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  1. Original post
    Tom Kunich
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    Right now it looks like the Giro (barring any surprises on Saturday) is
    going to come down to tomorrows mountain stage and the final individual time
    trial.

    The final TT looks a whole lot like the last one with a pretty good climb of
    about 600 feet in the middle of it (for those who live in the east San
    Francisco bay area that's about the height of Skyline at Redwood Rd.).

    Paolo pretty much matched Ivan in the first TT so that's a toss-up.

    That makes tomorrow's mountain stage important. Paolo HAS to retain his
    proximity to CSC's Basso to stand a chance of winning the Giro.

    What's going to happen? With Tom Danielson out Discovery is out their best
    climber for support of Savoldelli.

    Tune in tomorrow and let's see WHAT THE HELL HAPPENS!

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  2. Tom Kunich
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    Tomorrow is a rest day and soon we'll see the ITT which then sets up
    the problems with the Seistrierre stage. This is going to KILL Deluca
    if he doesn't have a good day. And if Danielo has to put everything
    into the ITT how will he face a really hard Olympic stage?

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  3. Chris M
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    Where is Redwood Rd.? I have not been down that way for 3 years and and
    I simply can't rememer. Most of Skyline is quite a bit higher than 600
    ft. I think only near Crystal Springs does it get that low. Are you
    talking about the difference between the bottom and the top of that
    road? Dang, why can't I remember?

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  4. Robert Chung
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    Chris M said:

    Where is Redwood Rd.? I have not been down that way for 3 years and and
    I simply can't rememer. Most of Skyline is quite a bit higher than 600
    ft. I think only near Crystal Springs does it get that low. Are you
    talking about the difference between the bottom and the top of that
    road? Dang, why can't I remember?

    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=skyline+blvd+and+redwood+rd,+94619&hl=en

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  5. Robert Chung
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    Robert Chung said:
    Chris M said:

    Where is Redwood Rd.? I have not been down that way for 3 years and and
    I simply can't rememer. Most of Skyline is quite a bit higher than 600
    ft. I think only near Crystal Springs does it get that low. Are you
    talking about the difference between the bottom and the top of that
    road? Dang, why can't I remember?

    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=skyline+blvd+and+redwood+rd,+94619&hl=en

    BTW, the elevation at that intersection is 1000 feet.
    http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=4183839&e=573006&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25

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  6. Tom Kunich
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    "Chris M" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Where is Redwood Rd.? I have not been down that way for 3 years and and
    I simply can't rememer. Most of Skyline is quite a bit higher than 600
    ft. I think only near Crystal Springs does it get that low. Are you
    talking about the difference between the bottom and the top of that
    road? Dang, why can't I remember?

    Wrong Skyline. The road on the top of the Oakland hills is Skyline as well
    and it is about 600-800 feet depending on location.

    You're quite correct that most of the western peninsula Skyline is indeed
    over 1,000 feet and I think that the high spot is 1,600.

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  7. Tom Kunich
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    "Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Robert Chung said:
    Chris M said:

    Where is Redwood Rd.? I have not been down that way for 3 years and and
    I simply can't rememer. Most of Skyline is quite a bit higher than 600
    ft. I think only near Crystal Springs does it get that low. Are you
    talking about the difference between the bottom and the top of that
    road? Dang, why can't I remember?

    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=skyline+blvd+and+redwood+rd,+94619&hl=en

    BTW, the elevation at that intersection is 1000 feet.
    http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=4183839&e=573006&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25

    Yeah but where you actually start the climb is at the intersection of
    Highway 13 and Redwood Rd which is a little under 500 feet to start. On my
    Altimeter it has always shown about 600 ft of climbing up that road. And it
    ain't that much fun since it's 12% for a good deal of the way. And the
    traffic sucks.

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