Saturday 12 December 2015

The 2015 "Subiendo como una moto' Awards


© Yuzuru Sunada

            The second edition of the "Subiendo como una moto" Awards is here.  The 10 most impressive climbing performances of the 2015 season are:

10th. Rafal Valls on Jabal Al Akhdar (Green Mountain), stage 4 of Tour of Oman
9th. Aru, Contador & Porte up the Abetone, stage 5 of Giro d'Italia
8th. Christopher Froome on Col du Soudet (Pierre-Saint-Martin), stage 10 of Tour de France
7th. Christopher Froome on Le Bettex, stage 7 of Criterium Dauphine
6th. Diego Rosa on Superga, Milano-Torino
5th.Victor de la Parte on Kitzbuheler Horn, stage 6 of Tour of Austria
4th. Vincenzo Nibali's raid towards La Toussuire, stage 19 of Tour de France
3rd. Richie Porte on Willunga Hill, stage 5 of Tour Down Under
2nd. Rodriguez and Aru on Ermita de Alba, stage 16 of Vuelta a Espana
1st. Nairo Quintana on Alpe d'Huez, stage 20 of Tour de France

         The overall climbing level of the whole 2015 season is without a doubt, one of the highest witnessed since 2006. From January (Willunga Hill) to October (Superga), the uphill speeds were constantly reaching amazing values. During this period of time, no less than 10 (!) new record ascents were set. A rich harvest, for sure.
         The most striking (and fascinating) event of the season was the huge rise in performance seen in the smaller races, especially those outside of World Tour. If overall, there wasn't a return to the pre-2007 climbing speeds, that's not the case for these races. There was a major boost in performance, no matter the country of the race, or even the continent. While in last year's "Subiendo como una moto' Awards, there was only a single performance realized in a smaller race (Tom Danielson in Tour of Utah), this year there are four!  It shall be very interesting to see if this frightening, upward trend will continue next year or not.
         The other six performances of the Top 10 were realized, as it was expected, in the world's biggest races by the world's best climbers. The first Grand Tour of the year, Il Giro d'Italia delivered just one award-winning performance but that doesn't tell the whole story. It probably was one of the hardest ridden Grand Tours of the modern era. And different things affected badly the performances of all the three best climbers in the race: illness for Aru, saving energy-mode for Contador and defensive team tactics for Landa. The Basque was not only the climbing revelation of the Giro, but of the whole season.
        La Vuelta a Espana was as always, a very open race, full of surprises. With the exception of Ermita de Alba stage, the reached climbing speeds were at the same level seen after 2006. Esteban Chaves and Tom Dumoulin emerged as fresh Grand Tour contenders while Purito Rodriguez, Majka, Quintana and Aru proved their climbing class once again. The race was won not necessarily by the strongest rider but by the strongest team. Astana from the 2015 Giro and Vuelta was in my opinion, one the most dominating and powerful teams in the mountains of the last 20 years.
       Nonetheless, it was the cycling's biggest race, the Tour de France, which delivered no less than three of the ten greatest climbing performances of the season. As in 2013, Froome dominated the first block of mountains, out-classing all his rivals but just like two years ago, he got slower in the mountains of the last week. Still fast enough to win his second Tour, though. His biggest rival, Nairo Quintana on the other hand, showed again his extraordinary recovery skills, getting better as the race progressed. The definitive proof came on stage 20, when Nairo set the fastest Alpe d'Huez ascent since 2006 and the 23rd of all-time. On the route, he also crushed the Croix de Fer record with a blistering time. While it was hard to rank them, I consider this to be the most impressive climbing performance of 2015. Enhorabuena, Nairo!

