2013 Giro D'Italia 04/05 - 26/05

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Tre Cime and the altered stage 20 will definitely happen, we are assured.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-will-reach-tre-cime-di-lavaredo-in-spite-of-snow-says-vegni

Not really.

"We've got people at all of the vital locations on the course to keep us informed on the snow and the temperatures, so that we can decide quickly if we need to change the stage or not."

 

[icefire]

Nibali will be a deserving winner of this Giro. The weather really is a great shame but it is something we cannot control. Where's Global Warming when you need it!

Other than Hampsten's win in '88, how many other editions of the Giro have been so affected by such unseasonably cold and snowy weather? Maybe it would be better if the Giro and Vuelta switched as Spain might be a little warmer than Northern Italy in May? What's it like in the Spanish Pyrenees and Spanish Sierra Nevada right now?

Navacerrada recorded maximum temperatures of -5 C a few days ago. Just a bit warmer than what you get on Stelvio now, but only because of the 900m difference in altitude.

 

[taiwan]

Not really.

"We've got people at all of the vital locations on the course to keep us informed on the snow and the temperatures, so that we can decide quickly if we need to change the stage or not."

Are you saying that there's still a chance Tre Cime will be omitted? Because that's not how I read it.

 

[Hugo87]

Gesink withdraws from Il Giro.