2012 Giro d'Italia, May 5th, stage 1: Herning → Herning, 8.7 km ITT

[Red Rick]

Phinney road the route yesterday and thought he could go under 10:00

 

[The Hitch]

Can't let an innocent Polish rider do well in a tt commisaires?

 

[sucotash]

Stupid cars

And poor Bodnar

 

[gilbertador]

The route is awesome in my opinion at closer inspection so many uphill finishes and tough classic style stages, first 6 stages are easy but after that...god it will be tough

 

[The Hitch]

I was baffled when Kelly said the course is not so hard this year. I studied the stages again yesterday and it looks damn hard to me.

Yep.

13 is 2 mountains at the end. 14 is just 1 ok. and 17 19 and 20 are all as hard as Gardeccia. Last year Grossglockner was a mere mtf. ZOncolan was eventually just 1 mtf. Finnersere was 1 hard mountain after 200k of flat. Montevergine and Macanuga were just sprints up eaasy mountains. Etna was 2 climbs but far from eachother. ONly Gardeccia was a true climbing stage

On top of that, the the hills in the hills in the first week, since there is little else, might be contested.

 

[sucotash]

Kwiatkowski live on polish Eurosport.

He is ready to go for it !!!

 

[Caruut]

The weather will change quicker than the soul of the Ukrainian people. Hence it is more fleeting, more evanescent and less evocative.

Brilliant.

 

[Eshnar]

this year mountain stages are harder, but there are more pan flat stages.
Overall the difficulty is the same. I prefer this route though.
edit: 1000th post!

 

[DominicDecoco]

Awful from Bobridge.

 

[The Hitch]

My ppd count just dipped under 18 for the first time ever.

And then the Giro had to start.

 

[burning]

Terrible time from Bobridge

 

[sucotash]

What's up with Bobridge ?

 

[AntonioRossi]

doenst look like a good time at all for bobridge..

 

[maltiv]

Bobridge doesn't look good at all. Certainly doesn't look like he's the fastest cyclist of all time over 4k...

 

[The Hitch]

Kwiatkowski live on polish Eurosport.

He is ready to go for it !!!

What did he say?

 

[Trofinios]

Bobridge is not attacking the corners very well, lets see what he can do the last ks.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Lots of parts where they can't go down in aero position because of winds.

 

[Andy99]

Bobridge is not attacking the corners very well, lets see what he can do the last ks.

Looks like he's never seen the route before. Very cautious into the bends..

 

[Bavarianrider]

Horrible parcours

 

[sucotash]

What did he say?

He feels confident, the course suits him. He knows that this is his biggest race of his life so far.
Also he said longterm that he wants to finish the whole Giro

 

[Caruut]

Yep.

13 is 2 mountains at the end. 14 is just 1 ok. and 17 19 and 20 are all as hard as Gardeccia. Last year Grossglockner was a mere mtf. ZOncolan was eventually just 1 mtf. Finnersere was 1 hard mountain after 200k of flat. Montevergine and Macanuga were just sprints up eaasy mountains. Etna was 2 climbs but far from eachother. ONly Gardeccia was a true climbing stage

On top of that, the the hills in the hills in the first week, since there is little else, might be contested.

Think you might mean 14 and 15, not 13 and 14. 14 is high and slow - 1200m in 20km, then 1500m in 25km. If the more attacking climbers race 15 right, some of the TT guys might suffer a bit there.

 

[Andy99]

Horrible parcours

No such thing. Its the same for everyone.

 

[Caruut]

Horrible parcours

Be much better if it were just long and flat for Tony, eh?

 

[DominicDecoco]

A fountain even flooded one corner there!

 

[spalco]

Horrible parcours

lol, wut? How can a prologue ever be more horrible than another, they are basically all the same.