Saturday 10 October 2015

A fast Chavito on Jebel Hafeet's debut


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Jebel Hafeet
2015:10,9 km@6,8%---27:02---average speed 24.19 km/h(Esteban Chaves)

Monday 5 October 2015

Astana puts Lombardia through the sword





Muro di  Sormano
2015:1,9 km@15,8%---9:08---average speed 12.48 km/h(Rosa-Nibali-D. Moreno-Chaves-Pinot-Landa-Valverde)
2013:1,9 km@15,8%---9:32---average speed 11.96 km/h(Dario Cataldo)
2012:1,9 km@15,8%---9:20---average speed 12.21 km/h(Henao-Rodriguez)
1962:1,9 km@15,8%---9:24---average speed 12.13 km/h(Ercole Baldini) (source: http://www.sportivamentemag.it/archives/5035)
1961:1,9 km@15,8%---11:20---average speed 10.06 km/h(Arnaldo Pambianco) (source: http://www.sportivamentemag.it/archives/5035)
1960:1,9 km@15,8%---10:09---average speed 11.23 km/h(Imerio Massignan) (source: http://www.sportivamentemag.it/archives/5035)




Civiglio
2015:4,1 km@9,8%---13:13---average speed 18.61 km/h(Rosa-Pinot-D.Moreno-Valverde-Nibali-Chaves-Nieve)

Thursday 1 October 2015

Superga: Stunning exhibition by Diego Rosa!




Superga
2015:4,9 km@8,9%---13:40---average speed 21.51 km/h(Diego Rosa)       
2015:4,9 km@8,9%---15:09---average speed 19.41 km/h(Vincenzo Nibali)

Sunday 13 September 2015

La Morcuera decides the Vuelta!


© Graham Watson/Unipublic

Puerto de Navacerrada
2015:7,4 km@7,4%---21:42---average speed 20.46 km/h(Jose Goncalves)
                            ---21:57---average speed 20.23 km/h(Plaza-Warbasse-Moser group)
                            ---25:57---average speed 17.11 km/h(Peloton)
2009:7,4 km@7,4%---19:40---average speed 22.88 km/h(Cobo-S.Sanchez-Valverde-Mosquera-Evans-Basso-Tiralongo)

© Graham Watson/Unipublic

Puerto de la Morcuera 
2015:11,3 km@5,6%---28:40---average speed 23.65 km/h(Ruben Plaza)
                              ---32:32---average speed 20.84 km/h(Peloton)

© AFP Photo/Jaime Reina

Puerto de la Morcuera
2015:7,2 km@7,3%---18:53---average speed 22.88 km/h(Aru-Quintana-Majka-Rodriguez-Chaves-Landa)
                            ---19:09---average speed 22.56 km/h(Nieve-Dumoulin)
                                 
© AFP Photo

Puerto de Cotos
2015:9,3 km@5,7%---21:27---average speed 26.01 km/h(Majka-Quintana)
                            ---22:00---average speed 25.36 km/h(Rodriguez-Losada-Aru-L.L. Sanchez-Chaves-Landa)

Tuesday 8 September 2015

Extraordinary speed in the Asturian mountains!




Alto del Cordal
2015:7,9 km@6,0%---18:12---average speed 26.04 km/h(40 riders peloton)





Alto de la Cobertoria
2015:9,6 km@8,9%---31:00---average speed 18.58 km/h(18 riders peloton)
2014:9,6 km@8,9%---34:28---average speed 16.71 km/h(Fabian Cancellara)
                             ---34:54---average speed 16.50 km/h(60 riders peloton)




Ermita de Alba
2015:6,8 km@11,1%---24:55---average speed 16.37 km/h(Joaquim Rodriguez)
                              ---26:30---average speed 15.40 km/h(Frank Schleck)

Sunday 6 September 2015

Purito punches on Collado de la Caballar




Sotres-Collado de la Caballar
2015:12,6 km@8,0%---35:50---average speed 21.10 km/h(Joaquim Rodriguez)

Saturday 5 September 2015

Fast pace on Fuente del Chivo




Fuente del Chivo
2015:15,9 km@6,0%---38:07---average speed 25.03 km/h(Nairo Quintana)

Wednesday 2 September 2015

Astonishing performance by Fabio Aru in Andorra!




