2016 MFP Classics Challenge - Ride Logging Thread
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13/02/2016 - Trofeo-Laigueglia - 104.2km - 1054m https://www.strava.com/activities/492312839
27/02/2016 - Omloop het Nieuwsblad - 84.6km - 535m https://www.strava.com/activities/503716004
28/02/2016 - Kuurne-Brussels-Kurne - 109.1km - 780m https://www.strava.com/activities/504647290
02/03/2016 - Le Samyn - 14km - 60m - https://www.strava.com/activities/506906310
06/03/2016 - Strade Bianche - DNR
20/03/2016 - Milan SanRemo - 113.9km -707m - https://www.strava.com/activities/521705403
23/03/2016 - Dwars d Vlaanderen - 59.5km - 412m - https://www.strava.com/activities/524366447
25/03/2016 - E3 Harelbeke - DNR
27/03/2016 - Gent Wevelgem - DNR
I know you saw my status 'off sick' but here for completeness.0 -
Jakess1971 wrote: »13/02/2016 - Trofeo-Laigueglia - 104.2km - 1054m https://www.strava.com/activities/492312839
27/02/2016 - Omloop het Nieuwsblad - 84.6km - 535m https://www.strava.com/activities/503716004
28/02/2016 - Kuurne-Brussels-Kurne - 109.1km - 780m https://www.strava.com/activities/504647290
02/03/2016 - Le Samyn - 14km - 60m - https://www.strava.com/activities/506906310
06/03/2016 - Strade Bianche - DNR
20/03/2016 - Milan SanRemo - 113.9km -707m - https://www.strava.com/activities/521705403
23/03/2016 - Dwars d Vlaanderen - 59.5km - 412m - https://www.strava.com/activities/524366447
25/03/2016 - E3 Harelbeke - DNR
27/03/2016 - Gent Wevelgem - DNR
I know you saw my status 'off sick' but here for completeness.
Cheers Jas, I'd picked up your DNS from my newsfeed, but it's always best to post in here, that way everyone can see, not just people on your "freinds list"...
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right folks, as stated yesterday, that's the cut-off time expired - any rides not booked now, will not get entered for points in this event.
Watch the Discussion thread for official results posting coming soon
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03.04.2016 Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres
The Tour of Flanders or to give it it’s correct name Ronde van Vlaanderen, is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI World Tour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar. It is the most important cycling race in Flanders. Its nickname is Vlaanderens mooiste (Dutch for "Flanders' finest").
The Tour of Flanders was conceived in 1913 by Karel Van Wijnendaele, co-founder of the sportspaper Sportwereld. In that era it was customary for publishers of newspapers and magazines to organise cycling races as a way of promoting circulation.
Historically, the race was usually held on the same day as the Milan–San Remo competition in Italy. Prominent Italian and French racers preferred the latter which explains why there was only a single non-Belgian winner before the war. After the war the race grew in importance when it became a part of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, a precursor of today's UCI ProTour, of which it is now a major round. The record holders are the Belgians, Achiel Buysse, Eric Leman, Johan Museeuw, and Tom Boonen, and the Italian, Fiorenzo Magni, each with three victories.
The course has changed considerably. For the first 30 years it was a loop starting and ending in Ghent, although the finish moved every few years.
In 1913 the race at first went inland to St-Niklaas before turning a clockwise circle through Aalst, Kortrijk, out to the coast at Ostend and then back to Ghent with a detour to Roeselare. The course stayed the same in 1914 but without the leg to the coast.
In 1919 the direction turned to counter-clockwise, turning south at Brugge. The route extended to the coast in 1920 and stayed that way until 1938, heading out through Eeklo and Brugge to reach the North Sea between Ostend and Blankenberge. Van Wijnendaele included the coast through his sentimental vision of Flanders. The ride there was often into a strong wind that inhibited attacks but spelled the end for those left behind the shelter of the main field. Turning left at the sea meant the wind blew from the side, producing the diagonal line of riders, each sheltering the other, characteristic of the Ronde and other Belgian races.
It changed with the outbreak of war because access to the coast was restricted.
The wartime route was a circle within the heart of Flanders but the return of peace brought the race back to its pre-War route in 1946. It stayed much the same until 1952, when the ride to the coast was abandoned and the route turned off in Brugge. The stretch to and along the coast came back in 1961 only to disappear again in 1964. From 1973 the race was no longer a loop. It started in Ghent and finished in Meerbeke, still not taking in the sea. Then Ghent was abandoned in 1977 and the start was moved to the neighbouring city of Sint-Niklaas. The race now curved only around inland Flanders, going no further west than Eeklo or Roeselare. Only the move of the start to Bruges brought the race back along the North Sea, although avoiding almost all the long windy ride to get there. The move from Sint-Niklaas to Bruges brought criticism unrelated to the route change. Until then it had been a tradition that spectators could mix and meet with riders before the start.
