Tour de France Jerseys ????

[The Real Slim S]

Hello, Please correct me, I think they are yellow=overall leader, green=best sprinter and
dotted=best in the mountains. Anyone ever won all of them in one tour?

Another thing. How would our hills in England rate to those in the Tour? Particularly ones in the
Midlands - you know the sort of 15% one mile long ones? Do the mountains in the tour go on and on
and on AND are incredibly steep? Anyone like to compare them to what they have done in the UK?

Interested.....

Slim

 

[Jim Price]

The Real Slim Shady wrote:

> Hello, Please correct me, I think they are yellow=overall leader, green=best sprinter and
> dotted=best in the mountains. Anyone ever won all of them in one tour?

Eddy Mercx.

> Another thing. How would our hills in England rate to those in the Tour? Particularly ones in the
> Midlands - you know the sort of 15% one mile long ones? Do the mountains in the tour go on and on
> and on AND are incredibly steep? Anyone like to compare them to what they have done in the UK?

In the Midlands, the only one I know well is Fish Hill (just outside of Evesham). I have been told
it would be rated about a category 2 climb. We just do not have high enough mountains in the UK to
get true Hors Categorie climbs.

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Jim Price

http://www.jimprice.dsl.pipex.com

Conscientious objection is hard work in an economic war.

 

[The Real Slim S]

Wow, So a category 4 is a vertical wall then!!!!

How does the category system work? For example, anyone know that hill coming out of Robin Hoods Bay
in Yorkshire? Or what about the climb out of Weymouth heading toward Lyme Regis. Both of those are
bastards since they are steep and long; even in the car you have to drop down into second!!! How
would they rate?

Slim

"Jim Price" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The Real Slim Shady wrote:
>
> > Hello, Please correct me, I think they are yellow=overall leader, green=best sprinter and
> > dotted=best in the mountains. Anyone ever won all of them
in
> > one tour?
>
> Eddy Mercx.
>
> > Another thing. How would our hills in England rate to those in the
Tour?
> > Particularly ones in the Midlands - you know the sort of 15% one mile
long
> > ones? Do the mountains in the tour go on and on and on AND are
incredibly
> > steep? Anyone like to compare them to what they have done in the UK?
>
> In the Midlands, the only one I know well is Fish Hill (just outside of Evesham). I have been told
> it would be rated about a category 2 climb. We just do not have high enough mountains in the UK to
> get true Hors Categorie climbs.
>
> --
> Jim Price
>
> http://www.jimprice.dsl.pipex.com
>
> Conscientious objection is hard work in an economic war.

 

[Jim Price]

The Real Slim Shady wrote:

> Wow, So a category 4 is a vertical wall then!!!!

Only if you ride along the top of it, and its not too steep. The numbers get smaller as the
difficulty increases, until you go past 1, when you just get Hors Categorie.

> How does the category system work?

A google search here and rec.bicycles.racing will get you lots of possible ways. Some of them may
even be similar to how they're actually worked out.

> For example, anyone know that hill coming out of Robin Hoods Bay in Yorkshire? Or what about the
> climb out of Weymouth heading toward Lyme Regis. Both of those are bastards since they are steep
> and long; even in the car you have to drop down into second!!! How would they rate?

Um, sorry, don't know. You could get an estimate by counting contour lines crossed per mile and
compare that to something known...

--
Jim Price

http://www.jimprice.dsl.pipex.com

Conscientious objection is hard work in an economic war.

 

[M Series]

Yellow for the rider who completes the course in the fastest time Green for the winner on point.
Points awarded fot placings at finished and intermediate points Polka Dot for the points awarded at
summits of climbs

Alpine and Pyrenean Cols are usually much longer than British hills, often up to 10 miles in length.
Val Thorens used in 1994 was about 18 miles long. Not as steep though. For example the Col de
Tourmalet rarely goes over 10% but the summit is 2115m above sea level, the climb from Luz Saint
Saveur is 12 miles long. Most Pyrenean Cols are around 8% most of the way.

"The Real Slim Shady" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello, Please correct me, I think they are yellow=overall leader, green=best sprinter and
> dotted=best in the mountains. Anyone ever won all of them in one tour?
>
> Another thing. How would our hills in England rate to those in the Tour? Particularly ones in the
> Midlands - you know the sort of 15% one mile long ones? Do the mountains in the tour go on and on
> and on AND are incredibly steep? Anyone like to compare them to what they have done in the UK?
>
> Interested.....
>
> Slim

 

[Dan Gregory]

"The Real Slim Shady" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Another thing. How would our hills in England rate to those in the Tour? Particularly ones in the
> Midlands - you know the sort of 15% one mile long ones? Do the mountains in the tour go on and on
> and on AND are incredibly steep? Anyone like to compare them to what they have done in the UK?
For all Europe check out http://www.salite.ch/ For the Vuelta see
http://www.altimetrias.com/default.asp All the best Dan Gregory

 

[rigsby@degsy]

As far as I am aware the catagories fro climbs originally
came from cars or vehicles.

Meaning the gear you had to use to go up the mountains.

EG...4th cat climb would mean 4th gear in car
1st cat climb would mean 1st gear in car.

I am not sure however, what gear a car would use for H.Cat.
Probably 1st again, but with a lot more revs etc.

About comparing UK hills to France...not sure.

I just rode the Phil & Friends ride going over Holme Moss etc.

Would be interesting to know what cat. this would be rated in the tour.
Anyone care to answer that Holme moss ?

Del.

 

[Dave Larrington]

The Real Slim Shady wrote:

> Another thing. How would our hills in England rate to those in the Tour? Particularly ones in the
> Midlands - you know the sort of 15% one mile long ones? Do the mountains in the tour go on and on
> and on AND are incredibly steep? Anyone like to compare them to what they have done in the UK?

http://draco.acs.uci.edu/rbfaq/FAQ/5.3.html tells much about the rating of climbs in the Tour. Most
serious Brit hills are steeper than Alpine and Pyreneen ascents but a lot shorter.

A rare exception is Hartside, between Alston and Penrith, which Mr. Macadam built with a constant
and comparatively gentle gradient for the Benefit of Horses, and is somwhere over five miles from
the bridge over the South Tyne at the bottom to the cafe at the top. Though this pales into
insignificane beside the fifteen or twenty or more miles of some of the big ones over there.

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
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[Dan Gregory]

"rigsby@degsy" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:3f45f3d0
> I am not sure however, what gear a car would use for H.Cat.
"Hors" outside ... get out and push! All the best Dan G