2012 Giro d'Italia, May 6th, stage 2: Herning → Herning, 206K

[Parrulo]

First stage of this years Giro, completely flat so this is one for the sprinters.

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So 100% flat with no difficulties, except maybe a few corners on the last couple of K.

 

[Eshnar]

Crosswinds will be a factor tomorrow.
Let's hope for no crashes.

 

[Parrulo]

Crosswinds will be a factor tomorrow.
Let's hope for no crashes.

oh right forgot about the corss winds

let's hope they show hope otherwise it can be a rather boring stage

 

[DominicDecoco]

Crosswinds won't cause any problems tommorrow.

It's the narrow roads on the way 'home' that could be deceive - especially when the peloton is still in that nervous state of mind in the first days.

 

[Caruut]

Crosswinds won't cause any problems tommorrow.

It's the narrow roads on the way 'home' that could be deceive - especially when the peloton is still in that nervous state of mind in the first days.

Why won't crosswinds factor?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I hope it's windy. Otherwise this will be a complete snoozer.

Why couldn't they put one of these stages into Vejle?

 

[DominicDecoco]

Winds won't be that though tommorrow. There are always winds on that stretch and of course - it's no walk in the park, but it shouldn't really do that much damage on such strong riders that are the peloton.

 

[DominicDecoco]

I hope it's windy. Otherwise this will be a complete snoozer.

Why couldn't they put one of these stages into Vejle?

No idea. As one mentioned in this (or another thread) there are several options for 'mini-ardennes' profiles just a couple kms further away from the current route.

 

[markene2]

There is always wind in Denmark, and the wind is a *****, so yes. it will play a factor

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Why won't crosswinds factor?

because it's not going to be windy

 

[PedalCastro]

A day for a Cav 'fail in the 1st sprint before he takes over and wins the rest' special?

 

[Peccio89]

Riis said on Rai that they want to attack with the wind in the hope of getting the pink jersey with Boaro, but also said that unfortunately the wind will be less strong tomorrow.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

First, yes the wind will be less strong tomorrow, but there's always a lot more windy on the west coast than in Herning for instance, so even though the wind will be milder in general tomorrow, we'll certainly witness at least some wind blows which could be a factor.

Second, Vejle is not involved in these Giro stages simply because they didn't want to.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

there MUST be wind, or else i ill be furious

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Once again here is that preview .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWn_eaNpZSY

 

[RedheadDane]

First stage of this years Giro, completely flat so this is one for the sprinters.

Not completely flat. There's a "mountain sprint"!

because it's not going to be windy

It's always windy over there...

 

[taiwan]

No way Sky, GE and Garmin can't get a bunch sprint together. That's basically all they're there for, three of the best classics teams in the WT.

 

[meandmygitane]

The wind:

Yr.no (Torsminde) 14:00, 7 m/s WNW
Smhi.se (Torsminde) 14:00, 5 m/s NW, gusting to 9 m/s (the hour later to 10m/s)
Dmi.dk (Thyborøn) ~14, ~5m/s W gusting to ~8m/s

Doesn't look that the weather will play to huge of a role. Maybe some splits in the field if it is gusting at the most exposed part of the course but likely to get together again, a long way back to work on.

 

[burning]

I think it could be the easiest climb to get a mountain jersey ever

 

[meandmygitane]

I think it could be the easiest climb to get a mountain jersey ever

Lemvig Østerbjerg 1km of 4.5% - climbs 45m.

But compare it with these bad boys (Giro 2010):
http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2010/it/tappe.shtml

Kaapse Bossen 2km of 1.4% - climbs 27m.
Amerongse Bos 2.4km of 2.2% - climbs 52m.


So it, depends, in altitude; then it is probably the case.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I think it could be the easiest climb to get a mountain jersey ever

Maybe the VAM-Berg in the 2009 Vuelta?

That didn't even pay any points. I think it was Tom Leezer who won the sprint to get the jersey, but he wasn't credited with any points because the Vuelta's organisers didn't deem it worthy of points.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

at least the vam berg is steep. 10% average

 

[Morbius]

How would it compare to Quarry Hill in 2007?

 

[gerundium]

EDIT: whoops nevermind me, i checked the route and they did the climb the other way around.

 

[manafana]

kristoff to go well tommorow for me, but likely cavendish takes this.