Fer Schroeder said: "On the Grote Markt at St-Niklaas, at the foot of the magnificent town hall, the start of the Ronde was always a privileged moment. The riders came there to sign their papers for the race before happily going to meet their fans, giving autographs, posing for a souvenir photograph with a young admirer. So far as that is concerned, times and customs have changed since 1998 and the five-year agreement with the city of Bruges. Now there are railings to hold back the public from mixing with the riders. The start of the Ronde van Vlaanderen has manifestly lost, in its new configuration, everything that made it charming."
The strategic part of the race comes after it has turned back inland, running just north of the French border. The course goes into the only short, sharp hills in the otherwise flat Flanders countryside. The route twists and turns to ride as many as possible. Some of the hills are cobbled and one – the Koppenberg – has been dropped some years because of its danger and difficulty. It is hard for riders to take all the climb while still riding. A fall by one rider can bring down many others and, in turn, halt those behind. The stopped and fallen often have to continue to the top on foot. In 1984 only two riders – Phil Anderson and Jan Raas – got up without walking.
The Koppenberg returned in 2003 after its surface was improved. It was then dropped again in 2007, replaced by the Kluisberg and the Côte de Trieu, which had roadworks in previous years, and the first ascent of the Eikenmolen. The Koppenberg came back in 2008 after the city of Oudenaarde renovated it.
The short, sharp hills are a defining feature of the Ronde. The race has offered prizes to the first on many of them for more than half a century. There were 500 francs offered in 1940 for the first rider up the Kwaremont, Edelare and Kruisberg. A combined prize for performances on all the hills came in 1950, when Maurits Blomme won bedroom furniture as the best climber. The prize at the top of the Kruisberg in 1953 was a washing machine. The first up the Wall of Geraardsbergen won 18,000 francs. In 1950 Fiorenzo Magni won 30,000 francs in primes during a long breakaway, enough to buy a house.
This years parcours takes in the following hills – hellingen in Dutch
Oude-Kwaremont @ km103.1, Kortekeeer @km113.6, Eikenberg @ km121.3,
Wolvenburg @ km124.4, Molenberg @ km136.6, Leberg @ km157.1,Berendries @ 161.2,
Valkenberg @ km165.5, Kaperij @ km 177.1, Kanarieberg @ km 184.5
Oude-Kwaremeont (pass 2) @ km200.4, Paterberg @ km203.8, Koppenberg @ km210.4,
Steenbeekdries @ km215.8,Taaienberg @ km218.3, Kruisberg/Hotond @ km228.5,
Oude-Kwaremeont (pass 3) @ km238.3, Paterberg (pass 2) @ km241.8
There are also 6 sectors of pave –
Ruiterrstraat @ km129.5, Kerkgate @ km132.8, Holloweg @ km135.4, Paddestraat @ km147.1,
Haaghoek @ km159.7, Mariaborestraat @ km218.6 (distances approximate) There’s a route sheet available from the RVV’s Website (http://www.rondevanvlaanderen.be/en)
http://rvv.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/3313/original/rvv2016-elite-men-roadmap.pdf?1458554370
My personal Favourite memory of the Ronde would have to be 2010, with Fabian Cancellara just riding away from Tom Boonen on the cobbles…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn-oHTCgR84
And, once again, there’s a sportif version for anyone inspired/mad enough to want to ride the parcours… this version is particularly impressive, as it’s actually run the day before the race, so theoretically, you should get as near as possible the same experience as the pro’s…
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Thread will open, as per usual around noon Friday (1st April 2015 BST)
Bonus Points as Follows:
In Ride Bonus - 1 point for 500m of ascent, 2 points for 1000m, 3 Points for 1500m or above. Extra 1pt. Bonus for anyone who's Strava Ride shows via Stravistix that they spend 2 minutes or more at 10% or steeper over the duration of the ride.
Snack Bonus - 1 point for Waffles OR Belgian Chocolate (eat both if you want, but there's only 1 point for it...)
Post Ride Recovery Drink - 1 point for any GENUINE Belgian beer... so, Hoegaarden, Leffe, Duvel or any fancy trappist stuff you can find... I reserve the right to withold points if someone posts "wifebeater", or award extra if someone gets a really exotic one (think 2 for "dubbels" and 3 for "trippels")!