Collada de Beixalis
2015:6,5 km@8,6%---20:14---average speed 19.28 km/h(Fraile-Sicard-Oliveira-Atapuma-Coppel)
                            ---20:56---average speed 18.63 km/h(30 riders peloton)




Coll d'Ordino
2015:9,8 km@7,0%---28:50---average speed 20.39 km/h(George Bennett)
                            ---30:54---average speed 19.03 km/h(Peloton)




Coll de la Rabassa
2015:13,3 km@6,9%---39:26---average speed 20.24 km/h(Peloton)




Collada de la Gallina 
2015:12,0 km@8,4%---40:30---average speed 17.78 km/h(16 riders peloton)




Alto de la Comella 
2015:4,3 km@8,0%---12:30---average speed 20.64 km/h(Pozzovivo-T. Dumoulin-Nieve-Meintjes-Torres-Rosa-L.L. Sanchez)
                            ---13:09---average speed 19.62 km/h(Aru-Quintana-Brambilla-Chaves-Majka)
                            ---13:17---average speed 19.42 km/h(Rodriguez-Valverde-D.Moreno)




Cortals d'Encamp
2015:8,7 km@8,6%---27:25---average speed 19.04 km/h(Fabio Aru)
                            ---28:05---average speed 18.59 km/h(Mikel Landa)

Sunday 30 August 2015

Big Dumoulin becomes a super climber!




Alto de Puig Llorenca
2015:3,8 km@9,7%---11:19---average speed 20.15 km/h(Tom Dumoulin)

