December Tour 2021: Presentation

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December Tour 2021: Presentation

Post by Robyklebt » Fri Oct 01, 2021 4:39 pm

Here the thread for the presentations of your tours.

ONLY presentations, 1 post per designer/tour. No discussion, praise, criticism etc. That can and should be done in the rules and discussion thread: http://www.radsportfreaks.de/RSFForum/v ... =14&t=9104

This thread open until the end of October! Let's hope we see lots of Tours.
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Re: December Tour 2021: Presentation

Post by Robyklebt » Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:17 pm

Yemen Reconciliation Tour


10 years after the best fantasy stage race ever designed, the Tour of Yemen, we revisit Yemen. Hoping to bring peace this time around. We fear that our ignoring the north for most of the race last year, more specifically the region around Saada, down south until Amran, the only place we visited (and it was an epic stage),we helped precipitate the civil war, with the Houthis, who are based there then started taking over the whole country, after feeling ignored by c4f. So this time around we want to make everybody happy. Of course ignoring the east might pose new problems, but let's hope not.

The Tour in short:

13 days of racing, 2 half stages on day 1 for a total of 14 stages.

6 flat stages, 4 of them easy.
3 middle mountain stages: 1 of them easy,
4 HC stages. 2 finishes on top, 1 downhill, 1 downhill and little flat.
1 ITT

Stage 1a Al Hudaydah-Al Mansuryiah flat stage 43 km
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... econ21_01a

We start in Al Hudaydah, the most important red sea port nowadays. A city of 400'000 people, the fourth largest city in Yemen. Located on the Red Sea as mentioned, it's in the Tihama, where in summer temperatures are between 28-38 degrees on average, fortunately in December it's cooler, 20-30 degrees. The stage itself should present no problems for the sprinter, never steeper than 1%. The final km will be on one of those 1% rises.

Stage 1 b: Al Mansuriyah-Al Jobin 53 km, HC
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... econ21_01b

After a short break the riders will restart for another short stage, but with a very different finish. A 20 km climb, or 18km if we cut the first 2 km at 6 and 3%. 18km at 10%, a bit more actually, we gain 1810 meters. And it gets steeper towards the end, the last 4 km are at 12% average. The hardest mountain top arrival of the Tour. And an important day for the GC, with the long TT later in the race pure climbers will want to start to gain time on time trialers early.

https://mapio.net/pic/p-60375322/
Algabin or Al Jobin or Al Gobin or Al Jaby or something, seems written differently anywhere. On a very annoying page actually, so not clicking on that link ok.

Stage 2: Al Hudaydah-Harad 197 km, flat
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_02

We restart in Al Hudaydah and head north. After 197 km without any obstacles we'll likely finish with a mass sprint in Harad.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... T8IH=h1440
On the road to Harad

Stage 3: Harad-Saada 167 km, middle mountain, mintact at km 130
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_03

An easy race until Al Malahit, where after 67 km we have our first intermediate. After that the climbing starts. After a short first step we have 15km of hard climbing, average exactly 10%. The first 10km are actually at 10.8%, the last 5 km are easier. But the difficulties of the day aren't over, there are 4 more minor climbs in the next 40 km, few flattish km until then. The road finally flattens out more after km 140, although we still lose 300 altitude meters from there to the finish. A tough stage, GC action is not impossible, but due to the long flat part at the end it's rather unlikely. You possibly lose the GC here, but difficult to win it. But most likely all the favorites will reach Saada together.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... DGgh=h1440
Start of the climb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saada_Gov ... dah_01.jpg
Typical houses in Yemen, in Saada.

Stage 4: Saada-Amran 193 km, flat.
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_04
A flat stage that could pose some problems for the sprinters. The fitness after the hard stage the day before could be a problem for some. The route itself too. The first part should be unproblematic, as is easily verifiable from the profile. After km 90 there are a few difficulties awaiting the peloton though. A 7% at km 92, 6% at km 104, 3 km at 6% in the category 3 climb, km 117, 118 and 122. And finally at km 141 the last 6%. It's over 50 km to the finish, so despite the 6 siebable km, at times followed by further climbing, there should be enough time for sprinters to come back.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/waltercallens/2204749774/
Huth, on the way to Amran.


Stage 5: Amran-Sana ITT 50 km, ITT
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_05

A 50 km TT, clearly one of the decisive stages of the Tour. A rolling climb to start, max 6%, just one km though, a soft downhill then flat. With it's length the GC favorites will have to pay attention not to invest too much, if they don't want to pay for it the next day. Anyway, after today a lot will be clearer in the GC, the climbers will know exactly how much time they have to gain back on the time trialists.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanaa#/me ... _sanaa.jpg
Old city.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... PEqG=h1440
Near the finish line. Sailah road, the road that becomes a river when it rains and goes around the old city.

Stage 6: Amran-Kuhlan 161 km, HC mintact km 88
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_06
Right after the 50 km TT, a hard mountain stage. After the TT skill the day before, here the regeneration will play an important role. The only time in the Tour really, the other mountain stages are separated by easier stages, in the hope to see more offensive riding if you then have some time to recover after. But here the reg will count. Even if in the first part of the stage there will be a long long downhill. After a first category 2 climb, we go down all the way to 970 meters. The road we came up 10 years ago. Then the climb to Hajja where we will leave the route of the 2011 stage. But continue back up to over 3000 meters in a series of steps. On this day 80-70es or superclassics will play an important role today too, once we finished climbing there's a 9 km flat part before the downhill, which is interrupted by another few flattish km. A stage that seems predestined not to create big gaps actually, but with the rest day looming and some riders tired from the ITT, the chance to try to create differences certainly should be there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thula#/me ... cation.jpg
Thula, we pass nearby, but the road on the picture is not ours (as far as I could tell). But tired sprinters might want to give up and do some sightseeing in Thula anyway?
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... 0-h1440-pd
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... f2mK=h1440
Near the finish, we pass here twice of course. So 2 pictures.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... _XGM=h1440
Hajja. I actually suspect it's somewhere else... people don't seem to take geography too seriously when putting their pictures on in google earth.
Wrong link, maybe later...
The road back up to the plateau

Rest day; A Sunday, one of the days we usually don't have good participation.
The riders will transfer from Amran to Saana airport and from there to Aden.

