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07-09-14 | 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by lsberrios1

They should have left this stage for later on when things were a little bit more built up. THey knew this place was going to shed riders, it's too early to start shedding contenders. Stage 2 in Britain was enough for the first week of racing. This stage should have been in the last week. Start in the Pyrenees, head southeast towards the alps and finish in Roubaix then Paris. The weather is appalling.

1) it's bike racing; it shouldn't just be a test of who has the best w/kg.

2) I believe its been known to rain in other parts of France as well.

3) you can't run the TDF counterclockwise this year. For 100 years or so, the TDF has followed the same pattern: clockwise one year (Alps then Pyranees) and counterclockwise the next (Pyranees then Alps)

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