Friday 28 August 2015

Saturday 8 August 2015

The 2015 riders assault the Lagunas de Neila Top 100


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1.  2015: 20:35 Daniel Moreno 20.99 km/h
2.  2009: 20:41 Ezequiel Mosquera 20.89 km/h
3.  2009: 20:47 Xavier Tondo 20.79 km/h
4.  2015: 20:48 Rein Taaramae 20.77 km/h
5.  2009: 20:50 Francesco Masciarelli 20.74 km/h
6.  2009: 20:50 Alejandro Valverde 20.74 km/h
7.  2015: 20:52 Pierre-Roger Latour 20.70 km/h
8.  2012: 20:54 Esteban Chaves 20.67 km/h
9.  2012: 20:54 Sergio Henao 20.67 km/h
10. 2015: 20:54 Michele Scarponi 20.67 km/h
11. 2015: 21:00 Rodolfo Torres 20.57 km/h
12. 2012: 21:05 Igor Anton 20.49 km/h
13. 2009: 21:07 Tom Danielson 20.46 km/h
14. 2015: 21:08 Winner Anacona 20.44 km/h
15. 2015: 21:08 Miguel Angel Lopez 20.44 km/h
16. 2009: 21:13 Juan Mauricio Soler 20.36 km/h
17. 2012: 21:16 Daniel Moreno 20.31 km/h
18. 2012: 21:20 Franco Pellizotti 20.25 km/h
19. 2014: 21:20 Nairo Quintana 20.25 km/h
20. 2010: 21:25 Samuel Sanchez 20.17 km/h
21. 2010: 21:26 Ezequiel Mosquera 20.16 km/h
22. 2012: 21:26 Javier Moreno 20.16 km/h
23. 2014: 21:26 Daniel Moreno 20.16 km/h
24. 2011: 21:27 Mikel Landa 20.14 km/h
25. 2013: 21:28 Nairo Quintana 20.12 km/h
26. 2011: 21:30 Juan Jose Cobo 20.09 km/h
27. 2014: 21:30 Mikel Landa 20.09 km/h
28. 2015: 21:32 David Belda 20.06 km/h
29. 2011: 21:39 Joaquim Rodriguez 19.95 km/h
30. 2014: 21:39 David Arroyo 19.95 km/h
31. 2010: 21:41 Vincenzo Nibali 19.92 km/h
32. 2012: 21:42 Mikel Landa 19.91 km/h
33. 2011: 21:44 Daniel Moreno 19.88 km/h
34. 2010: 21:49 Igor Anton 19.80 km/h
35. 2012: 21:49 Giovanni Visconti 19.80 km/h
36. 2013: 21:51 David Arroyo 19.77 km/h
37. 2012: 21:52 Robert Gesink 19.76 km/h
38. 2009: 21:53 Inigo Cuesta 19.74 km/h
39. 2010: 21:53 Morris Possoni 19.74 km/h
40. 2013: 21:53 Ivan Basso 19.74 km/h
41. 2008: 21:54 Juan Jose Cobo 19.53 km/h
42. 2009: 21:55 Benat Intxausti 19.71 km/h
43. 2014: 21:55 Janez Brajkovic 19.71 km/h
44. 2011: 22:00 Fabrice Jeandesboz 19.64 km/h
45. 2014: 22:02 Paolo Tiralongo 19.61 km/h
46. 2008: 22:03 Manuel Vazquez 19.59 km/h
47. 2009: 22:04 Joaquim Rodriguez 19.58 km/h
48. 2014: 22:06 Matteo Rabottini 19.55 km/h
49. 2015: 22:07 Jesus Herrada 19.53 km/h
50. 2014: 22:08 Valerio Agnoli 19.52 km/h
51. 2012: 22:10 David Arroyo 19.49 km/h
52. 2008: 22:12 Daniel Moreno 19.46 km/h
53. 2009: 22:13 Josep Jufre 19.44 km/h
54. 2010: 22:14 Oliver Zaugg 19.43 km/h
55. 2015: 22:15 Ruben Fernandez 19.42 km/h
56. 2008: 22:16 Stefano Garzelli 19.40 km/h
57. 2008: 22:16 Sergio Pardilla 19.40 km/h
58. 2013: 22:16 Vincenzo Nibali 19.40 km/h
59. 2012: 22:17 Danilo Di Luca 19.39 km/h
60. 2010: 22:18 Steven Kruijswijk 19.37 km/h
61. 2014: 22:18 Peio Bilbao 19.37 km/h
62. 2010: 22:22 Jose Ivan Gutierrez 19.31 km/h
63. 2012: 22:22 Eros Capecchi 19.31 km/h
64. 2012: 22:23 David Lopez 19.30 km/h
65. 2012: 22:23 Darwin Atapuma 19.30 km/h
66. 2012: 22:24 Cameron Meyer 19.29 km/h
67. 2015: 22:25 Eduardo Sepulveda 19.27 km/h
68. 2009: 22:26 David Arroyo 19.26 km/h
69. 2009: 22:26 Ivan Melero 19.26 km/h
70. 2009: 22:26 Manuel Vazquez 19.26 km/h
71. 2014: 22:27 Sergio Pardilla 19.24 km/h
72. 2015: 22:29 Egor Silin 19.21 km/h
73. 2012: 22:30 Romain Sicard 19.20 km/h
74. 2015: 22:31 Giovanni Visconti 19.19 km/h
75. 2010: 22:32 Michele Scarponi 19.17 km/h
76. 2010: 22:32 Giampaolo Caruso 19.17 km/h
77. 2010: 22:32 Laurens Ten Dam 19.17 km/h
78. 2012: 22:32 Alberto Losada 19.17 km/h
79. 2012: 22:33 Arnaud Courteille 19.16 km/h
80. 2015: 22:33 Mikel Bizkarra 19.16 km/h
81. 2013: 22:36 Andre Cardoso 19.12 km/h
82. 2013: 22:36 Paolo Tiralongo 19.12 km/h
83. 2011: 22:37 Darwin Atapuma 19.10 km/h
84. 2008: 22:38 Oscar Pujol 19.09 km/h
85. 2008: 22:40 Walter Pedraza 19.06 km/h
86. 2008: 22:40 Joaquim Rodriguez 19.06 km/h
87. 2008: 22:40 Xabier Zandio 19.06 km/h
88. 2008: 22:40 Inigo Landaluze 19.06 km/h
89. 2012: 22:40 Tom Dumoulin 19.06 km/h
90. 2011: 22:41 Samuel Sanchez 19.04 km/h
91. 2009: 22:42 Rafael Valls 19.03 km/h
92. 2009: 22:42 Oscar Pujol 19.03 km/h
93. 2009: 22:44 Gianpaolo Cheula 19.00 km/h
94. 2013: 22:46 Giampaolo Caruso 18.98 km/h
95. 2009: 22:47 Romain Sicard 18.96 km/h
96. 2009: 22:50 Alexandre Botcharov 18.92 km/h
97. 2008: 22:52 Manuel Calvente 18.89 km/h
98. 2013: 22:52 Mikel Landa 18.89 km/h
99. 2014: 22:54 Daan Oliver 18.86 km/h
100.2011: 22:55 Mikel Nieve 18.85 km/h

Dani Moreno, record ride on Lagunas de Neila!