Stage 7: Aden-Lawdar 182 km, flat
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_07

After the rest day we restart on familiar roads. The fantastic stage 1 of the Tour of Yemen 2011, but this time we don't go all the way to Al Bayda, but stop in Lawdar after 182 km. The only innovation in this stage is the short detour in Aden, going over the Shamsan mountains into the crater of the old volcano. A nice little category 4 climb to start.
After that the main difficulty of the day of course is the category 2 climb, 7 km at more than 7%. This should eliminate the pure sprinters, since from the last steep km it's only 54 km to the finish, but first another 10 climbing at mostly 2 or 3%. One km at 5%.
We still classify this as a flat stage, to motivate sprinters to try to come back at least, but if some classic sprinters are there and motivated, this should easily be their stage.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der ... _Yemen.jpg
Aden, below the crater.

Stage 8: Lawdar-Al Habilayn 183 km middle mountain
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_08

Stage 8 continues on the roads of first stage 1 and then stage 2 of the 2011 edition. First off, one of the great climbs of that edition, of this one too, but it's not in a very decisive position this time around. But the climb is hard and spectacular as ever. 10 km of switchbacks, gaining 1100 meters in altitude. At km 51 in al Bayda we pass the finish of the 2011 stage and continue along the roads of stage 2. At Al Mahaji we enter Yafa, a very fertile and thus green highland, something to do with monsoon rains in summer. We have a series of short climbs, the last at km 100, then the long downhill starts. And while we continued over hilly terrain in 2011 this time at the intersection north of Al Habilayn we turn sound and finish the stage in that rather small village.
Middle mountain stage, but with the last siebkm at 83 km from the end, a sprint, with at least hill sprinters seems rather likely. More difficult for flat sprinters obviously, but will depend on how the Naqil Lawdar is ridden too.

https://allthecities.com/cities/jawf-al-maqbabah
First pictures are the road up the pass.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mohamed_a ... 398572587/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mohamed_a ... 6398580619
Yafa region, first on the highland, second one presumably the downhill incl our road

Stage 9: Al Habilayn-At Turbah 167 km
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_09
167 km. Mountain stage.
The first part until the first intermediate in Ar Rahidah is flat. Then the cat 2 climb to Hayfan, 3 km over 10% to start, 8 8 1 5 the other 4 km until the summit. Downhill, then shortly after the second intermediate in Tawr al Bahah we turn west, after a few km the road disappears and we are on a dirt road. At times a paved road is still visible, but we decided to force the riders to ride on the dirt road. Probably more a *********** in reality, likely sand.. But * seems ok. The whole dirt road section is climbing at something over 3% in average, max 4, minimum 1%.
Once the asphalt comes back ,the climb really starts, 9 km, 1050 altitude gain.
7 6 6 10 12 13 20 13 18.
Followed by
2 -6 -3 -6 -8 -1-2 to the finish.

https://twitter.com/rmardiniicrc/status ... 5758448640

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... LUHc=h1440
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... cHgK=h1440
Climb, possibly the last one another road, who knows, the pictures is posted between roads...

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... OSp4=h1440
Probably Turbah,

Stage 10: At Turbah-Al Mukha 167 km, flat
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_10

The next sprint stage is a rather easy one. We start with a downhill, then 2 short but steep climbs, the last one at km 53. From there it's all downhill and flat, lot's of -1, so in the profile it looks more downhill than it is. The finish in Al Mukha. Or Mokka or Al Makha, or Mocha. Anyway, the former most important port on the Red Sea in Yemen, that gave its name to the coffee, mokka, mocha, mocca, in whatever language you speak. While the coffee plant itself seems to come from Ethiopia originally, coffee really started its march to world domination from Yemen. And Al Mukha, Al Makha, whatever, was the port where Coffee was exported. Coffee growing regions were around Taizz and further north, in the mountain range between the Tihama and the Highland on which Saana lies. Al Mukha lost its importance as a port to Aden and Al Hudaydah in the 19th century, nowadays it's basically a fishing village. So the prize for the stage winner won't be coffee, but fish, sorry.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... 6YLc=h1440
Road near Al Mukha (but different one than ours)

Stage 11 Al Mukha-Ibb 222 km, HC mintact at 178
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_11

The longest stage of the Tour, and the last mountain stage. A multi climb stage. We start going back up the road we came down the day before, but continue straight to Taizz. A city that nowadays is famous for a) Fabulous Conti's Pizzeria, that he opened after the Tour of Yemen 2011. And as the city of snipers, in the civil war in Yemen. We really would have liked going up the Jebel Sabir again as in 2011, a nice 18km climb at 9% up to 2970 meters. But since we try to have different decisive climbs than 10 years ago we had to pass. In Taizz will do 2 litte detours, instead of going straight to through the city we pass on the south side, first climbing behind the Castle, then doing the first km of the climb to the Jebel Sabir. After that we head north, through the eastern part of the city then out of it.
Next climb tops out near Dhi Bajmah, 16km with 910 meters altitude gain, but there's a short downhill and a few flatter km. Downhill down to 1170 meters, a short climb right before we join the main road to Ibb in Al Udayn. We turn east and start the second major climb of the day. 20 km from Al Udayn, 1050 meters higher, at 2310 in Mashrawah. The real climb is shorter, 9km at 9%.
After the top we pass through the western part of Ibb, going north down into the valley, turn back south and start the final climb, which takes us above Ibb on the eastern side. 880 meters up in 11 km, or 800 meters in the 9 last ones.


https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taizz#/me ... licr02.jpg
The castle of Taiz

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... 2zZO=h1440
The final climb out of Ibb.


Stage 12: Ibb-Dhamar 166 km, middle mountain
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_12

A middle mountain stage, with a very hard start, we tackle the same climb as the day before, and then continue in this vein. The first half of the stage is more a HC stage than a middle mountain stage. But the second half is much easier. The last climb to Al Minar should prove decisive. Changes in the GC are still possible here of course, a strong team with fit classic riders can still attack his opponents here. But normally it will be hard, with other teams presumably riding for the stage win.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... SgJQ=h1440
Our road, near the end of the hilly part
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... MZs4=h1440
Entrance of Dhamar. Maybe, who knows...

Stage 13: Dhamar-Sana 137 km, flat
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... recon21_13

The last stage and likely another sprint. While the category 3 climb at km 49 isn't easy, normally it should be way too far from the finish for hill sprinters or classics to keep the sprinters away.
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Re: December Tour 2021: Presentation

Post by Gipfelstuermer » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:37 pm

ImageLe Tour de France 1903Image

La première édition du Tour de France

This summer, the first TDF was discussed in the German cycling podcast Besenwagen and so I had this idea to design the race from 1903. I found very precise reports using the French Wikipedia and French newspaper archives, on Memoire du Cyclisme and Archives de Nantes.