Nothing for Pavé this week - I'm saving that one for Next Week.
And I'm rolling out the "Billy No Mates" bonus - 2 point extra for anyone who's riding solo... extra kudos to the poor benighted souls out in the freezing conditions for 4-5 hours with only their Garmin and that irritating creak from the rear mudguard for company
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3/4/2016 - Tour des Flandres - 117.9km - 693m - https://www.strava.com/activities/534103002/
Nigel no mates pic on strava. Don't think I went up any 10% this week, it was more about distance than elevation. Garmin lied to me with distance, registered 118km when up loaded short by 30m. OCD is twitching.
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13/02/2016 - Trofeo-Laigueglia - 104.2km - 1054m https://www.strava.com/activities/492312839
27/02/2016 - Omloop het Nieuwsblad - 84.6km - 535m https://www.strava.com/activities/503716004
28/02/2016 - Kuurne-Brussels-Kurne - 109.1km - 780m https://www.strava.com/activities/504647290
02/03/2016 - Le Samyn - 14km - 60m - https://www.strava.com/activities/506906310
06/03/2016 - Strade Bianche - DNR
20/03/2016 - Milan SanRemo - 113.9km -707m - https://www.strava.com/activities/521705403
23/03/2016 - Dwars d Vlaanderen - 59.5km - 412m - https://www.strava.com/activities/524366447
25/03/2016 - E3 Harelbeke - DNR
27/03/2016 - Gent Wevelgem - DNR
3/4/2016 - Tour des Flandres - 55.4km - 484m - https://www.strava.com/activities/534447923
FYI - Back on the old Strava account, A lovely mornings ride that started rather overcast but finished in the sunshine, very gentle ride with the gf Adrienne.0 -
3/4/2016 - Tour des Flandres - 117.9km - 693m - https://www.strava.com/activities/534103002/
Nigel no mates pic on strava. Don't think I went up any 10% this week, it was more about distance than elevation. Garmin lied to me with distance, registered 118km when up loaded short by 30m. OCD is twitching.
Climbing Bonus 1pt, Gradients Bonus 0pt ( only 1m36s in the 10%+ gradient zone - it's surprising how the small rises add up though!), Billy-no-mates Bonus 2pts. - total bonuses 3pts
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3/4/2016 - Ronde van Vlaanderen Ride - https://www.strava.com/activities/534487954# - 38.1km 296m (0 ascent bonuses) of ascent, ridden solo (2 Billy-Bonus pts)
6m46s in the 10%+ ascent zone (2 bonus points)
Post ride Snack time... (also embedded in strava)
Waffles #mfpclassicschallenge #mfprondevanvlaanderen - post ride reward time 0 -
3/4/16 119.9km 467m https://www.strava.com/activities/5345528370
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03/04/16 Ronde van Vlaanderen https://www.strava.com/activities/534757486 60.4 km 253 m.
A remarkably flat ride, so no gradient bonuses for me. Disappointingly no food or drink related bonuses either. The vast majority of the ride was done as Norman No Mates, but I did meet up with a non-cycling friend on her electric bike to go through town to the cocktail bar.0 -
3/4/16 119.9km 467m https://www.strava.com/activities/534552837
Ascent Bonus - 0, Gradients Bonus - 0, BNM Bonus - 0 (Group ride), Total Bonuses Claimed - 0
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ruthbardell wrote: »03/04/16 Ronde van Vlaanderen https://www.strava.com/activities/534757486 60.4 km 253 m.
A remarkably flat ride, so no gradient bonuses for me. Disappointingly no food or drink related bonuses either. The vast majority of the ride was done as Norman No Mates, but I did meet up with a non-cycling friend on her electric bike to go through town to the cocktail bar.
Ascent Bonus - 0, Gradients Bonus - 0, BNM Bonus - 1 (shouldn't have mentioned the e-bike, but as it was just a bit in town, I'll give half-points
), Total Bonuses Claimed - 1
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Jakess1971 wrote: »13/02/2016 - Trofeo-Laigueglia - 104.2km - 1054m https://www.strava.com/activities/492312839
27/02/2016 - Omloop het Nieuwsblad - 84.6km - 535m https://www.strava.com/activities/503716004
28/02/2016 - Kuurne-Brussels-Kurne - 109.1km - 780m https://www.strava.com/activities/504647290
02/03/2016 - Le Samyn - 14km - 60m - https://www.strava.com/activities/506906310
06/03/2016 - Strade Bianche - DNR
20/03/2016 - Milan SanRemo - 113.9km -707m - https://www.strava.com/activities/521705403
23/03/2016 - Dwars d Vlaanderen - 59.5km - 412m - https://www.strava.com/activities/524366447
25/03/2016 - E3 Harelbeke - DNR
27/03/2016 - Gent Wevelgem - DNR
3/4/2016 - Tour des Flandres - 55.4km - 484m - https://www.strava.com/activities/534447923
FYI - Back on the old Strava account, A lovely mornings ride that started rather overcast but finished in the sunshine, very gentle ride with the gf Adrienne.
