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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2018.Mount Fuji to serve as backdrop for 2020 Olympic cycling time trials
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smithinjapan
Was this part of the initial bid plan, or at they just filling in blanks as the go?
kohakuebisu
There's a 220m vert climb in the middle but its only about 5%. Rohan Dennis will still be favourite.
It's only an extra hour, so they could have let the ladies do two laps too. There was controversy a couple of weeks ago when the road courses were announced. The ladies' route misses out the juicy bits of the men's route and looks like something beginners could ride.