CLASICA DE COIHAIQUE
Really interesting race in Chile. No chance for sprinters but both climbers and classic can say something here.
Last 5kms:
+1 +3 +4 +2 +5
Two sieb kms at km 126-127: +7 +7
THE SPRINGBOK CLASSIC '14
Two circuits to be repeated two times each one. The first, hilly but max 5%. The second one has two sieb kms, one at 7%, the other at 6%. The last sieb is at 13km from the end, enough short to be played by classics. Have fun in 2014 Springbok Classic!
SANTA BARBARA CLASSIC '14
The Santa Barbara Classic finally presented and ready for RSF!
The race starts with a circuit repeated for 6 times, not so impegnative with max 4%, but energy expensive. It's a continuos up and down, just 4kms are +0 in this 22km circuit. Then finally we are ready to move to Camino Cielo where things will move up a lot (we hope).
Here starts the min-tact (47km a bit loooooong). The climb is really impegnative: +5 +6 +9 +7 +8 +10 +10 +10 +9 +4 +5 +4 +6 +4 +7, then down for 2kms -8 -5 and then again up to reach the 2nd cat GPM, +4 +4 +4 +8 +4 Then downhill till the last 10 fundamental kms.
+2 -2 +1 +2 -6 -5 -1 -7 -3 +6 +3.
The uphill end will move again things up.
A really strong classic can do something good here, but guess the final word will be for climbers.
CLASICA DE CUILAPA '14
BELMOPAN - DANGRIGA '14
A race for sprinters. At the beginning a circuit which is not completely flat but that doesn't hide much problems for the peloton. Then the central part, the most difficult one with two sieb kms, the first one a +6% at km 86 and the second one a +7% at km 119. Then the third part from km 127, all pretty flat or downhill. 42kms for sprinters to come back after the sieb should be enough.