Elevation Bonus-0,Gradients Bonus-1, BNM-0, Total bonus 1pt
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03/04/2016 - Ronde Van Vlaanderen - 70.7km - 61 - https://www.strava.com/activities/534986436
Let the house on the bicycle at around 10:20, and started my ride into the town of Hamel. When I arrived in Hamel, my Cyclemeter app on my phone GPF'd, and I had to restart it. It totally lost the ride to that point. I Apple Watch captured the entire ride, but I'm not sure how I would get the GPS track off of it. I restarted my Cyclemeter app, and headed north. It was a nice sunny day, with 18 MPH tailwinds out of the South - South West. Rode to Farmersville, which is where my wife had agreed to pick me up. Most of my riding was on Route 66, which still is travelled by tourists every summer. When I arrived in Farmersville, I had one bite of Belgium chocolate, as I'm on a low carb diet and can't have sugar. I had also purchased two beers that claimed to be from Belgium. I liked the label of the Fat Tire beer, so I bought it, but I noticed that it was bottled in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, so I doubt it is the genuine article. I posted the photos of the beers too Strava, but I'm no beer expert and don't know if either is the correct beer. My lovely spouse arrived and drove me back to our humble abode. Over all, it was an enjoyable ride.0 -
3/4/16: Ronde Van Vlaanderen - 18.2 km, 69 m - https://www.strava.com/activities/535051096
-- I'll claim my second ride since it's just slightly longer. I was going to string that whole thing together but they needed some help at the bike corral and I wondered around the kite festival for a bit too. No chocolate and no beer.0 -
03/04/2016 - Ronde Van Vlaanderen - 70.7km - 61 - https://www.strava.com/activities/534986436
Let the house on the bicycle at around 10:20, and started my ride into the town of Hamel. When I arrived in Hamel, my Cyclemeter app on my phone GPF'd, and I had to restart it. It totally lost the ride to that point. I Apple Watch captured the entire ride, but I'm not sure how I would get the GPS track off of it. I restarted my Cyclemeter app, and headed north. It was a nice sunny day, with 18 MPH tailwinds out of the South - South West. Rode to Farmersville, which is where my wife had agreed to pick me up. Most of my riding was on Route 66, which still is travelled by tourists every summer. When I arrived in Farmersville, I had one bite of Belgium chocolate, as I'm on a low carb diet and can't have sugar. I had also purchased two beers that claimed to be from Belgium. I liked the label of the Fat Tire beer, so I bought it, but I noticed that it was bottled in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, so I doubt it is the genuine article. I posted the photos of the beers too Strava, but I'm no beer expert and don't know if either is the correct beer. My lovely spouse arrived and drove me back to our humble abode. Over all, it was an enjoyable ride.
Elevation 0pt, Gradient 0pt, Snack 1pt, Refreshment 1pt (Hoegaarden, Mmmmm),BNM Bonus 2pt, - Total Bonuses 4pt
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verdemujer wrote: »3/4/16: Ronde Van Vlaanderen - 18.2 km, 69 m - https://www.strava.com/activities/535051096
-- I'll claim my second ride since it's just slightly longer. I was going to string that whole thing together but they needed some help at the bike corral and I wondered around the kite festival for a bit too. No chocolate and no beer.
Elevation 0pt, Gradient 0pt, Snack 0pt, Refreshment 0pt ,BNM Bonus 2pt, - Total Bonuses 2pt
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All rides booked to this point folks...