Lagunas de Neila
2015:7,2 km@8,3%---20:35---average speed 20.99 km/h(Daniel Moreno)-RECORD
2014:7,2 km@8,3%---21:20---average speed 20.25 km/h(Nairo Quintana)
2013:7,2 km@8,3%---21:28---average speed 20.12 km/h(Nairo Quintana)
2012:7,2 km@8,3%---20:54---average speed 20.67 km/h(Chaves-Henao)
2011:7,2 km@8,3%---21:27---average speed 20.14 km/h(Mikel Landa)
2010:7,2 km@8,3%---21:25---average speed 20.17 km/h(Samuel Sanchez)
2009:7,2 km@8,3%---20:41---average speed 20.89 km/h(Ezequiel Mosquera)
2008:7,2 km@8,3%---21:54---average speed 19.73 km/h(Juan Jose Cobo)

Sunday 2 August 2015

Cataclysmic performance on Senhora da Graca!


© Volta-Portugal.com

Senhora da Graca
2015:8,4 km@7,4%---21:10---average speed 23.81 km/h(Brandao-Veloso)
                                 ---25:07---average speed 20.07 km/h(Filipe Cardoso)
2014:8,4 km@7,4%---21:53---average speed 23.03 km/h(Pinto-Veloso)
2013:8,4 km@7,4%---22:48---average speed 22.11 km/h(Sergio Pardilla)
2012:8,4 km@7,4%---21:53---average speed 23.03 km/h(Rui Sousa)
2011:8,4 km@7,4%---21:48---average speed 23.12 km/h(Broco-Mestre)
2010:8,4 km@7,4%---21:36---average speed 23.33 km/h(David Blanco)
2009:8,4 km@7,4%---21:52---average speed 23.05 km/h(Cabreira-N.Ribeiro)
2008:8,4 km@7,4%---21:14---average speed 23.74 km/h(Juan Jose Cobo)
2001:8,4 km@7,4%---22:00---average speed 22.91 km/h(Zintchenko-Jeker-Mercado)
                                ---25:00---average speed 20.16 km/h(Jose Luis Rebollo)