The Tour was very different from today's Grand Tours:

- 6 stages only
- Length of stages was between 268km and 471km per stage
- There were very few mountain passes
- The few mountains came early on the route rather than at the end of the race
- As there was hardly any asphalt back then, the race mainly happened on gravel roads
- There was no GPS or TV... so the organizers around Henri Desgrange put control fixe (CF) where riders had to pass and also control volant (CV) which were spontaneous checks during the stage to ensure riders do not take a shortcut.

The map from 1903

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Some rules we have to change:

There were stages >300km but in C4F that is not possible... For these stages, based on historical race reports, I try to keep all the parts that were relevant to how the race unfolded. However, I cut the beginning of the stage or take a shortcut on the route where it does not affect the type of the stage to arrive at "only" 300km on these stages.

There were no IS, but I use the "controle fixe" (CF) and "controle volant" (CV), which were official time checks. At these points, the time was taken for the riders and these were also the basis for any newspaper reports about the race. So it was a bit a like an IS these days, because riders could receive some fame, attention and publicity in the newspaper if they made it to the CF or CV as the first rider. This is also nice to make the 300km stages entertaining and distribute a bit of money to the participating teams (as they go through the pain of 300km gravel stages).

There were no KOM, but I use those mountain passes which have been described in historical race reports. If there was race action on the mountain, such that made it into the newspaper, it seems more than justified to put a KOM there.

Gravel and Pavé are difficult to judge as there was no Google Street View in 1903... So it is fair to assume that most of it was just gravel (so *) and I only use a higher category on selected km if there was any information about that in historical race reports. Again, there are some references in historical newspaper reports, which point to particularly dangerous parts of the road. They write about crashes, punctures and some other dramatic incidents. So if something like that happened, it seems justified to put something slightly higher than *. However, I describe all the km with a higher difficulty in the below roadbook. Also, the downhill of -3 and steeper will have no pavé to avoid the pavé bug.

There were 12 rest days for 6 stages, so sometimes 2 or 3 or even 4 rest days between stages but in C4F makes no sense to put more than one rest day, because with one rest day, most riders are fully recharged anyway. In total, we will have 4 rest days: One rest day between each stage, but not between stages 4 and 5, which in reality also had no rest day I mean stage 4 was only 268km, so who would need a rest day after such a super short stage???

The stages

Et. 1: Paris - Lyon (Hilly, 300km)
Rest day
Et. 2: Lyon - Marseille (Mountain, 300km)
Rest day
Et. 3: Marseille - Toulouse (Flat, 300km)
Rest day
Et. 4: Toulouse - Bordeaux (Flat, 268km)
Et. 5: Bordeaux - Nantes (Flat, 300km)
Rest day
Et. 6: Nantes - Paris (Hilly, 300km)

The stages in detail

Et. 1: Paris - Lyon (Hilly, 300km)
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http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... df_1903_01
Last 10km: +4* +1* +1* -1** -1** -2*** -2*** -2*** -2*** -1***
Type: Hilly
Min-Tact: km284
Duration: 158min

Roadbook:
ImageImage km26: 0** ("The road was so bad, that Hippolyte Aucouturier, Maurice Garin's rival for the final victory, became victim of a broken saddle at the exit of Cosne-sur-Loire")
ImageImage km63: 0** ("Leon Georget was the victim of a puncture before Nevers.")
Image km70: -2 (CF in Nevers)
Image km126: -1 (CF in Moulins)
Image km226: +1 (CF in Roanne)
Image km243-249: +5* +3* +3* +3* +6* +3* +3 ("Maurice Garin and Émile Pagie are the first to cross the first mountain pass in the history of the Tour de France: the Col du Pin-Bouchain")
ImageImageImage km294-300: -1** -1** -2*** -2*** -2*** -2*** -1*** ("The finale goes slightly downhill towards the Saone river in Lyon with the finish line on the Quai de Vaise including the dangers of rails and cobblestones. The road was so dangerous, that in a sprint of two riders, Emile Pagie crashed 200m before the finish line, giving the win to Maurice Garin who would later win the overall GC as well. The bad roads are reported not only in pictures, but also by the fact that in the following stages, the organizers around Henri Desgrange changed the finish line not to be in the city centre in order to avoid the dangers of rails and cobblestones.")

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A picture from the finish in Lyon on the Quai de Vaise.



***** REST DAY *****


Et. 2: Lyon - Marseille (Mountain, 300km)
Image
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... df_1903_02
Last 10km: +3* +1* +4* +1* -1* 0* -2* -3 -2* -1*
Type: Mountain
Min-Tact: km290
Duration: 155min

Roadbook:
Image km23: -2 (CF in Saint-Etienne)
ImageImage km27: -1** ("After Saint-Etienne, Garin fell, fortunately not very serious, but which made him lose contact with the leading group, led in a frenzied manner by Aucouturier, Georget, Wattelier and a few others.")
Image km30-42: +5* +5* +7* +7* +5* +5* +6* +5* +2* +2* 0* +4* +6 ("The highest point of the first Tour de France is reached with the Col de la Republique")
ImageImage km108: +3** ("In Valence, another incident: In the front group, Wattelier breaks his chain, is dropped by his companions.")
Image km112: 0 (CF in Valance)
Image km154: -1 (CV in Montelimar)
Image km159-162: +7* +5* +7* +4 ("Aucouturier and Georget took advantage of a climb in Donzère to take the lead." It is not really reported which climb it was, but I assume it was the "Navon". This one looks reasonable as some sieb-km should be in there if these two guys dropped everyone else.)
Image km220: +1 (CF in Avignon)
Image km280: -1 (CF in Aix-en-Provence)

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"The arrival is judged at Saint-Antoine, 13 kilometers from the center of Marseille, in order to avoid the dangers of the rails and cobblestones which abound in the city center." (By the way, those dogs on the street will later have a more negative impact on the race... read more about that in the stage 4 roadbook...)


