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The control cars drove back through Romania
How do you know? I thought they were careful to remove trackers from cars :)
nice unpaved passes
fuck right off :P
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Transfagarsan
Fuck yeah. Really hope I get an entry next year!
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I think the race will definitely start in Geraardsbergen again.
I'm fairly sure the race won't finish in Turkey
I was goint to post this, but you've thought it through a lot more. G-bergen to the Black Sea over the Transfagarsan would be a great route. Nordkapp to Gibraltar would lack the diversity that the countries of Eastern Europe bring.
The Black Forest would be good as well. I did a tour round it last year and there is some great cycling - and some horiffic rough cycle tracks for people who don't take care with route planning!
Also I expect there might be checkpoints and parcours that pretty much force people to actually stay in the Alps.
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Personally I wouldn't want another southerly slog through France so a checkpoint somewhere a bit easterly like the Black Forest would be cool. Also having the first checkpoint close by keeps the racing interesting.
Geraadsbergen to Kitzbüheler Horn could be an nteresting parcours but longish first leg and might make the race a bit short?
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I think the race will definitely start in Geraardsbergen again. They've got a pretty good relationship with the town. It's also one of the easiest places in the entire world to get to with the Eurostar from Britain and 4 of the worlds biggest airports pretty close by (Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and London).
I'm fairly sure the race won't finish in Turkey next year even though I think everyone enjoyed Cannakale but I think a similar beach resorty type town.
The control cars drove back through Romania so I'm thinking Trans Alpina or the Transfagarsan or both. I remember Mike saying he wanted to include the latter.
A Black Sea finish would be cool and with much of it being close to Bucharest it would be convenient to get out of. It also satisfies the transcontinental element.
Personally I wouldn't want another southerly slog through France so a checkpoint somewhere a bit easterly like the Black Forest would be cool. Also having the first checkpoint close by keeps the racing interesting.
I also wouldn't say no to one of the nice unpaved passes