Saturday 25 July 2015

Three riders make it into the Alpe d'Huez Top 100


© ASO/G.Demouveaux

1.  1995: 36:40 Marco Pantani 22.58 km/h
2.  1997: 36:53 Marco Pantani 22.45 km/h
3.  1994: 37:15 Marco Pantani 22.23 km/h
4.  2004: 37:36 Lance Armstrong 22.02 km/h
5.  1997: 37:40 Jan Ullrich 21.98 km/h
6.  2001: 38:03 Lance Armstrong 21.76 km/h
7.  1995: 38:04 Miguel Indurain 21.75 km/h
8.  1995: 38:04 Alex Zulle 21.75 km/h
9.  1995: 38:06 Bjarne Riis 21.73 km/h
10. 1997: 38:20 Richard Virenque 21.60 km/h
11. 1995: 38:34 Laurent Madouas 21.47 km/h
12. 2006: 38:35 Floyd Landis 21.46 km/h
13. 2006: 38:35 Andreas Klöden 21.46 km/h
14. 2004: 38:40 Jan Ullrich 21.41 km/h
15. 1994: 38:55 Richard Virenque 21.28 km/h
16. 2006: 39:00 Carlos Sastre 21.23 km/h
17. 2003: 39:08 Iban Mayo 21.16 km/h
18. 2004: 39:12 Andreas Kloden 21.12 km/h
19. 2004: 39:14 Jose Azevedo 21.10 km/h
20. 2006: 39:14 Levi Leipheimer 21.10 km/h
21. 1997: 39:20 Francesco Casagrande 21.05 km/h
22. 1997: 39:21 Bjarne Riis 21.04 km/h
23. 2015: 39:22 Nairo Quintana 21.03 km/h
24. 1994: 39:30 Miguel Indurain 20.96 km/h
25. 1994: 39:30 Luc Leblanc 20.96 km/h
26. 2008: 39:30 Carlos Sastre 20.96 km/h
27. 1994: 39:37 Vladimir Poulnikov 20.90 km/h
28. 2004: 39:40 Giuseppe Guerini 20.87 km/h
29. 2004: 39:41 Santos Gonzalez 20.87 km/h
30. 2004: 39:41 Vladimir Karpets 20.87 km/h
31. 1995: 39:42 Fernando Escartin 20.86 km/h
32. 1995: 39:42 Claudio Chiappucci 20.86 km/h
33. 1995: 39:42 Paolo Lanfranchi 20.86 km/h
34. 2006: 39:46 Denis Menchov 20.82 km/h
35. 2006: 39:46 Michael Rasmussen 20.82 km/h
36. 2006: 39:46 Pietro Caucchioli 20.82 km/h
37. 1995: 39:48 Tony Rominger 20.80 km/h
38. 2013: 39:48 Nairo Quintana 20.80 km/h
39. 1995: 39:51 Pavel Tonkov 20.78 km/h
40. 2013: 39:51 Joaquim Rodriguez 20.78 km/h
41. 1997: 39:52 Beat Zberg 20.77 km/h
42. 1997: 39:52 Udo Bolts 20.77 km/h
43. 1997: 39:52 Roberto Conti 20.77 km/h
44. 1997: 39:52 Laurent Madouas 20.77 km/h
45. 2004: 39:56 David Moncoutié 20.73 km/h
46. 2004: 39:57 Carlos Sastre 20.73 km/h
47. 2004: 39:58 Ivan Basso 20.72 km/h
48. 2004: 39:58 Stéphane Goubert 20.72 km/h
49. 1994: 40:01 Piotr Ugrumov 20.69 km/h
50. 1994: 40:01 Alex Zülle 20.69 km/h
51. 2001: 40:02 Jan Ullrich 20.68 km/h
52. 1995: 40:07 Laurent Jalabert 20.64 km/h
53. 2004: 40:07 Michael Rogers 20.64 km/h
54. 2001: 40:12 Joseba Beloki 20.60 km/h
55. 2006: 40:14 Oscar Pereiro 20.58 km/h
56. 2006: 40:14 Michael Rogers 20.58 km/h
57. 2006: 40:14 Cadel Evans 20.58 km/h
58. 2006: 40:14 Ivan Parra 20.58 km/h
59. 1997: 40:15 Laurent Jalabert 20.57 km/h
60. 1997: 40:15 Marco Fincato 20.57 km/h
61. 1997: 40:18 Abraham Olano 20.55 km/h
62. 1997: 40:23 Orlando Rodrigues 20.50 km/h
63. 1991: 40:27 Gianni Bugno 20.47 km/h
64. 2004: 40:27 Marcos Serrano 20.47 km/h
65. 1991: 40:28 Miguel Indurain 20.46 km/h
66. 1991: 40:29 Luc Leblanc 20.45 km/h
67. 2006: 40:29 Cyril Dessel 20.45 km/h
68. 2006: 40:29 Haimar Zubeldia 20.45 km/h
69. 1995: 40:31 Richard Virenque 20.44 km/h
70. 1995: 40:31 Ivan Gotti 20.44 km/h
71. 2004: 40:32 Oscar Pereiro 20.43 km/h
72. 2006: 40:32 Mikel Astarloza 20.43 km/h
73. 2001: 40:33 Christophe Moreau 20.42 km/h
74. 1997: 40:39 Manuel Beltran 20.37 km/h
75. 2004: 40:40 José Enrique Gutierrez 20.36 km/h
76. 2015: 40:42 Alejandro Valverde 20.34 km/h
77. 2015: 40:42 Christopher Froome 20.34 km/h
78. 1994: 40:43 Roberto Conti 20.34 km/h
79. 1994: 40:43 Oscar Pellicioli 20.34 km/h
80. 1994: 40:43 Pascal Lino 20.34 km/h
81. 1994: 40:43 Feranando Escartin 20.34 km/h
82. 1994: 40:43 Armand de las Cuevas 20.34 km/h
83. 2006: 40:45 Fränk Schleck 20.32 km/h
84. 2004: 40:46 Georg Totschnig 20.31 km/h
85. 1995: 40:49 Johan Bruyneel 20.29 km/h
86. 2004: 40:49 Sandy Casar 20.29 km/h
87. 2006: 40:49 Gilberto Simoni 20.29 km/h
88. 2003: 40:53 Alexandre Vinokourov 20.25 km/h
89. 2013: 40:54 Richie Porte 20.24 km/h
90. 2013: 40:54 Christopher Froome 20.24 km/h
91. 2004: 40:56 Floyd Landis 20.23 km/h
92. 2006: 40:56 Damiano Cunego 20.23 km/h
93. 2001: 40:57 Oscar Sevilla 20.22 km/h
94. 2004: 40:57 Mikel Astarloza 20.22 km/h
95. 2004: 40:57 Juan Miguel Mercado 20.22 km/h
96. 2013: 40:58 Alejandro Valverde 20.21 km/h
97. 2004: 41:00 Christophe Moreau 20.20 km/h
98. 1991: 41:02 Jean-Francois Bernard 20.18 km/h
99. 2004: 41:03 Gilberto Simoni 20.17 km/h
100. 1997: 41:07 Fernando Escartin 20.14 km/h

