After our successful Spring Classics Series, welcome to Team Velos' new Monuments Summer Series - La Grand Boucle!
In honour of cycling's most famous race and the Women's Tour's most prestigious Stage Race we'll be hitting France for (like the Tour des Femmes) 8 Stages (with additional prologue), tying in some of the most famous rides and riders in cycling history with each Stage name in homage of their contributions.
The parcours features:
* 3x flat points races
* 3x hilly/mountain scratch races
* 3x ITTs
To be eligible for GC, riders need to complete 1x of each type of Stage. Various jerseys will also be up for grabs.

*** Stage 3
This Friday - Stage 3!

Expect our VOLLERING stage to be short, fast and explosive. 🧨 It is only a 20km route so a warm-up will definitely be needed. 🔥 The route starts with a passage through the intestines, a few sprints along the way and ending on top of the Petit KOM. Racers who joined last week could have a bit of an advantage as they might remember we went up the same Petit KOM last week. 🥸
This stage is categorized as FLAT, which means it is a points race. There are 100 points to be earned, of which 70 at the finish line and 30 divided over 2 sprints and one KOM. Points structure as follows:



• Top 3 finishers get 70-65-62 points, then 60-59-58...

• Maximum 10 points per segment (10-9-8-...)



To keep it simple, we chose the segments all FTS. Segments in play:

• Sprinteur Sprint - FTS

• Sprint du Cratère rev - FTS

• Petit KOM - FTS

Keep in mind that contenders for the green and polka dot jersey can also benefit by doing well on those segments!
See you all on Friday! 🤩
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