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ToB Stage 4 Pen-Y-Pass Climb

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  • September 17, 2013 at 9:47 am #19887
    enrique

    Here’s the profile for Pen-Y-Pass, the last climb for Stage 4.

    http://veloviewer.com/segment/706226

    It seems like the last 100 meters or so average 20%+.
    Do any of you know it? If Cav gets there, will it stump him? Has the race been through here before? 😀

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  • September 18, 2013 at 2:55 pm #757191
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    TERatcliffe26

    Cavendish wins
    Just 10th for
    Cavendish wins

    Just 10th for my team, Rubbish!!!!!!!

    I took out thwaites this morning, and Ciolek nowhere!

    September 18, 2013 at 2:49 pm #757189
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    TERatcliffe26

    This is gonna be a breakaway
    This is gonna be a breakaway win or a sprint :”( :”(

    September 18, 2013 at 12:57 pm #757187
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    Ghedebrav

    Dammit! I dropped Haussler
    Dammit! I dropped Haussler after three stages of inactivity! Curse him and and his over-styled eurohair.

    September 18, 2013 at 10:58 am #757185
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    chrisdstripes

    We have an eleven-man break
    We have an eleven-man break with over a minute on the peloton, could be the one for the day. 2 of my 3 are there!

    Delaplace
    Madrazo
    Slater
    Gate
    Wilkinson
    Krizek
    Scully
    Northey
    Keisse
    Canola
    Haussler (so close to House!)

    My team is…
    Wiggins, Ciolek, Elmiger, Golas, Lofqvist
    Delaplace, Madrazo, House, Engoulvent

    September 18, 2013 at 10:54 am #757183
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    STEVESPRO 79

    Well just arrived home after
    Well just arrived home after watching the start in Hanley, Stoke on Trent….
    Managed to speak to Wiggo, Hayman, Brailsford.

    Also had a natter with Stefano Pirazzi…What a really nice guy….Nothing like the headless chicken that he appears to be on the road…

    September 18, 2013 at 9:00 am #757181
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    vorsprung

    Apparently they come up the A
    Apparently they come up the A road towards Pen-Y-Pass

    On the A4086

    This photo is the A4086 Mille Cymru a 1000km ride in 2011

    The bit before the YHA is slightly steeper but not 20%

    The descent down the other side is quite fast 🙂

    September 18, 2013 at 8:49 am #757179
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    johnny2names

    sounds promising lads, cant
    sounds promising lads, cant wait to watch the highlights tonite 🙂
    one thing’s for sure, i wouldnt be confident backing cav for the win at 2:1 !!

    September 18, 2013 at 8:48 am #757177
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    chrisdstripes

    Just realised there’s a
    Just realised there’s a battle royale going on for overall victory in this year’s fantasy league – Gmancervelo and cherrypicked are separated by just 10 points! Amazing after so many races. Wig_Billy just a couple of hundred behind in third. Good luck guys…

    September 18, 2013 at 8:46 am #757175
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    chrisdstripes

    I agree – its an “anything
    I agree – its an “anything can happen” day. Some of us will gamble on sprint, others on GC, others will save transfers. I’m not really chasing anything in standard so have just had a bit of fun and picked for the break…

    September 18, 2013 at 8:39 am #757173
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    Simon E

    johnny2names wrote:the

    johnny2names wrote:
    the bookies are very heavily weighed towards a bunch sprint. hummmm

    Perhaps the bookies live in London, they probably think Llanberis is in Lincolnshire.

    As well as the climbs, it will depend on how brave (or tired) the riders feel descending Llanberis Pass. If a group is away after Betws Y Coed I wouldn’t bet against it, though if it’s someone chasing GC then Sky would chase. And there’s another tough day tomorrow, and the forecast is wet.

    September 18, 2013 at 8:15 am #757171
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    johnny2names

    the bookies are very heavily
    the bookies are very heavily weighed towards a bunch sprint. hummmm

    September 18, 2013 at 7:26 am #757169
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    JAndrewHill

    It felt steep walking up from
    It felt steep walking up from the pyg, but then I turned left at the cafe and went up snowdon.

    September 17, 2013 at 10:59 pm #757167
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    enrique

    60kg lean keen climbing

    60kg lean keen climbing machine wrote:
    … If I was not in the know as to when the pain would stop and riding at the pace that they do, this would be where I would be losing the will to live!!!

    You really don’t know how good it feels to hear it stright from someone who’s ridden it… thanks!

    September 17, 2013 at 10:01 pm #757165
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    60kg lean keen climbing machine

    Its a bit of a pull from the
    Its a bit of a pull from the lower Dee plain from Bangor-on-Dee up into Wrexham then there is a bit of a rest, flat ish!! onto Mold and then there is Gwernynydd, not nice, its long and relentless up the bypass and then it really kicks up in the last mile past the roundabout. Plus there is a bend in the last 3rd of the climb so you cant see the brow!! If I was not in the know as to when the pain would stop and riding at the pace that they do, this would be where I would be losing the will to live!!!

    September 17, 2013 at 9:26 pm #757163
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    enrique

    chrisdstripes wrote:…

    chrisdstripes wrote:
    … Stunning part of the world tho’…

    As in wooded with lots of green and lots of scenery?…

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