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

[Zam_Olyas]

This is ridiculous. Pathetic.

 

[Eshnar]

I totally agree with you about finishing on a French climb, and that it's easily possible to build a similar course around the original one without snow-covered climbs.

However, after all those months of preparation and dealing with authorities it is quite inconvenient for an organisation, to overturn your carefully planned scheme relatively last-minute. The current alternative course is the best option to prevent logistic disasters.

all these months everyone knew that the risk of bad weather is always huge. Is this the best route one can come up with?
I hope they will actually climb something along the way.

 

[Netserk]

It makes the Blockhaus stage seem long

 

[taiwan]

Betancur ftw.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

all these months everyone knew that the risk of bad weather is always huge. Is this the best route one can come up with?
I hope they will actually climb something along the way.

Looking forward to Tonale-Castrin-40km flat-halfway to Martell next week, at this rate.

 

[l.Harm]

It's a freakin shame

 

[Netserk]

Looking forward to Tonale-Castrin-40km flat-halfway to Martell next week, at this rate.

Would that make Giau Cima Coppi?

EDIT: Nope that'd be Tre Cime.

 

[eljimberino]

Riis for the win.

 

[Ruudz0r]

jerome pineau‏@jejeroule442u
@IljoKeisse @Laura_Meseguer its officiel stage just 60 km !!!! Good news

(Its a tweet from Jerome Pineau from 2 hours ago), I still hope he is wrong though.

 

[maxmartin]

The only good thing out if this is that we'll again see an integrated broadcast, like in the 2011 TdF. It should produce some unexpected results normally, as climbers with less endurance are more likely to feature here as well. I hope to see some fireworks on those climbs.

The question is then: who's the best on short stages, Evans, Uran or Nibali?

short stage should be good for Evans.

 

[Pentacycle]

short stage should be good for Evans.

He has some bad memories from the Col du Télégraphe though.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

jerome pineau‏@jejeroule442u
@IljoKeisse @Laura_Meseguer its officiel stage just 60 km !!!! Good news

(Its a tweet from Jerome Pineau from 2 hours ago), I still hope he is wrong though.

Good news??????????


Is this a cyclist? A real cyclist?


The professional cycling is a ****ING SHAME. We have to look back to the 70/80's for find REAL CYCLING.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Laura Meseguer ‏@Laura_Meseguer 2h
Situation of the Galibier this afternoon. Road blocked due to the snow. Thank you @elrepetxo for the photo pic.twitter.com/6KHYv3FMjD #Giro

Iljo Keisse ‏@IljoKeisse 1h
@Laura_Meseguer @jejeroule44 what is the problem? It's very good for the spectacle!

 

[Pentacycle]

all these months everyone knew that the risk of bad weather is always huge. Is this the best route one can come up with?
I hope they will actually climb something along the way.

It's way too complicated and expensive to plan multiple routes. Taking into account the weather is BS as well, nobody can forecast what's going to happen in 6 months, and even when a stage has to be altered, like on Sunday, it's a very rare occasion. You might as well only have flat and hilly stages if you want to rule out any chance of this happening.

Good news??????????


Is this a cyclist? A real cyclist?


The professional cycling is a ****ING SHAME. We have to look back to the 70/80's for find REAL CYCLING.

A guy who has just busted his *** for his sprinter deserves the rest he wants IMO. I hope you don't think that all riders like stages riddled with numerous monster climbs as much as you do.

 

[Eshnar]

It's way too complicated and expensive to plan multiple routes. Taking into account the weather is BS as well, nobody can forecast what's going to happen in 6 months, and even when a stage has to be altered, like on Sunday, it's a very rare occasion. You might as well only have flat and hilly stages if you want to rule out any chance of this happening.



A guy who has just busted his *** for his sprinter deserves the rest he wants IMO. I hope you don't think that all riders like stages riddled with numerous monster climbs as much as you do.

Galibier isn't even open normally in May. There's no need of a oracle to predict it could likely snow.
In the giro this kind of things are actually quite frequent.
edit: typo

 

[Zam_Olyas]

It's way too complicated and expensive to plan multiple routes. Taking into account the weather is BS as well, nobody can forecast what's going to happen in 6 months, and even when a stage has to be altered, like on Sunday, it's a very rare occasion. You might as well only have flat and hilly stages if you want to rule out any chance of this happening.



A guy who has just busted his *** for his sprinter deserves the rest he wants IMO. I hope you don't think that all riders like stages riddled with numerous monster climbs as much as you do.

A *** 60 km stage is acceptable to you?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Galibier isn't even open normally in May. There's no need of a oracle to predict it could likely show.
In the giro this kind of things are actually quite frequent.

I don't think he knows as he himself said he is new to the sport.

 

[The Hitch]

The only good thing out if this is that we'll again see an integrated broadcast

I can think of other good things to come out of this. Namely that a coup against the great traditions of the giro, has been thwarted.

The idea of doing the 2nd sunday mtf on an overused TDF climb which not only is far less accomodating to the main feature of the giro - italian tifosi, but actually offers nothing that cant be found somewhere else in Italy, and whatsmore my son to broadcast this as the biggest stage of the race, is nothing less than treason.

This snow storm on Galibier, whether divine intervention or not, has to go down as one of the incidents were nature chose the side of the good guys.

 

[Ferminal]

Hopefully Sestriere is arctic today to even it up

Oh wait, they just jump in buses if that happens.

Should be a lesson learned, if it was Agnello maybe you could understand.

 

[icefire]

Hopefully Sestriere is arctic today to even it up

Oh wait, they just jump in buses if that happens.

Hopefully this is a lesson learned, if it was Agnello maybe you could understand.

The webcams were displaying clear roads on Friday in Sestriere and not much snow around the buildings just before sunset.

 

[Ferminal]

Seems certain to snow/very cold rain tomorrow though.

 

[icefire]

Seems certain to snow/very cold rain tomorrow though.

You're right, but the situation in Galibier was that even with no snowfall during this week there was a risk of avalanches that prevented works for clearing the road. Roads are clear in Sestriere. Of course, heavy rain/snow can be dangerous, specially in the descent.

 

[Afrank]

Sucks that Galibier and Mont Cenis are out, even if it's a overused Tour climb. I would rather have another mountain stage than what it looks like we'll have instead.

And 60K? Really? I've done bigger races than that with OBRA. They GC guys better be going full out and attacking for the entire stage. Really hope nothing else get's taken out.

If the weather in Europe continues like this, they'll need to start creating two separate routes for each race just in case.

 

[The Hitch]

Strange how Sestrieres has a similar elevation and a similar lattitude to Boulder Colorado, yet Sestrieres is getting snowstorms while Boulder is getting 30 degrees.

 

[Ferminal]

You're right, but the situation in Galibier was that even with no snowfall during this week there was a risk of avalanches that prevented works for clearing the road. Roads are clear in Sestriere. Of course, heavy rain/snow can be dangerous, specially in the descent.

Point being they stopped Milan-San Remo in very similar conditions. If the weather goes as forecast here they will be in those conditions for over an hour.