Alpe d'Huez: Quintana super fast and Croix de Fer record!




Col de la Croix de Fer
2015:28,5 km km@5,2%---1:07:53---average speed 25.19 km/h(Quintana-Valverde)-RECORD
                                    ---1:07:57---average speed 25.17 km/h(Froome-Nibali)
                                    ---1:08:16---average speed 25.05 km/h(Porte-Pinot-Contador)
2008:28,5 km km@5,2%---1:10:35---average speed 24.23 km/h(Kohl-30 riders peloton)
1995:28,5 km km@5,2%---1:09:49---average speed 24.49 km/h(Virenque-Munoz-Dufaux-Bruyneel-Bolts-Gotti-Mejia-Jalabert-Elli-Escartin)
                                    ---1:10:04---average speed 24.41 km/h(Vicente Aparicio)
                                    ---1:10:25---average speed 24.28 km/h(Vona-Simoni)
                                    ---1:11:21---average speed 23.97 km/h(20 riders peloton)



Alpe d'Huez
2015:13,8 km@8%---39:22---average speed 21.03 km/h(Nairo Quintana)
                            ---41:16---average speed 20.06 km/h(Thibaut Pinot)
2013:13,8 km@8%---39:48---average speed 20.80 km/h(Nairo Quintana)
                            ---43:02---average speed 19.24 km/h(Christophe Riblon)
2011:13,8 km@8%---41:25---average speed 19.99 km/h(Samuel Sanchez)
                            ---42:02---average speed 19.70 km/h(Pierre Rolland)
2010:13,8 km@8%---42:17---average speed 19.58 km/h(Contador-Brajkovic)
2008:13,8 km@8%---39:30---average speed 20.96 km/h(Carlos Sastre)
2006:13,8 km@8%---38:35---average speed 21.46 km/h(Landis-Kloden)
                            ---40:45---average speed 20.32 km/h(Fränk Schleck)
2004:13,8 km@8%---37:36---average speed 22.02 km/h(Lance Armstrong)
2003:13,8 km@8%---39:08---average speed 21.16 km/h(Iban Mayo)
2001:13,8 km@8%---38:03---average speed 21.76 km/h(Lance Armstrong)
1999:13,8 km@8%---41:10---average speed 20.11 km/h(Giuseppe Guerini) (source:http://www.sportvox.fr/article.php3?id_article=31102)
1997:13,8 km@8%---36:53---average speed 22.45 km/h(Marco Pantani)
1995:13,8 km@8%---36:40---average speed 22.58 km/h(Marco Pantani)-RECORD
1994:13,8 km@8%---37:15---average speed 22.23 km/h(Marco Pantani)
                            ---40:43---average speed 20.34 km/h(Roberto Conti)
1992:13,8 km@8%---43:19---average speed 19.12 km/h(Chiappucci-Indurain)
                            ---44:09---average speed 18.75 km/h(Andrew Hampsten)
1991:13,8 km@8%---40:27---average speed 20.47 km/h(Gianni Bugno)
1990:13,8 km@8%---43:15---average speed 19.14 km/h(Erik Breukink) (source:http://www.sportvox.fr/article.php3?id_article=31102)
1989:13,8 km@8%---41:50---average speed 19.79 km/h(Delgado-Fignon)
                            ---45:20---average speed 18.26 km/h(Gert-Jan Theunisse)
1988:13,8 km@8%---43:44---average speed 18.93 km/h(Gert-Jan Theunisse)
                            ---44:34---average speed 18.58 km/h(Steven Rooks)
1987:13,8 km@8%---41:44---average speed 19.84 km/h(Luis Herrera)
1986:13,8 km@8%---45:25---average speed 18.23 km/h(Jose Reynel Montoya)
                            ---48:00---average speed 17.25 km/h(Hinault-Lemond)
1982:13,8 km@8%---42:14---average speed 19.61 km/h(Beat Breu)
1979:13,8 km@8%---43:38---average speed 18.98 km/h(Joaquim Agostinho)
1977:13,8 km@8%---44:49---average speed 18.48 km/h(Hennie Kuiper)

