So the plan is have no significant passes and finish on the same climbs but at lower altitude. Not much of a contingency for the two stages the entire route is based around.
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Ferminal said:So the plan is have no significant passes and finish on the same climbs but at lower altitude. Not much of a contingency for the two stages the entire route is based around.
spalco said:If they can do any halfway meaningful racing on friday and saturday it will be a victory for the organisers, but yeah, it does reduce the race's "epicness" significantly.
deValtos said:I hope they find good alternatives or else we'll go through an entire GT without a proper mountain stage !
number0 said:Gavia today...
Dazed and Confused said:if it would just fuccing stop snowing (and bring higher temps), a race here would be fantastic.
Sophistic82 said:and lets be honest, with Evans or Uran in pink, the organisers would be a bit more motivated to stick with the original course.
Parrulo said:Ya right the organizers are willingly losing exposure/money because they are afraid their italian maglia rosa who has been in total control so far loses his jersey . . .
what about stage 10?Jan the Man said:One medium mountain top finish has been completed.
The only multiple mountain stage had the first climb neutralised.
Ryongsyong said:I know you stuck Sophistic82's quote in your reply, but I thought I'd let you know that you must have pressed the wrong button somewhere along the line, because what you said in no way relates to what he said and so makes you look pretty silly. Just letting you know.
Parrulo said:Well my turn to let you know i guess. what Sophistic82 meant was that with Evans and Uran pink the organizers would be more willing to keep the original course because this way the big italian hope aka Nibali would have more chances to gain time on them therefore reaching pink. Ofc this is not the case because Nibali is already in pink, so the organizers aren't all that worried about the 2 stages they would get most exposure from being cancelled because it only makes it easy for the italian to win.
Got it now?
Ryongsyong said:I already had it, thanks. That's why I told you your mistake. Now that you have shown that you understand too maybe you should go back and edit your earlier message which suggested you thought Sophistic82 had said they took out the mountains because they were worried Nibali would lose the lead, which you've now shown you don't think s/he said. Of course if you want you can keep the message the same, but people will think it's an odd reply.