Why not TT a course like stage 11?
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It looks like I am alone on this one. It would be fun to watch each rider do these climbs on their own. No looking at each other, no team helpers - just a race against the clock, through the mountains...
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No, too boring. Might as well watch baseball.
You get a better dynamic for drame when there's a rider you want to beat or have to catch. It's also scientifically proven that head to head competition brings out the absolute best in riders.
You get a better dynamic for drame when there's a rider you want to beat or have to catch. It's also scientifically proven that head to head competition brings out the absolute best in riders.
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Actually, in the past many ITT's included significant climbs; e.g. 1987, stage 18 was an ITT up Mt Ventoux. The Giro did an ITT through Cinque Terre a few years ago. 2001 was the most recent year the TdF did a real uphill ITT.
They also did more ITT's then. E.g. the average (including prologues) in the 80s was 3.6, in the 90s was 3, in the 00's 2.3.
They also did more ITT's then. E.g. the average (including prologues) in the 80s was 3.6, in the 90s was 3, in the 00's 2.3.
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Long, hilly TT's are a relic of early 20th century stage racing.
The time gaps would be to be big to keep the excitement intact these days.
Although, personally I'd like to see longer TT's occasionally too.
The time gaps would be to be big to keep the excitement intact these days.
Although, personally I'd like to see longer TT's occasionally too.
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On a course like that, you couldn't keep the riders spread out enough to keep them from bunching up.
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There's a lot more to cycle racing than one Yank....
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Not an Armstrong fan myself. My point is to the original post that there have been mountain itt in the past and there will be mountain itt in the future
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Ok, thanks. I was assuming that the TT's were mainly held on flat ground. I will look forward to the next mountain ITT.
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Your assumption is correct. Again, they haven't done a hilly TT in over 10 years. You also won't see split stages (2 stages on the same day), which ended around the same time.
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still want downhill tt's! am i the only one?! absolutely love to watch descending techniques...
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I'd like to see an ITT that includes both climbing and significant decending. But there are significant problems. The differences in ability get magnified and worst case one rider catches and passes the one before him just before the top and the one passed is a better decender.
Not to mention issues with a crashed rider on course on a decent (and the impact it wouldhave on following riders).
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https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/...esults/stage16
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EDIT: Loks like the last split stage TDF was 1982, a bit more recent than I thought it was. But jsut a bit. I knew there had split stages in 1974.
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What about a team time trial, has that ever been done in a tour? I guess it would have to be done early in the race before attrition whittled the teams down.
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8 years ago. 2004 TDF stage 16 Alpe d'Huez ITT 15.5km
https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/...esults/stage16
https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/...esults/stage16
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If you have a 9 man team you might give the first 5 guys over the line the time of the 5th guy. Then cyclists that come in after that get their own time. Some TTs also have time penalties for being slower by certain amounts than the winning team.
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As you point out it has to be early and if the total time is used the result is contenders are all but eliminated before they even have a chance to do anything as an individual. Which is why the tour organizers, most riders and many fans are not thrilled with TTTs.
Today there is a problem with super profesionalism. That is in the sense of being focused on just one goal. The TTT has to count for the GC or many teams will not try much, but if theams can get a large payoff it can ruin hte race. 30 years ago winning the TTT itself was enough to get a good if not total effort.
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The uphill TT in the 2010 Giro was awesome.
Also, the obvious joke here is that Team Sky has been doing a team time trial this whole tour, including uphill TTTs on the mountain stages.
Also, the obvious joke here is that Team Sky has been doing a team time trial this whole tour, including uphill TTTs on the mountain stages.
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