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Why are we talking about Remco vs Jonas here? Couldn't we get back to the route? I heard confusing rumours about Madonna di Campiglio or Andalo. What is the recent standpoint there? And any ideas which stage could be the third big one? Normally the Giro has three 5-star stages, with Piani di...

Honestly if stage 20 isn't too hard and stage 19 is the dolomites tappone we all are hoping for, I don't see much of an issue with Piancavallo. It's not hard enough to flip around the GC, so it doesn't stop racing like Lussari or Zoncolan would. Yet it still gives riders the opportunity to...

In my opinion a good Grand Tour should have a mix of short, medium and long mountain stages, as well as a good mix of hilly/medium mountain stages, high mountain stages for long attacks and mountain stages which focus primarily on the final climb. It makes or breaks the race though, how you mix...

About Alpe d'Huez: For potential good racing there are some requirements. Either: - use it as a mountain stage, but not as the hardest stage in the alps - Glandon or Galibier before the classic ascent. Although those climb combinations need at least one leg burner before (Grand Cucheron...

No, 4 km on the TT bike are not worth the bike switch.

Fair, but that's not the organisers fault. You simply cannot make mountain stages when there are no mountains. Half of france is flat, and the Tour didn't really visit those parts during the past years. It will be a boring and traditional route, but the tour de france is more than only a cycling...

From what I see though, is that the mountain stage of the first week really is the one towards Marsia. I know that mostly those stages don't create big gaps, but depending on the duel we see they are entertaining quite often. 2021 San Giacomo #siempregino and Campo Felice 2022 Etna and...

The Monte Grappa from Bassano could see many different things though. Yet it could either: 1. Destroy the Peloton so only leaders are around afterwards and group 2 dynamics can set in when riders outside the Top 2 or 3 attack 2. A rider who doesn't convince with his climbing legs and is stronger...

On the one side, yes, it does not make sense. On the other side, I guess Asiago pays fo a stage finish, so make a good route towards Asiago. And you only can do that with the Monte Grappa.

Just as an idea, you know. You always can continue to dream. Pogi would destroy that one likely, but it would be THE Jonas stage.

Okay, other idea: Aprica - Guspessa - Bormio? What climbs did you use before and after Mortirolo there? The big one seems to be Goletto di Cadino.

View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1849443250853077282 Some detailed rumours about the Grande Partenza. Looks very good for a exciting and entertaining three days in Albania, although personally a slightly longer ITT would have been apreciated .

The last two times Mortirolo was used it was used from Edolo. It's not the real Mortirolo side, but it is still a solid cat 1/HC climb. In both cases it was not used in the finale of the stage. It was used like every other mountain pass, going from one valley into the other one. I don't think we...

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Okay guys, why are we talking about that stuff? I thought about some of the issues regarding the weekends. Here is the issue: Transfer from an Alps MTF towards Paris is quite lavish. A stage 20 mountain or hill stage is very rare in general at the tour. Pyrenees on the stage 8, 9, 10 weekend...