Recent content by OlavEH

Ordino is much better from west than east. Almost 10 km at 7 % from that direction. But Beixalis as the last climb would have been better. After Envalira they could have done Ordino east, then continued south to do Galina, then Comella on the way north again before Beixalis and descending to...

The Andorra stage is 104 km and finish in Andorra la Vella after Ordino and Comella. Its actually hard to make it much worse than this.....

My thoughts exactly. IMO this is darn close to a perfect PN stage.

Almeria start and Calar Alto finish? Hope we'll see something like the 2005 stage.

Monte Ardal sounds like a very typical Vuelta finish..... So the biggest questions that remains are what will happen on the last stage, that is if Sierra Nevada is used, what will happen on a Almeria stage and what the will be the profile on the Andorra stage.....

For 2026 you mean?

But nothing concrete on Andorra and mountain stage south of Albacete?

So for now; Andorra, probably MTF Vadelinares MTF Pandera MTF Penas Blancas MTF Something in the mountains south of Albacete? Something in Sierra Nevada? @ice&fire: Have I forgot something of MTFs or mountain stages?

Or move some of them to May.....?

If they had used the Canaries, I actually think it could have been quite fine without the Northwestern part of Spain. Andorra + south + Canaries could have been a pretty good version.

3 - they are playing opening matches in South America. Everything to be able to send it to Saudi Arabia in 2034.

Not related to cycling, but when Petter Northug retired from cross country skiing, there was a narrative among some Norwegians that they wouldn't follow cross country any more. My response then was that they weren't fans of the sport, but just normal celebrity fans......

Gardaneccia was 70 km longer. And did have a rest day the next day. And Giau-Fedaia-Gardneccia is definitely better than Giau-Falzarego-Piani di Pezze.

Procyclingstats has posted profiles. It this is correct, there are two muritos on the Fermo stage. https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2026/stage-8/info/profiles

Ah, I remember incorrectly. I agree that Grappa could have been used better. But still I think Grappa and Asiago are far from the best combo.