Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2626
Location: Canberra, Australia8/20/18 2:45 AM |
Arctic Tour of Norway
Anyone been watching this? Good Eurosport coverage, and the racing (and scenery) have been excellent. The wind really blew on stage 2, and echelons were forming all over the place as the road wound back and forth and up and down over a landscape totally devoid of trees. At one point the bunch (what was left of it) were cruising at almost 70kph along a flat section of road with a tailwind, and a few kilmetres later they were plugging straight into the wind at only just over 25kph. Stage 3 had what must be the lowest KoM in any race anywhere - it starts at over 200m below sea level in the middle of the North Cape Tunnel, and finishes at the tunnel exit at about 20m elevation. The stage also finished at what must be the most appropriately named town anywhere to host a cycle race finish - Hammerfest.
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