Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
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alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
What!?
How dare they
Who's joining me?
Too much clothing
Definitely far too much hair
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Full breakdown of the Flamme Rouge Tour Britannia stages:
Stage 1 - Sat 26 Nov - 56km of Triple Loops = 1 & a bit laps of course, including Leith Hill and most of Box Hill, plus extra 14km back to Mall Sprint finish
Stage 2 - Sun 27 Nov - Individual Time Trial on first 25km of PRL Full = 1 & 1/2 laps of original London Loop, finishing on top of Box Hill on second lap
Stage 3 - Mon 28 Nov - Keith Hill After Party* - 36km = starts with Greater London Flat, finishes at KOM on top of Keith Hill
(* stage poster says LKHAP, suggesting it could be Leith or Keith, but as KHAP is 36km, which is the length of the stage, that's what I'm going for. If it is LHAP, then the distance means the stage ends BEFORE you climb Leith Hill)
Stage 4 - Wed 30 Nov - first 43km of London Pretzel = Greater London Flat both directions, then Fox Hill, finishes at Mall Sprint banner
Stage 5 - Thu 1 Dec - 37km of Yorkshire UCI Worlds REVERSE = 2 & 2/3 laps, finishing at top of Pot Bank climb on third lap
Stage 6 - Fri 2 Dec - 44km of Royal Pump Room 8 = forward, reverse, forward of Yorkshire lap; unsure of exact finish here, seems to be somewhere between sprint banner and lap banner?
Stage 7 - Sat 3 Dec - Surrey Hills - 44km = Fox, Leith, most of Box, Keith, Fox again to finish
Stage 8 - Sun 4 Dec - Individual Time Trial on first 25km of London 8 Reverse = 1 & 1/3 laps of reverse London Loop, finishing on top of Fox Hill on second lap
Stage 1 - Sat 26 Nov - 56km of Triple Loops = 1 & a bit laps of course, including Leith Hill and most of Box Hill, plus extra 14km back to Mall Sprint finish
Stage 2 - Sun 27 Nov - Individual Time Trial on first 25km of PRL Full = 1 & 1/2 laps of original London Loop, finishing on top of Box Hill on second lap
Stage 3 - Mon 28 Nov - Keith Hill After Party* - 36km = starts with Greater London Flat, finishes at KOM on top of Keith Hill
(* stage poster says LKHAP, suggesting it could be Leith or Keith, but as KHAP is 36km, which is the length of the stage, that's what I'm going for. If it is LHAP, then the distance means the stage ends BEFORE you climb Leith Hill)
Stage 4 - Wed 30 Nov - first 43km of London Pretzel = Greater London Flat both directions, then Fox Hill, finishes at Mall Sprint banner
Stage 5 - Thu 1 Dec - 37km of Yorkshire UCI Worlds REVERSE = 2 & 2/3 laps, finishing at top of Pot Bank climb on third lap
Stage 6 - Fri 2 Dec - 44km of Royal Pump Room 8 = forward, reverse, forward of Yorkshire lap; unsure of exact finish here, seems to be somewhere between sprint banner and lap banner?
Stage 7 - Sat 3 Dec - Surrey Hills - 44km = Fox, Leith, most of Box, Keith, Fox again to finish
Stage 8 - Sun 4 Dec - Individual Time Trial on first 25km of London 8 Reverse = 1 & 1/3 laps of reverse London Loop, finishing on top of Fox Hill on second lap
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JuhaL
Guru
Arthur Hastings: Good lord
Well 6 laps of that may have felt like a nightmare whilst racing it, but the reults are a dream for the Splitters team! Best result so far this season - a win that takes us to the top of our league.
Special mention for Michael who scored an absolute hatfull of segment points and a top 10 finish for Peter who just seems to be getting better and better every week, but lots of great points scored across the board.
Nearly went a bit wrong for me on lap 2 when I did a solo attack for FAL points on the sprint - it worked, but I so very nearly got dropped after the sprint
. If only I'd known then that with all the points the others scored I could have just sat up and we'd have still won
How did Team CCC get on?
Special mention for Michael who scored an absolute hatfull of segment points and a top 10 finish for Peter who just seems to be getting better and better every week, but lots of great points scored across the board.
Nearly went a bit wrong for me on lap 2 when I did a solo attack for FAL points on the sprint - it worked, but I so very nearly got dropped after the sprint
. If only I'd known then that with all the points the others scored I could have just sat up and we'd have still wonHow did Team CCC get on?
Well 6 laps of that may have felt like a nightmare whilst racing it, but the reults are a dream for the Splitters team! Best result so far this season - a win that takes us to the top of our league.
Special mention for Michael who scored an absolute hatfull of segment points and a top 10 finish for Peter who just seems to be getting better and better every week, but lots of great points scored across the board.
Nearly went a bit wrong for me on lap 2 when I did a solo attack for FAL points on the sprint - it worked, but I so very nearly got dropped after the sprint
How did Team CCC get on?
Alex picked up 6 prime points but that's all we managed across the team. Alex fought well and came in 13th.
Andy and I got dropped at the 2nd sprint and formed a small group that was swamped by a larger chasing group with David in it. We all stayed together until the end where the 3 of us managed to come in between 20 and 30 ish.
Phil and John were about a minute behind in the 3rd group on the road. First time we've had the whole team finish in top 50 so a good outing for us given this is the top league.
All points not in yet, but we're looking to be 5th on the night and hopefully still 4th in the league. A league that is effectively already over as ART take all points pretty much and score over 100 points more than the team that comes second each week. So 4th is a really good position out of 14 teams
Looks like I averaged 900 watts for 15 seconds, with a max of 1070 watts, and scored zero points
Just can't compete against the big sprinters in that league. Next week will be a slaughter-fest 
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Looks like I averaged 900 watts for 15 seconds, with a max of 1070 watts, and scored zero points
I think we might have to come up with some strategies to see what we can do. Even if it's "all out for finish points"
mjd1988
Guru
Well 6 laps of that may have felt like a nightmare whilst racing it, but the reults are a dream for the Splitters team! Best result so far this season - a win that takes us to the top of our league.
Special mention for Michael who scored an absolute hatfull of segment points and a top 10 finish for Peter who just seems to be getting better and better every week, but lots of great points scored across the board.
Nearly went a bit wrong for me on lap 2 when I did a solo attack for FAL points on the sprint - it worked, but I so very nearly got dropped after the sprint
How did Team CCC get on?
Cheers Paul. Desperately searching for a video of the race lol. Huge team effort - ultimately we are only top because of finish line points across the league so far.
Interestingly there is less big watt sprinters this division than the one below - @Girafitti would have had a field day. 3 of us had success with long range attacks up the last climb. Which is odd as the pace was never really pushed the rest of the course aside from the hill and the sprint. I suspect I'll be in c numbers, it will be interesting to compare the numbers between the two cats whenever zwiftpower gets them worked up.