***** REST DAY *****


Et. 3: Marseille - Toulouse (Flat, 300km)
Image
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... df_1903_03
Last 10km: 0* -1* 0* +2* +1* +1* 0* 0* -1* -1* 0*
Type: Flat
Min-Tact: km290
Duration: 155min


Roadbook:
Image km14: +2* +7* (Climb after the city of Pennes-Mirabeau and before "La descente dite d l'Assassin")
ImageImageImage km15-17: -2*** -7 -2*** ("As soon as they leave Pennes-Mirabeau , about ten kilometers after the start, many runners are let loose in "La descente dite d l'Assassin")
Image km41: 0 (CF in Salon-de-Provence)
Image km82: +1 (CV in Arles)
Image km115: 0 (CF in Nimes)
Image km163: 0 (CV in Montpellier)
Image km226: 0 (CF in Beziers)
Image km253: 0 (CV in Narbonne)
ImageImage km260: +1** ("Fernand Augereau is the victim of a puncture between Narbonne and Carcassone and falls behind the lead group of and the leading group is reduced to four men. Lucien Pothier , Eugène Brange and the Belgian Julien Lootens meet around Maurice Garin.")
ImageImage km270: +1** ("Fernand Augereau tries to get back into the leading group but is the victim of another puncture and does not get back into it.")
Image km288: 0 (CV in Carcassone)

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"On the road, a controller shows the direction"


***** REST DAY *****


Et. 4: Toulouse - Bordeaux (Flat, 268km)
Image
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... df_1903_04
Last 10km: 0* 0* 0* -1* 0* 1* -1* 1* 0* -1*
Type: Flat
Min-Tact: km258
Duration: 139min

Roadbook:
Image km54: 0 (CF in Montauban)
ImageImageImage km65: 0*** ("In the crossing of Montech , a dog causes a heavy fall in the leading group, sending to the ground most of the runners, who can nevertheless resume the race.")
Image km85: -1 (CV in Moussac)
ImageImageImage km107: 0*** ("Hippolyte Aucouturier sets his pace and has already taken three minutes from the Garin group, which allows him to consider another stage victory. But at the entrance to the village of Golfech , shortly before the fixed control of Agen, he is again knocked down by the crossing of a dog. Injured in the leg, he tried to continue but finally gave up some kilometers further.")
Image km130: +1 (CF in Agen)
ImageImage km153: 0** ("Aucouturier, victim of the fall from Agen, gave up permanently.")
ImageImage km190: 0** ("The Swiss Charles Laeser, also present in the second group, joins the Belgian Marcel Kerff, victim of a puncture.")
Image km228: 0 (CV in Langon)

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"Arrival of the 4th stage at the Maye bridge, near Bordeaux."

Et. 5: Bordeaux - Nantes (Flat, 300km)
Image
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... df_1903_05
Last 10km: 0* 0* +1* 0* -2* -1* -1* 1* 0* 0
Type: Flat
Min-Tact: km290
Duration: 155min

Roadbook:
Image km29: +2 (CV in Barbezieux)
Image km50: +1 (CF in Cognac)
Image km81: 0 (CV in Saintes)
Image km120: 0 (CF in Rochefort)
ImageImage km154-156: -1** +1** 0** ("I rush into Augereau's cabin after the race and I find the unfortunate boy crying hot tears: I was, he says, in the leading pack to La Rochelle, when, a few kilometers before the control I puncture a tire. Having no spare, I roll on the rim, rage in the heart, seeing the others spinning in front of me, being unable to join them. Suddenly, Laeser, who was on the road, noting my distress, offered to lend me his machine.")
Image km159: 0 (CV in La Rochelle)
ImageImage km183: 0**
ImageImage km194: 0**
ImageImage km202: -1**
ImageImage km207: +1**
ImageImage km216: +2**
ImageImage km224: +1** (In La Roche-sur-Yon, Samson passed 1h26minutes after the leaders. He had six punctures.)
Image km230: +1 (CF La Roche-sur-Yon)
ImageImageImageImage km236: 0**** (This is where the darkest chapter of Tour de France history happened. Augereau describes it like this: At La Roche-sur-Yon, I heard Garin offer me the following combination: "I want to win alone, and neither you nor anyone else should beat me. I will give you cash in exchange." I had not yet been able to place at the top of a stage and, feeling in better condition, I responded to the offer with an energetic refusal. It was then that Garin said to Pothier: "Go ahead and swing it!" Immediately said immediately done; Pothier takes a few meters, goes down and throws his machine on mine. I tumble down and fall back on my legs. Garin took my machine, trampled it and put the rear wheel out of order. To the few cyclists who were with us, Garin promised a hundred francs if they did not come to my aid. I mourn my defeat and am disgusted by the conduct of my competitors. Here I am without a machine, but I will do what is necessary to get one and prove, in the last stage, that I have quality." The stewards of the event, seized of this serious incident, will make the necessary investigation to clarify this dark case. Garin and Pasquier claim that Augereau is the victim of a hallucination and that, from the beginning, he has had the delirium of persecution. In truth, however, he does not seem to be and seems to be very lucid.)

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"Arrival at the Longchamp velodrome in Nantes."

***** REST DAY *****


Et. 6: Nantes - Paris (Flat, 300km)
Image
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... df_1903_06
Last 10km: -3 -2* 0* 0* +1* +1* -1* +5* -5 0*
Type: Hilly
Min-Tact: km290
Duration: 155min

Roadbook:
Image km16: +8* (Up to the Cote de la Seilleraye, located 16 kilometers from here, the 21 starter peloton with a speed of at least 32 kilometers per hour! Needless to say, in this place the many cyclists who followed them were reduced to half a dozen. Payan led the train, having behind him Garin, Augereau, then Samson and Dargassies, the others a little further. On the climb, Augereau starts and appears at the top 50 meters ahead of the whole peloton. In the famous descent, some hold back, a little, frightened)
Image km24: +4* ("Monsieur Terrien gave the riders a brief overview of the dangerous passages before Ancenis: the Cote de la Seilleraye, straight but very steep, well known to all cyclists; and the Cote d'Oudon.")
ImageImage km32: 0** (Desvages arrives in Angers; but he fell on a pile of stones and has a slightly skinned face.)
Image km35: 0 (CV in Angers)
Image km55: 0 (CF in Tours)
ImageImageImage km86: 0*** (Photographs show riders on cobblestones ahead of Blois)
Image km95: 0 (CF in Blois)
Image km147: -1 (CF in Orleans)
Image km225: 0 (CV in Chartres)
Image km294: 0 (CV in Versailles)
Image km298: +5* (The last three km of the race are a real drama: In the last stage, organisers were forbidden to lead the race to the Parc de Prince in the city of Paris so the times are taken on arrival at the restaurant of the "Père Auto" in Ville-d'Avray, shortly after the Cote de Picardie. But the riders will have to go immediately to the Velodrome of the Parc de Prince carrying a card indicating the time of their arrival. In the last difficulty of the Tour, the Cote de Picardie, Jean Fischer places an acceleration that only Fernand Augereau can follow. But in the descent, Fischer is hit by a spectator crossing the road: he falls heavily and abandons all hope of victory. Fernand Augereau remains alone in the lead, but he suffers a puncture on the rear tire. Maurice Garin overtook him and finally won the stage, his third in the Tour de France.)

