Has any US based multi stage race tried this before? This will either be really fun, or really freakin' stupid. A crit on this course may be fun to watch though.
"Two firsts for the Tour will take place on Thursday, April 24 - venue and event. Stage Four (view course layout ) features a 10-mile (16.1 km) Team Time Trial at Road Atlanta. Renowned for its hilly 2.5-mile, 12-turn race track used for motorsports events like Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta will host a Tour stage for the first time. The Tour de Georgia has hosted an individual time trial for four consecutive years, but this is the inaugural Team Time Trial. In this exciting race against the clock, each team must field all eight riders at one time. Teams will begin in heats; two teams on the track at once. More details about this stage will be announced on March 19th."
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Has any US based multi stage race tried this before? This will either be really fun, or really freakin' stupid. A crit on this course may be fun to watch though.
"Two firsts for the Tour will take place on Thursday, April 24 - venue and event. Stage Four (view course layout ) features a 10-mile (16.1 km) Team Time Trial at Road Atlanta. Renowned for its hilly 2.5-mile, 12-turn race track used for motorsports events like Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta will host a Tour stage for the first time. The Tour de Georgia has hosted an individual time trial for four consecutive years, but this is the inaugural Team Time Trial. In this exciting race against the clock, each team must field all eight riders at one time. Teams will begin in heats; two teams on the track at once. More details about this stage will be announced on March 19th."
IIRC, the 1987 Pan Am games TTT in Indianapolis was held on the Indy 500 track. However it does not have the elevation changes that RA has. That could disrupt team rhythm considerably.
Has any US based multi stage race tried this before? This will either be really fun, or really freakin' stupid. A crit on this course may be fun to watch though.
"Two firsts for the Tour will take place on Thursday, April 24 - venue and event. Stage Four (view course layout ) features a 10-mile (16.1 km) Team Time Trial at Road Atlanta. Renowned for its hilly 2.5-mile, 12-turn race track used for motorsports events like Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta will host a Tour stage for the first time. The Tour de Georgia has hosted an individual time trial for four consecutive years, but this is the inaugural Team Time Trial. In this exciting race against the clock, each team must field all eight riders at one time. Teams will begin in heats; two teams on the track at once. More details about this stage will be announced on March 19th."
Pretty twisty and technical for a TTT, but should be interesting if not a complete CF.
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Has any US based multi stage race tried this before? This will either be really fun, or really freakin' stupid. A crit on this course may be fun to watch though.
"Two firsts for the Tour will take place on Thursday, April 24 - venue and event. Stage Four (view course layout ) features a 10-mile (16.1 km) Team Time Trial at Road Atlanta. Renowned for its hilly 2.5-mile, 12-turn race track used for motorsports events like Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta will host a Tour stage for the first time. The Tour de Georgia has hosted an individual time trial for four consecutive years, but this is the inaugural Team Time Trial. In this exciting race against the clock, each team must field all eight riders at one time. Teams will begin in heats; two teams on the track at once. More details about this stage will be announced on March 19th."
Pretty twisty and technical for a TTT, but should be interesting if not a complete CF.
Not really technical at all at bicycle speeds; RA's not really even considered a tight course by motor racing standards. And not that hilly either by cycling standards; max elevation difference around the 2.5mi is about 110ft or so as I recall, with the biggest climb at any one point being around half that. Think they're running it counterclockwise, backwards from the way the motors do it, which will make it even less technical since they won't be dropping down the steep way into the esses, though the climbing will be tougher doing that way.
They used to have road races there around 20 years ago in fact. Seems to be a mini-resurgence of such; in fact there was just a local race held at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL. http://ridetoliverace.com/2008_photos.htm.
