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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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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