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[Closed] Steeps at the TDF

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You know when you look at them on the tellybox and wonder how steep they really are?

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Peyragudes, from this year.

At the end of a day, that's pretty brutal!

The Cote de Jenkin Road, from the Yorkshire jaunt of the TDF.
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Posted : 09/08/2017 10:56 pm
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Not sure i would be able to tackle them at the start of a ride let alone the end. Great photos.


 
Posted : 10/08/2017 7:33 am
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Should be fine... With a dinner plate bale-out gear! ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 10/08/2017 7:39 am
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Are you allowed to dismount and run, like cyclocross?


 
Posted : 10/08/2017 7:45 am
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They're all on stealth e bikes anyway....


 
Posted : 10/08/2017 7:46 am
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It's all very well being able to ride fast up a hill but let's see Contador try and run a successful gift shop.
That will certainly sort the men from the boys.


 
Posted : 10/08/2017 7:51 am
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[i]let alone the end[/i]

Yeah but giving them a 100 mile run up is cheating isn't it. Should be from a standing start.


 
Posted : 10/08/2017 8:03 am
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Are you allowed to dismount and run, like cyclocross?

Don't be ridiculous.

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Posted : 10/08/2017 9:07 am
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I imagine taking off from the runway at Peyragudes is done downhill. Which way do they land?


 
Posted : 10/08/2017 9:09 am