Real money for cylcling at last - Race of Champions 2007 !

[Keith]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2007/abu_dhabi07

Wow !

 

[pacqueman]

Keith wrote:
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2007/abu_dhabi07
>
> Wow !

The Jebel Hafeet climb will surprise people: it's really quite tough
and the only recovery stretch is a downhill section about .5 km from
the top. A riding friend, who is a geologist at an oil company in
Dubai, says the average gradient over the 11km climb is 10%. Two of
the switchbacks are like walls. Fortunately, the road is wide and the
surface is excellent. Too bad they won't be descending it - there's
just a single road to the top.

A few years ago, a hill climb was held on this mountain. The winner's
prize was around AED40K (about USD10,800). The awards ceremony was
held at the Mercur hotel located close to the summit where a sheikh
handed out large bundles of cash to the victors.

 

[Keith]

On 12 Jan 2007 14:45:25 -0800, "pacqueman" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>Keith wrote:
>> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2007/abu_dhabi07
>>
>> Wow !
>
>The Jebel Hafeet climb will surprise people: it's really quite tough
>and the only recovery stretch is a downhill section about .5 km from
>the top. A riding friend, who is a geologist at an oil company in
>Dubai, says the average gradient over the 11km climb is 10%. Two of
>the switchbacks are like walls. Fortunately, the road is wide and the
>surface is excellent. Too bad they won't be descending it - there's
>just a single road to the top.
>
>A few years ago, a hill climb was held on this mountain. The winner's
>prize was around AED40K (about USD10,800). The awards ceremony was
>held at the Mercur hotel located close to the summit where a sheikh
>handed out large bundles of cash to the victors.

Clearly something to look forward to, hope it will be shown on TV !

 

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <[email protected]>,
Keith <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12 Jan 2007 14:45:25 -0800, "pacqueman" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >Keith wrote:
> >> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2007/abu_dhabi07
> >>
> >> Wow !
> >
> >The Jebel Hafeet climb will surprise people: it's really quite tough
> >and the only recovery stretch is a downhill section about .5 km from
> >the top. A riding friend, who is a geologist at an oil company in
> >Dubai, says the average gradient over the 11km climb is 10%. Two of
> >the switchbacks are like walls. Fortunately, the road is wide and the
> >surface is excellent. Too bad they won't be descending it - there's
> >just a single road to the top.
> >
> >A few years ago, a hill climb was held on this mountain. The winner's
> >prize was around AED40K (about USD10,800). The awards ceremony was
> >held at the Mercur hotel located close to the summit where a sheikh
> >handed out large bundles of cash to the victors.
>
> Clearly something to look forward to, hope it will be shown on TV !

What, large bundles of cash being handled by cyclists? It will be just
like spring training with Dr. Fuentes!

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