2013 Giro d'Italia Stage 12: Longarone → Treviso (134km)

[Geraint Too Fast]

It's only Stage 12, but for some sprinters this is the end of the 96th Giro d'Italia.

(Maybe the GC guys will go after the bonifications at that early intermediate sprint)


Climb Profiles
%20%20--%3E]Muro di Ca' del Poggio
%20%20--%3E]Montello-S.M.d.Vittoria


A stupidly technical finish so good positioning will be vital.

***** Cavendish
*** Bouhanni, Viviani
* The rest

 

[blaxland]

Lets see what happens today?maybe another break will win?or possibly the chance for Cavendish to get another stage victory?I hope Weening or Phinney to get into a winning break.

 

[Ferminal]

BAR/VIN/AND to work and drop the fat guys hopefully, then try and hold them off on the flat.

 

[Pippo_San]

This stage is totally flat even from an espoir point of view

OPQS won't let anyone slip through. Cav to crush everyone in the sprint - quite obiouvsly.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

OPQS and Orica will spend every single man including Brambilla and Weening getting this thing turned into a bunch sprint.

But its a fairly easy day and a large break could go on the first hill of the day.

Could be fun actually.

 

[Jancouver]

Flat stage but how is the finish? Is it technical with any turns in the last few Kms?

 

[Ferminal]

Flat stage but how is the finish? Is it technical with any turns in the last few Kms?

Yeh the 3-1km is pretty hectic. 5-6 90 degree turns.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Looks like a typo on the profile. The first intermediate sprint should be at 17 km I'm guessing?

 

[hfer07]

Cav FTW
sleepy zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I can hardly wait for saturday...

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Don't agree that this is the end for the sprinters. Tomorrow is a decent chance as well, and of course the last stage too.

Anyway, Cavendish wins.

 

[SafeBet]

Montello won't be fun for sprinters. Some will be dropped and never make it back (I'm thinking Gavazzi above all).

Positioning in the end will be crucial so Cav the obvious favorite.

 

[search]

yep, indeed, should be a good stage

btw, tomorrow is no sprinter's stage, Hugo, maybe someone like Ventoso, but that's it.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

yep, indeed, should be a good stage

btw, tomorrow is no sprinter's stage, Hugo, maybe someone like Ventoso, but that's it.

I'm actually not so sure about that. Sure, guys like Gavazzi don't stand a chance tomorrow but I think that guys like Goss, Ventoso and perhaps even Viviani and Bouhanni have a chance tomorrow. Think of stage 5. I don't think tomorrow is much harder than that one.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Forecasts today seem to indicate heavy rain. If so I can see that last circuit being neutralized - either officially or by the riders

 

[taiwan]

Reckon stage 13 will be a sprint. Cav might even still be there depending on how it plays out. Aquarone hasn't been shy about knocking out these stages - st16 (bit harder) and st.17 are very similar.

 

[search]

I'm actually not so sure about that. Sure, guys like Gavazzi don't stand a chance tomorrow but I think that guys like Goss, Ventoso and perhaps even Viviani and Bouhanni have a chance tomorrow. Think of stage 5. I don't think tomorrow is much harder than that one.

tomorrow's stage is ~254km long, so for sure it's harder. And even that uncategorized climb with ~13km to go has 7% over 3km - and there's another bump to follow

But I also think today's stage will be hard for the sprinters, so what do you expect me to say about tomorrow

 

[Hugo Koblet]

tomorrow's stage is ~254km long, so for sure it's harder. And even that uncategorized climb with ~13km to go has 7% over 3km - and there's another bump to follow

But I also think today's stage will be hard for the sprinters, so what do you expect me to say about tomorrow

Well, if you think today will be hard for the sprinters (well, it probably will, but it will almost guarenteed end in a sprint), I can understand why we disagree about tomorrow Anyway, let's wait and see. Today will probably be boring but tomorrow should be interesting.

 

[saneguy]

Cav will take this one easily. So far on the sprint stages no one has really challenged him well enough - whenever hes managed to stay at the front he has always won it. Would actually love someone give him a good fight...coz thats about it...its a fight that only Cav will win

 

[Pulpstar]

Has Cav written all over it. Maybe a GC rider will try and pick up bonifications in the first sprint. Nice day off for Astana with OPQS drilling it to pick up the break.

 

[Michele]

It's raining rather strongly in whole north Italy and with sometimes strong winds.

In the last few kms there's a few points where the road become VERY narrow and it will be important to be not too far back.

 

[Eshnar]

If it rains (it will) the winner will be the one who doesn't fall. Simple.

 

[RHRH19861986]

If Gavazzi gets dropped before the finale, on this stage, it´s better for him to join a South American or Asian CT, so he can ride Langkawi and Venezuela the next ten years and win dozens of stages there.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

If Gavazzi gets dropped before the finale, on this stage, it´s better for him to join a South American or Asian CT, so he can ride Langkawi and Venezuela the next ten years and win dozens of stages there.

gavazzi is actually a good climber.

 

[maltiv]

gavazzi is actually a good climber.

Clearly not this Giro, he's last overall and has been the first to get dropped on every stage...

 

[the asian]

Clearly not this Giro, he's last overall and has been the first to get dropped on every stage...

He crashed during the 1st stage.