5%, too far for successful attacks normally, but siebing weak sprinters seems a possibility. Then km 145+147 both 4%, here strong classics might then have a chance to survive the remaining 5 km. But of course a sprint is the most likely outcome.

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Second Iceland race



155 km Flat, 8 riders, mintact at 116
Siebs at km 33 (6%), 64 (7%), the climb of the day from km 78 on, 10-6-5-6, 111 6%. Should end up as some sort of sprint, maybe not with all the sprinters.

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Gave up on my west to east Europe, Sweden looked too annoying.

So Japan, Iwate prefecture to be more precise



183km, hilly, 9 riders, mintact 154
140-144 a steep climb, but the race should only be decided at km 179, a 7%




156km, 9 riders, mintact 122.
Quite a few hills, last siebkm a 9% at 151, but here the decision could happen earlier, In the final there are siebkm at 114, 122, 131, 134, 140, 141 before the last one at 151.

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2 more races in Iwate



159km, flat, 9 riders, mintact km 128

AAD request, flat stuff, so this one is very flat. Max 4%.



191 km, hilly, 7 riders, mintact km 150

Hilly, not what AAD needs, but looked too nice to pass. Only 7 riders. Hard start, climbing starts at km 5, then lots of hard climbs until km 64. Then it eases up, a double 6% at 93-94, otherwise nothing above 5% until Otsuchi. A 8% there, then the final starts after Yamada, km 150. 4 final hills, 10... 7-6....6....7 with some km below 6% obviously. Final downhill and 10 flat km into Miyako.


AAd wants flat, so more flat
174km, 9 riders, mintact 144. Early climb, first the Omote Tsukuba Skyline, start with an 11, then only 2 more km at 6% or more until we until we're close to the Mount Tsukuba ropeway, down, from there down and we cross the range twice, east to west, then west 2 east, 6 8 8 and 11 11, after that down and no more climbing. Hard start, but with 130km to come back seems very doable for sprinters.


165 km, 8 riders, mintact 136.
Flat, first climb has max 5%, the second one a 7%, after that it's never more than 4%. Easy sprint normally.

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2 outstanding races in Libya



Gharyan-Yafran, 176 km, 9 riders. 30km mintact
Starting in Gharyan, a little incomplete circuit, then going west, taking some of the climbs up and down the Nafusa Mountains. Hilly, but the last siebkm at 136, a 6 10 9 combination, after that it's 40km mostly flat, some +3 and -4 max towards the end. Should be for hill sprinters most likely, possibly classics with sprint or maybe even flat(tish) sprinters



Wazin-Rahibat 182km 9 riders, 30 km mintact
In the Nafusa mountains too, we start in the west, at Wazin, at 400 meters above sea level. Up a very gentle slope, max 2% to 660 meters, which is the altitude we will keep till the end. With one exception, shortly after the intermediate sprint in Nalut we dip into a valley, and back up on the other side, 5%+8%, but the organizer wanted to hand out a bit of money in a place where there might actually be spectators, so it's classified as HC. After that again all is between +2 and -0, till the end in Rahibat, last km a 0. Should really be an easy sprint, some mountain weaklings, older sprinters, might be dropped after Nalut, but normally they should be able to come back, unless somebodies train seems weakened enough to try to keep them away.

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2 sub-saharan african races


In Cameroon, 172 km, hilly, 30 km mintact. 8 riders. 5 hills, the fifth and last one is not part of the KoM competition, it's a 6% at km 157, which will normally eliminate the hill sprinters who otherwise actually might have had a chance to come back, since the second last sieb km is at km 114



We move to Chad, 155km, very flat, 30km mintact, 9 riders

Nothing much to say, it's flat. 3 IS, first one after 102 km, so maybe good for later escapes? Or a strong early one that keeps going.