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Re: December Tour 2021: Presentation

Post by Chense » Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:39 pm

RASTA 2021 - Rastafari Tour of Abessinia 2021

Ladies and Gentleman a very warm welcome from Ethiopia former called Abessinia. We decided that this year we should ride in a country that has an extremely long tradition.
As the maybe best known Ethiopian is former Emperor Haile Selassie I which was born as Ras Tafari Makonnen and also known as Neguse Negest (king of the kings in the amharian language),
the name of the tour was pretty clear. Even if we know that not all he did in his reign he is still very well accepted all over the world as he was not only the emperor of one of the oldest states that has ever been but also for leading Ethopia into a modern state which was one of the founding members of the United Nations.

This is can also be seen in the obeisance other states showed him as he was awarded e.g. the highest national orders of:
- Germany
- Austria
- British Empire
- Mexico

But now enough praising and history - Lets go for a hopely nice tour which will lead the riders in 14 days (including 1 restday) all around this beautiful country which is known as the most hilly one all over Africa.
The tour starts and ends in the capital and by far biggest city Addis Abeba. See also the map for further information.

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On their journey riders will face:
2142 km in total
165 km per stage (175 km without ITT)
34390 hm of total ascent
2645 hm of ascent per stage (2793 hm without ITT)

The tour consists of:
5 flat stages
4 middle mountain stages
3 HC stages
1 ITT

The Stages will be presented as follows:
Tour Name - Stage Number - Stage Start to Stage Finish - Stage Type - Stage length - Stage ascent - Mintact at - Stage duration

The GPM will be categorized and presented as follows:
Cat. 4 - >250hm or presenters choice - Name - KM - Length - HM - average steepness
Cat. 3 - >500hm or over 350hm and 6% - Name - KM - Length - HM - average steepness
Cat. 2 - >800hm or over 500hm and 6% - Name - KM - Length - HM - average steepness - Steepest KM
Cat. 1 - >1200hm or over 800hm and 6% - Name - KM - Length - HM - average steepness - Last 10km and Steepest km
HC - >1500 hm or over 1000hm and 8% - Name - KM - Length - HM - average steepness - All km starting from the first 4+ and Steepest km

The IS will be categorized and presented as follows:
IS - Name - KM

The last 10km will be presented as follows:
x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x

Also important landmarks and other nice things to see will be named as well as the starting and the endpoint of each stage.

So here we go!

RASTA 2021 - Stage 1 - Addis Abeba to Debre Birhan - Stage Type: Flat - Stage Lenght: 174km - Total Ascent: 2080hm - Mintact: KM 159 - Duration: 95 Min

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We start with a maybe pretty interesting stage - While the first part is very hilly the last sieb km is nearly 130km from the finish line and more then 70% of the ascent will be done after 50km. So what will happen?
Will some early group go and leave the sprinters a big chance to get the classics back? Or will there be a fight for the red jersey in the peloton which will cause some severe siebs making it really hard for sprinters?
Or will the classics stay really calm, as the next stage might be one for them?
We leave Addis Abeba to the north which means not on the direct way to the stage finish. There waits a first hill which is already categorized as 2 with the GPM beeing situated nearly the botanical garden of Addis Abeba.
Following the A3 main route until nearly Chancho the riders will then reach a part which the government told us will be asphalted until the race but as they are not sure to get the uphill to Gara Dima another Cat.3 ready for the race start we asked them to mainly do the downhill part that follows to avoid the pave bug. So the riders will see the only gravel parts of this tour there but still on a pretty good road
with 1* and some 2*.
Now riders head back to the main road to Debre Birhan reaching an IS at Dire and then another hill at Fiche Gelila which consists only of 5 maximum.
In the village of Shano at KM 127 then the second sprint takes place before riders continue north east to Debre Birhan which is also a bigger city but not comparable at all to Addis Abeba.
Before sprinters can be really secure about their victory now they have to take attention as the second last km is a 3, so maybe a puncheur could beat them?

GPM:
Cat.2 - Gulele Botanical Garden - KM 9 - 9km - 600hm - 6,7% - 12 at KM8
Cat.3 - Gara Dima - KM 50 - 14km - 750hm - 5,7%
Cat.4 - Fiche Gelila - KM 107 - 9km - 230hm - 2,6%

IS:
Dire - KM 67
Shano - KM 127

Last 10KM:
0, 0, -1, -1, 0, -2, -2, 0, 3, 0


RASTA 2021 - Stage 2 - Debre Birhan to Gundo Meskel - Stage Type: Middle Mountain - Stage Lenght: 202km - Total Ascent: 2860hm - Mintact: KM 180 - Duration: 112 Min

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On Stage 2 one of the longest stages of this tour is awaiting the riders. Also here is the question who will go for what? Indeed it looks like maybe a chance for brave escapers!
We will start in Debre Birhan where yesterdays stage finished and go always West and flat to Lemi where the first IS takes part.
From Lemi on the riders will find an interesting profile and also some beautiful landscape. But they wont have much time to take a look at the waterfalls as the downhill that follows in the next 20km is very steep!
But was it now Haile Selassie or TTV who said: Once the road goes down it will go up again - So lets head for the first GPM of the day which will be held in Fetra and Categorized 2.
The climb itself is a bit special as indeed it consists of 3 climbs with steep km and flat parts in between.
The riders now reached a plateau the will follow for a bit over 10km to Alem Ketama where todays second IS takes part.
After that IS it goes guess what? Right downhill again before after passing a short non categorized hill which indeed has a siebkm we reach the climb to Rema that is shorter but a bit more steep as the one before. Here then theres the latest point to regain a bit of energy as at KM 180 the final climb of the stage is coming up.
We try to reach the city of Gundo Meskel beeing situated on another plateau. Who will win here as after the climb 5 flat km into the cities centre follow?

