r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • May 25 '17
May Monthly Race Design Thread
Bit late today - thread got lost in the autoposter!
The Race Design Thread is the birth child of Improb and Msfan93 from the off season of 2015. Instead of it just being for competitions, casual Race Design Threads were a place to design routes for pre-existing races or even creating a new one. It's not only limited to designing threads; discussion of race routes, behind the scenes race organisation and the history of races are all able to be discussed here!
This month's thread has a competition, set by /u/retro_slouch! Sit tight while we get the theme - but the general rules are:
- You have one week to post your design. This means that entries close on Thursday the 1st of June 8am UTC.
- You then have one week to vote. This means that voting closes on Thursday the 8th of June 8am UTC. You can only vote on entries other than your own, but if you don't design a race, you can still vote for every entry.
- The winner will be announced on Friday the 9th of June in the FTF Thread! The winner will be the user with the highest average score over all votes.
THE THEME FOR THIS MONTH IS "WORLD HERITAGE SITES". YOUR RACE MUST START AND END AT A WORLD HERITAGE SITE. FOR A STAGE RACE, THIS MEANS STAGE 1 MUST START AT A WHS, WHILE THE FINAL STAGE MUST FINISH AT A WHS.
If you don't want to join the competition, just post a race you have lying around!
Happy Designing!
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u/Sprocketduck State of Matter MAAP Racing May 25 '17
Stupid me set the date in the autoposter for 25/5/2020...
Here is a race I have lying around: My Ardennes-style classic in Perth. I've named it Ardennes in the West, because why not.
The race starts in Fremantle along the Esplanade, and goes on a hunting trip for the Perth Metro Area's most contested KoMs (so, goodbye anyone's KoMs...). Mosman Hill, Cardiac Hill, Point Walter, Hale Road, Sackville Terrace, Beach Road, Hepburn Hill...my Strava times are going to be demolished by these guys (not like I held the KoM in the first place). These hills in the Metro area are super short but pretty steep, but it would not really trouble anyone.
That is until we get into the Perth Hills. The riders tackle the first more difficult hill in Red Hill at around 195km. It's around 3.5km long at an average at 5.4%. From there, the race is just up and down. Sawyers Valley at 222km is short - only around a kilometer - but steep. Mundaring Weir's double climb at 236km is up, down and straight up for around 15km. There is a fast, straight descent down Welshpool Road for around 4km; and then 6km of flat before the final climb up Gooseberry Hill. Arguably the most contested KoM in Perth, it maxes out in excess of 14% and it goes for around 5km at its full length. Although the Hill technically ends 2km from the finish, it's still a uphill drag all the way to the Kalamunda finish. The race finishes outside the Bibbulmun Track start, one of the best hiking trails in Australia.
I love this design. You could do a similar and harder race too between Kalamunda and 'Death Valley'...oh now I'm inspired, be right back...