This is the "off" marked using epic paint skills with red arrows.
The first part (straight) is broken up tarmac/gravel patches, the part up the hill looked like smooth tarmac. Street view of the place is here but the picture is from 2009:
https://www.google.no/maps/@44.45436...7i13312!8i6656
So while "off" stage it's pretty on the road all the time.
I get that they can get from data that it happened here, but if it did then:
a) it was extremely unlucky
or
b) there is some rather bad design involved
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