Friday 24 July 2015

New record on La Toussuire for Quintana!




Col du Chaussy
2015:10,0 km@7,5%---28:25---average speed 21.11 km/h(Vincenzo Nibali)
                              ---28:35---average speed 20.99 km/h(20 riders peloton)




Col de la Croix de Fer
2015:22,7 km@6,9%---1:06:17---average speed 20.55 km/h(Vincenzo Nibali)
                              ---1:06:52---average speed 20.37 km/h(Pierre Rolland)
                              ---1:07:05---average speed 20.30 km/h(Bardet-Froome-Poels-Quintana-Majka-Gesink-Contador-Valverde-Mollema)
2012:22,7 km@6,9%---1:06:18---average speed 20.54 km/h(Rogers-Wiggins-Porte-Froome-Brajkovic-Van Den Broeck-Pinot-Cobo-Nibali-Van Garderen-Zubeldia-Evans)
2006:22,7 km@6,9%---1:05:13---average speed 20.88 km/h(Levi Leipheimer)
                              ---1:06:48---average speed 20.39 km/h(Michael Rasmussen)
                              ---1:07:33---average speed 20.16 km/h(David Moncoutie)
                              ---1:08:06---average speed 20.00 km/h(25 riders peloton)



Col du Mollard
2015:5,7 km@6,9%---16:00---average speed 21.38 km/h(Vincenzo Nibali)         
                             ---16:17---average speed 21.00 km/h(Bardet-Pinot)
                             ---16:27---average speed 20.79 km/h(20 riders peloton)                              
2012:5,7 km@6,9%---16:38---average speed 20.56 km/h(Rolland-Kiserlovski)
2007:5,7 km@6,9%---16:10---average speed 21.15 km/h(Remy Di Gregorio)
                             ---16:22---average speed 20.90 km/h(Possoni-Martinez-Kohl-Botcharov-Fedrigo-Goubert-M.Iglinsky-Astarloza-Zandio)
                             ---18:23---average speed 18.60 km/h(Astana led peloton)
2006:5,7 km@6,9%---16:04---average speed 21.29 km/h(Levi Leipheimer)



La Toussuire
2015:18,0 km@6,1%---44:28---average speed 24.29 km/h(Nairo Quintana)-RECORD
                               ---45:36---average speed 23.68 km/h(Vincenzo Nibali)
2012:18,0 km@6,1%---45:02---average speed 23.98 km/h(Pinot-Froome)
                               ---47:31---average speed 22.73 km/h(Pierre Rolland)
2008:17,7 km@6,2%---45:26---average speed 23.37 km/h(Chris Anker Sorensen)
                               ---45:19---average speed 23.44 km/h(Pierrick Fedrigo)
2006:18,0 km@6,1%---44:50---average speed 24.09 km/h(Carlos Sastre)
2006:18,0 km@6,1%---47:05---average speed 22.94 km/h(Moreau-Leipheimer-Piepoli)