![]() ![]() Race leader Mathieu Van der Poel checking out the course before the race. Last rider was race leader Mathieu Van der Poel at 4:55. The race: First rider off was Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal) at 2:00. The route then continues at around 4%, taking in a few hairpins, all the way to the finish square in Buda (on tarmac). ![]() Past the intermediate split, the route takes the climb leading to the castle, hitting the maximum gradient (14%) on flagstone. Moving away from the river, the route takes in the closing climb. ![]() The route takes two U-turns, the first one upward and the second one downward, when approaching and when leaving the river bank on the Parliament’s side. Taking in several bends, the stage course reaches the riverside, passes the neo-Gothic Parliament and crosses the Danube to roll along the opposite bank. Starting from the Heroes’ Square, the route heads towards the Danube, which separates the two souls of the city. ![]() Info about the route: A short ITT on wide and well-paved urban roads, from Pest to Buda. Weather at the race city of Budapest at 1:50 PM, local time: 22C (73F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 8 km/hr (5 mph). To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right. RCS Sport photoīill & Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, 2021: The Little Cannibal Dominates is available in both Kindle eBook & audiobook versions. ![]()
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