In a significant climb down, the broadcasters – led by the BBC – have proposed a new format for their election coverage which would include just one seven-way television debate.
And if they can no longer be trusted to respect the riders by observing the etiquette of normal civilised behaviour, then the Tour's organisers should recognise their own responsibility by placing barriers along the final 5km of every significant climb, maybe also banning the ubiquitous and unsightly motor homes from the verges.
Apple's shares are up 30percentt on the year, but it'll still require a significant climb if the company is going to cross that semi-vanity mark.
The compromise marked a significant climb-down for the government in Belgrade, which has made joining the E.U. its overriding goal, even as it has remained unequivocal that it considers Kosovo its medieval heartland and has fought an unsuccessful campaign to have Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence deemed illegal.
Before 1850 the British had done no significant climbing in the Alps.
There are four significant climbs today: Villamagna (category four), Pietragrossa (three), Santa Maria de Criptis (three) and San Silvestro (four).
Thus this day, short but potentially pivotal and thrilling, could decide the overall winner, with three significant climbs in succession.
The Pyrenees and Alps await and on what few significant climbs the peloton has tackled thus far, Froome has looked to have the beating of his rivals.
Not to be confused with the Vista Chinesa, whose treacherous descent claimed, among several others, the men's and women's road race leaders, Vincenzo Nibali and Annemiek van Vleuten, in serious crashes, the Grumari Circuit boasts two significant climbs.
— After two days of sprint finishes by a largely intact peloton, the Tour of California will receive a sharp jolt Wednesday, when the route includes two significant climbs in what will probably be the toughest day of riding in the Tour's three-year history.
Most of the significant climbs in the Tour route are given a 1 to 4 score, with 1 being the hardest, 4 the easiest.