GPM:
Cat.2 - Fetra - KM 122 - 20km - 860hm - 4,3% - 11 at KM 113
Cat.3 - Rema - KM 167 - 10km - 590hm - 5,9%
Cat.2 - Gundo Meskel - KM 197 - 660hm - 6,6% - 11 at KM 192

IS:
Lemi - KM 81
Alem Ketama - KM 134

Last 10km:
7, 7, 9, 9, 4, 1, -2, 1, 0, 0


RASTA 2021 - Stage 3 - Ejere to Amanuel - Stage Type: Flat - Stage Lenght: 186km - Total Ascent: 2490hm - Mintact: KM 171 - Duration: 100 Min

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A flat stage with a Cat. 1 GPM that nearly reaches HC in it? Really? Well this one is questionable somehow youre right. But how should we categorize this one? Its really not middle mountain as this Cat. 1 very early in the Race is also the only real thread for our riders today! And even more some guys might be very tired after yesterday and not willing to attack the sprinters with at least a little hillskill.
We start in Ejere not far from yesterdays finish and follow the main road to Gohatsion with its IS at exactly KM 50.
Then we have a long but not to steep downhill into one of the most famous nature wonders in Africa - The gorge of the blue nile with a descent of nearly 1500hm.
Wow thats relaxing even more as the downhill is not very steep or curvy, so riders can relax take a break and give some attention to this famous place!
After that relaxing thing the big Cat. 1 to Dejen is waiting ... wow uphill and uphill and more uphill.
So let the chase for the final 85km begin! The route is changing its direction nearly only west now and its nearly flat but with some slight chances for classics to gain some seconds here and there with 3 and 4 beeing the steepest km waiting.
But in the end another little challenge is waiting as the finish is slightly uphill with max. 3 in gradient! So sprinters? Are you brave and powerful enough - maybe even spared a classic instead of a flat rider?!

GPM:
Cat.1 - Dejen - KM 91 - 19km - 1370hm - 7,2% - 11 at KM 88 - 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 11, 7, 5, 6

IS:
Gohatsion - KM 50
Debre Markos - KM 159

Last 10 km:
-1, -1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 2


RASTA 2021 - Stage 4 - Finicha'a to Seyo - Stage Type: Middle Mountain - Stage Lenght: 165km - Total Ascent: 2300hm - Mintact: KM 131 - Duration: 99 Min

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Stage 4 starts after a short transfer from yesterdays finish at the lovely Lake Finicha'a and leads the riders to the south where the mountains will soon await them. In german you would call this stage in this beautiful language "Überführungsetappe" what means transition stage.
But that would be unfair for this stage as even if this stage is just somewhere in the middle it could be something for escapers going or for a classic rider that wants to gain a bit of time against mountain riders.
The first 45km are nearly totally flat bringing us to Wayu where the first sprint and the first GPM wait. The uphill then is pretty long but due to its relatively low steepness and some flat part in between it was decided to split a possible Cat.3 into 2 Cat. 4 mountains. The following downhill then is also not to steep so that riders can maybe take a look to the left and see Addis Abeba where we started 4 days before. Hopefully they are not looking
too much though as a another IS is placed in the middle of the downhill. When the riders reached the lowest point there are some hilly km before the biggest difficulty of the day waits.
The climb to the city of Shenen which might be interesting as the "only" 4,9% in average might make somebody misscount. It starts pretty flat with more like 3,5% and then on the last kilometres suddenly gets steeper reaching up to 10%
Also the following downhill is more or less not all to steep so that classic riders with downhill could get rid of the pure mountain guys there and gain a little advantage they need for the final km in Seyo which is a 6.


GPM:
Cat.4 - Wayu Mountain - KM 50 - 10km - 490hm - 4,9%
Cat.4 - Jarso - KM 67 - 3km - 170hm - 5,7%
Cat.2 - Shenen Pass - KM 136 - 18km - 890hm - 4,9% - 10 at KM 132

IS:
Wayu - KM 39
Gedo - KM 94

Last 10 km:
-1, -2, -1, -1, -2, -6, -7, -8, -8, -6, 6


RASTA 2021 - Stage 5 - Sirambi to Kara - Stage Type: ITT - Stage Lenght: 44km - Total Ascent: 880hm - Mintact: KM 1 - Duration: 44 Min

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One of the reasons why we said that yesterday somebody escaping could win is surely todays stage. Its the ITT and it is long and hilly!
Starting in Sirambi riders will go after a short flat or even a bit downhill part for the climb to the Botor Becho Pass. This one starts with only
slight kms before from km 15 to km 19 the hardest part starts which is 8% in average. After that the final km to the pass will be a bit flatter again
reaching mostly 4 or 5%. When the pass is reached it goes downhill first steeper then flatter to the village of Kara. When the riders passed kara they will just have 7 more nearly totally flat km until they reach the finish line. So today the yellow jersey might change its owner!

GPM:
Cat.2 - Botor Becho - KM 26 - 12km - 730hm - 6,1% - 11 at KM 19

IS:
-

Last 10 km:
-3, -2, -3, -1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2 0


RASTA 2021 - Stage 6 - Bonga to Tuta - Stage Type: HC Mountain - Stage Lenght: 142km - Total Ascent: 4240 hm - Mintact: KM 106 - Duration: 89 Min

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This stage could after the hard ITT be so nice with only 142km to go ... but looking at the profile some riders might be a bit curious
about the following mountain stage. We start in Bonga and directly climb the Oda Pass which is long but not to steep.
From there on the route continues mainly on some kind of plateau before we reach Mecha where a IS takes place and then the following little pass, that will lead riders into the long way down to the valley. But those around 1000hm down will be broken in 2 by a series of short but around 6-7% steep climbs including the GPM at Amaya Chide.
Now the route changes its direction to Aba where another short and steep climb awaits followed by the Mylios Lake Mountain and the Mylios Lake sprint. We are unlucky about that names but even with research the presenter didnt find another name to us around there.
But what his research brought was the information that the nearby climb to Tuta would be a nice first test for the strong mountain riders.
Will they try to attack early as the next days are flat - restday? Or will someone ride for his 80-70? We will see

GPM:
Cat.2 - Oda Pass - KM 20 - 19km - 1010hm - 5,3% - 11 at KM 19
Cat.4 - Mecha Pass - KM 44 - 5km - 260hm - 5,2%
Cat.3 - Amaya Chida - KM 71 - 5km - 360hm - 7,2%
Cat.4 - Aba - KM 95 - 4km - 320hm - 8%
Cat.3 - Mylios Lake Mountain - KM 110 - 5km - 420hm - 8,4%
Cat.1 - Tuta - KM 142 - 20km - 6,9% - 1380hm - 13 at KM 139, 7, 8, 5, 10, 8, 7, 13, 3, 1, 6

IS:
Mecha - KM 39
Mylios Lake - KM 122

Last 10 km:
7, 8, 5, 10, 8, 7, 13, 3, 1, 6



RASTA 2021 - Stage 7 - Sodo to Gidole - Stage Type: Flat - Stage Lenght: 181km - Total Ascent: 650 hm - Mintact: KM 166 - Duration: 97 Min

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As the presenters wished for one thing: Make Reg for the single GC Rider pretty important but dont let riders that once rode hard for their captain be death for all over the tour we now see something like a double restday.
This stage invites those riders as well as the sprinters. We start in the city of Sodo nearby yesterdays finish and head straight southwards leaving the highlands and go down to Lake Abayo for the first 45km. There we ride in this "Lakes stage" alongside passing Wajifo where we see a IS.
The only GPM today will be held in Arba Minch. This means "fourty sources" and the city is situated on some hills called "bridge of gods".
The are separating Lake Abayo and Lake Chamo where we go next. Most likely pretty controlled we roll on the brought sea promenade until we
reach the second sprint. On the southern end of Lake Chamo riders go into a 90° turn which leads them directly to the Lake where riders will sprint for the win!