2 DNS notices sent via PM -
@jillyian and @KitTheRoadie
intrim results available in the spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1USBZpOdSTdQu0Ia9K3Nh1nwot8aj1I7p8bxlfm_N9JE/edit?usp=sharing0 -
Okay folks - I'm calling time on the RVV. Watch the discussion thread for results hopefully later today, and in here tomorrow for the writeup on Wednesday's Event...0
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The Scheldeprijs is a Flanders Classics cycling race which starts in Antwerp and finishes in Schoten. The event, ranked at 1.HC on the UCI European calendar, is seen as a race for sprinters, held on flat roads over roughly 200 kilometres. The race is one circuit of 155 kilometres into the countryside of Antwerp province followed by three circuits of 15 kilometres based on Schoten. The route includes seven cobbled sections varying between 1300 and 3000 metres. Until 2009 the race took place in mid-April on the Wednesday following Paris–Roubaix. In 2010, after The Scheldeprijs joined Flanders Classics the race switched date with the Brabantse Pijl to attract more and better racers. It has formerly been known as the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen. Until the 1990s, English language sources tended to refer to the race by the French version of its name, Grand Prix de l'Escaut, even though the race has always been held wholly within Dutch-speaking territory. From 2010, the race is simply known as Scheldeprijs.
The race has a neutralised start on the banks of the River Schelde in the centre of Antwerp at the Grote Markt outside the City Hall. Racing begins in Schoten, a few kilometres north east. The finish is outside Schoten town hall.
The first Scheldeprijs was organised by the Antwerp branch of the Belgian cycling federation (BWB) on July 8, 1907 making it the oldest cycle race in Flanders. In its early years it started and finished in Antwerp, concluding at the now demolished Zurenborg velodrome. Later the start moved to Merksem and then Deurne, both satellite towns of Antwerp. In 1996 the start moved back to the centre of Antwerp. The first race in 1907 was won by the Frenchman Maurice Leturgie. It would be 46 years before another non-Belgian (Dutchman Hans Dekkers in 1953) triumphed. Since 1978 the nationality of the race winner has become more diversified.
Only the World Wars interrupted the event. The Scheldeprijs celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2007.
Prominent winners include Eddy Merckx, Rik van Looy, Mario Cipollini, Freddy Maertens, Roger De Vlaeminck, Erik Zabel, Briek Schotte, Stan Ockers, Georges Ronsse and Tom Boonen. The Belgian Piet Oellibrandt jointly holds the record for most wins with Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel, all having recorded three victories. Johan Museeuw, who finished second in 1992 and 1997 chose the 2004 event as his final race, saying, “I could have retired after Paris–Roubaix but I felt it important that my last race should be in Belgium. The Scheldeprijs is a great race and I especially love the start in Antwerp market place.”
Website - http://www.scheldeprijs.be/en
(semi-classic race guys, no "spot prizes" today - that'll be happening on the Weekend for the Highlight of the Season...)
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13/02/2016 - Trofeo-Laigueglia - 104.2km - 1054m https://www.strava.com/activities/492312839
27/02/2016 - Omloop het Nieuwsblad - 84.6km - 535m https://www.strava.com/activities/503716004
28/02/2016 - Kuurne-Brussels-Kurne - 109.1km - 780m https://www.strava.com/activities/504647290
02/03/2016 - Le Samyn - 14km - 60m - https://www.strava.com/activities/506906310
06/03/2016 - Strade Bianche - DNR
20/03/2016 - Milan SanRemo - 113.9km -707m - https://www.strava.com/activities/521705403
23/03/2016 - Dwars d Vlaanderen - 59.5km - 412m - https://www.strava.com/activities/524366447
25/03/2016 - E3 Harelbeke - DNR
27/03/2016 - Gent Wevelgem - DNR
3/4/2016 - Tour des Flandres - 55.4km - 484m - https://www.strava.com/activities/534447923
6/4/2016 - Schelde prijs - 59.4km - 446m - https://www.strava.com/activities/5371527960 -
6/4/2016 Scheldeprijs - 13.8km https://www.strava.com/activities/5373249970
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06/04/16 Scheldeprijs 22.6 km https://www.strava.com/activities/5378392060
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06/04/2016 - No Ride My Friends - My work schedule today won't permit it.0
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06/04/2016
Scheldeprijs
https://www.strava.com/activities/537735139
54.8 km
First day on the bike in what feels like forever, it was a nice coffee ride, no elevation gain to speak of, basic coastal to the bike path and back ride0 -
06/04/2014 - DNR -life's *kitten* me up at the moment0
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On behalf of Tom @Spatialized - as notified via PM
6/4/2016 - https://www.strava.com/activities/537928944 - 14.0
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and... as I forgot to open the thread, I'll add in all the rides I can harvest from strava...
@KitTheRoadie - http://www.strava.com/activities/537555196 - 5.2km
@cloggsy71 - https://www.strava.com/activities/537815180 - 7.5km
I'm afraid if there's no ride on strava for that day, I can only assume a DNR for the event...
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6/4/2016 - Schelde prijs - DNR0
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