GPM:
Cat.4 - Arba Minch - KM 120 - 7km - 220hm - 3,1%

IS:
Wajifo - KM 54
Lake Chamo - KM 163

Last 10 km:
1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1


--- REST DAY --- REST DAY --- REST DAY ---


RASTA 2021 - Stage 8 - Selam Ber to Belta - Stage Type: HC Mountain - Stage Lenght: 148km - Total Ascent: 5230 hm - Mintact: KM 118 - Duration: 89 Min

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What should riders do after a rest day? They should suffer! So we see the a short but very very intense stage culminating in the hardest climb of the tour to Belta!
Riders start the journey near to Selam Ber in the middle of the Maze National Park having a circle around the city after they had a wonderful night in Arba Minch.
The race starts then directly with the first of 3 big climbs of this stage and surely the easiest of them. Afterwards a long downhill lead them into the valley of Selam Ber where the longest flat part of the stage follows. When riders reached Selam Ber after the first IS they will see already the second climb (and the first HC of the tour!) thats much harder and near HC awaiting them.
We are now heading to the Eso pass that starts flat and becomes steeper on the last 13km but shortly before reaching it they take a small road changing direction to the west and ride over a plateau before the next and longest downhill of the day awaits with nearly 1700hm.
But that downhill is needed to regain energy and hopefully be near to 1000 before the extremely hard climb to Belta follows which might remind some riders of the andes they had to climb shortly before. Over 2000hm and an average of nearly 15% for the last km means you can only have chances if youre really strong there - By the way we will also go for the "Ras Ta Fari price" for the hardest climb of the tour! The finish then follows after a very short flat part but this is for climbers and nothing else!

GPM:
Cat.2 - Maze National Park - KM 18 - 18km - 1030hm - 5,7% - 11 at KM 16
Cat. HC - Eso pass - KM 69 - 20km - 1530hm - 7,7% - 5, 6, 10, 11, 4, 7, 11, 14, 13, 4, 13, 14, 6, 12, 8 - 14 at KM 62 and 66
Cat. HC - Belta - KM 141 - 18km - 2090hm - 11,6% - 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 15, 12, 11, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 14, 15, 10, 19, 11 - 19 at KM 140

IS:
Selam Ber - KM 46
Chenche - KM 120

Last 10 km:
10, 19, 11, 3, 1, -2, 0, 1, 0, 3


RASTA 2021 - Stage 9 - Selam Ber to Wib Hamer - Stage Type: Middle Mountain - Stage Lenght: 172km - Total Ascent: 3280 hm - Mintact: KM 128 - Duration: 108 Min

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Today we start again in Selam Ber, but we take a different route following the main street to southwest first up a little uncategorized hill and then more or less flat to Sala Fewege Neway where the difficulties of this day start. On this way we also pass the 2 IS of the day. The first climb is then also clearly the hardest of the day reaching up to Berza on a narrow and steep road (Cat. 1). After that one a pretty long downhill leads us directly into the second climb which is a cat.2 and that also is the point where the (long) mintact starts. From there on the road will be a little easier but there are
2 more climbs that follow still. Those are much flatter and shorter but still they could make it hard for weak classics to follow so the question is will it be mountain, classic or a 80-70 guy to win after 3 flat km into the finish?

GPM:
Cat.1 - Berza - KM 94 - 9km - 870hm - 9,7% - 5, 12, 7, 9, 13, 11, 16, 11, 13 - 16 at KM 92
Cat.2 - Gelta - KM 134 - 8km - 630hm - 7,9% - 10 at KM 132
Cat.4 - Unnamed Pass - KM 152 - 6km - 290hm - 4,8%
Cat.3 - Malokoza - KM 161 - 4km - 370hm - 9,2%

IS:
KM 59
Sala Fewege Neway - KM 75

Last 10 km:
-12, -7, -12, -11, -4, -9, -7, 2, 0, 1


RASTA 2021 - Stage 10 - Bulu to Dima - Stage Type: Flat - Stage Lenght: 181km - Total Ascent: 2120 hm - Mintact: KM 166 - Duration: 98 Min

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Normally sprinters wouldnt have a chance here but with the 2 stages before and those following most likely classics will try to save power so it could be a fight between sprinters and escapers.
Starting at Bulu we cross the wonderful Omo National Park where we also sprint. The streets are mostly broad (for Ethiopian conditions at least) and flat until Kibish seeing another IS there.
Then the 2 difficulties wait crossing some hills between those lowlands that are short but steep both nearly reaching 10%.
Afterwards 70 more km give the sprinters time to catch up beeing flat - downhill and then flat again so good luck guys you will need to win this one if you want to have a chance for the points jersey!

GPM:
Cat.2 - Maji - KM 99 - 6km - 570hm - 9,3% - 13 at KM 97
Cat.3 - Aru - KM 112 - 4km - 400hm - 10%

IS:
Omo National Park - KM 48
Kibish - KM 90

Last 10 km:
-2, -3, 1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -1, 0


RASTA 2021 - Stage 11 - Saja to Schadda - Stage Type: HC Mountain - Stage Lenght: 195km - Total Ascent: 5050 hm - Mintact: KM 147 - Duration: 122 Min
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So guys you have nearly done it with the high mountains - But today you will have to cross some more of them. We directly start with the climb from the valley of river Gojeb to the village of Saja.
After reaching that first goal we follow the highlands to Kuti where we see the first IS right before the downhill leading us towards the next mountain awaits us.
When we are in Gojeb city the toughest climb of the day starts and even if its more then 100km to go we might see already some action here from a desperate guy that tries to better his position in GC.
Over 1000hm and far over 10% getting steeper and steeper are really something that cries for an early offensive! But dont forget to have some classic here because the road is now mainly flat or only a bit downhill until KM 124 where the last hard mountains of this tour start. (btw. we have another IS in between!)
Now we see 3 mountains directly following each other. First we climb a part of the Oda Pass already known from stage 6 but this time on a slightly different (harder) road.
Next we reach the Dura Pass where also the mintact starts at km 147. This one is less steep - but dont underestimate it as the first km are hard and look promising for the gc fight if the favorite sleeps! Only 34km more of downhill to go (divided in 2 by a little ascent of 7-7) and then the big final awaits.
We go for Schadda another climb not to underestimate as the "only" 6,9% come also from a 3, 6, 2, -1, 4 intermezzo after the first 3 steep km.
Normally after that one we should know who will take the yellow jersey to Addis Abeba!

GPM:
Cat.2 - Saja - KM 7 - 7km - 540hm - 7,7% - 10 at KM 1
Cat.HC - Sherada Pass - KM 81 - 8km - 1040hm - 13,0% - 8, 6, 7, 14, 17, 20, 18, 14 - 20 at KM 79
Cat.2 - Oda Pass road - KM 129 - 6km - 580hm - 9,7% - 12 at KM 127
Cat.1 - Durra Pass - KM 157 - 11km - 840hm - 7,6% - 9, 8, 12, 9, 11, 6, 3, 6, 6, 6 - 12 at KM 150
Cat.1 - Schadda - KM 157 - 15km - 1040hm - 6,9% - 2, -1, 4, 7, 10, 10, 8, 8, 13, 7 - 13 at KM 194

IS:
Kuti - KM 41
Beto - KM 90

Last 10 km:
2, -1, 4, 7, 10, 10, 8, 8, 13, 7


RASTA 2021 - Stage 12 - Sokoru to Butajira - Stage Type: Middle Mountain - Stage Lenght: 185km - Total Ascent: 1850 hm - Mintact: KM 145 - Duration: 113 Min

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The last mountains of the tour await us but compared to yesterday they are not worth mentioning, even if today is the last chance for classic riders to win something!
Starting in Sokoru we ride northwards alongst the Gibe national park passing Kumbi where we see an IS and another one at Welkite where the road turns to the east.
But in between we go up to the famous Abelti View where riders can see some wonderful and special landscape.
After another flat parts it goes up to the really last mountain. While it is a Cat. 1 due to many heighmeters it is not very steep at all climbed from the eastside.
Then only a short downhill follows where classics can catch up guys that escaped and the stage finishes in Butajira city.

GPM:
Cat.3 - Abelti View - KM 78 - 14km - 570hm - 3,9%
Cat.1 - Ensilal Weriro - KM 160 - 27km - 1000hm - 3,7% - 2, 2, 3, 2,3, 0, 2, 1, 3, 4 - 7 at KM 145

IS:
Kumbi - KM 35
Welkite - KM 92

Last 10 km:
-4, -4, -2, -1, -3, -3, -2, 1, 1, 0


RASTA 2021 - Stage 13 - Bui to Addis Abeba - Stage Type: Flat - Stage Lenght: 167km - Total Ascent: 1360 hm - Mintact: KM 153 - Duration: 92 Min

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Wow guys we are really proud of all of you that finished - But YOU have done it.
Starting in Bui already near to Addis Abeba you will have the chance to let you praise by the hole ethiopian country. Only 2 more IS and no GPM
await you on your way nearly straight northwards! After 110km you will reach Addis Abeba again where you have a big round around this over 3 million inhabitant city visiting some of the most beautiful places there as they are e.g. the mount mango you will pass but dont climb up, the Adwa park, the Tilanchen Monument, the national palace and much more places before the big final sprint will take part directly in front of the Mänbärä-Tsäba'ot-Aga'ïstä-Aläm-Qïddus-Sïllase-Cathedral where Rasta Fari Makonen is buried.
We the organizers and all of the ethiopian country hope you had wonderful 2 december weeks here and wish you nice holidays!

GPM:
-

IS:
Melka Awash - KM 67
Dima - KM 98

Last 10 km:
2, 0, 1, 3, 1, 0, 3, -1, 0, 1

*edit*: Corrected a GPM typo on stage 6 - Thanks Hansa for mentioning that one!

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Re: December Tour 2021: Presentation

Post by Pokemon Club » Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:01 pm

Pokemon Cycling Organization has the pleasure to show you the ATLANTIC ISLANDS TOUR, 12 days of an intense competition !
Due to the pandemic situation, we can't do a worthy presentation for December Tour, so we resume the tour quickly.

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The Tour start on Venezuela, on Margarita island by an easy sprint stage. There is no big difficulties except the hill of Guyacan at 40km of the finish, a sprinter will normally be the first leader.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... our_202101

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Trinidad and Tobago ! The start is hard, riders who target the mountain jersey will surely move for the first time of the tour. But after Arima Pass, sprinters have 140 km to comeback in this stage which is the longest of the tour (204 km)
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... our_202102

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For the 3rd stage, we have a long ITT (54 km) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. With an hill at the beginning and dirty road to finish, a surprise can happen this day.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... our_202103

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Riders interested by GC will fight a second day in a row during this stage in Dominica. The second half of the stage is only up and down until the finish line. Nobody will win the AIT this day, but some can already lose it.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... our_202104

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5th stage, we are now on US Virgin Islands. We have a circuit to ride 2 times, with some hills but far to the finish line, sprinters will make it, but attention at the 2 last km at 3% average...
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... our_202105

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We finish the first week at Puerto Rico. A stage for climber, everything will be played in the last climb.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... our_202106

RESTDAY

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We are now in East Atlantic, at Saint-Helena island. A short race in circuit, with up and down, that will be hard.
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Now we are at Sao Tome and Principe, the stage is a bit hilly but I think a sprint is possible. But a breakaway can do it too if sprinters arent enough motivated.
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Stage 9, Bioko island, Equotorial Guinea, the stage is a bit more hilly than the day before with Moca climb in the middle of stage. I think a breakaway will success today. But sprinters are motivated,who knows...
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Cabo Verde, Maio island. The stage is very flat, hard to expect something else than a sprint.
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Cabo Verde, Santo Antao island. A very short stage, but cobbles stage. Climbers can lose a lot of time today.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... our_202111

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Portugal, Madeira island. Final stage, 168 km, 4 HC, mountain start, nothing more to say except good luck.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... our_202112

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