2019 Giro d'Italia, Stage-by-Stage Analysis

[topt]

any news on gavia ?

 

[Eshnar]

Re:

any news on gavia ?

no, and there won't be anything definitive before Monday.
If the weather doesn't get worse during the weekend (big if), it will be in.

 

[Nirvana]

According to local media the road is cleared until the pass from Valtellina and less than 2 kms on the other side, they had to reclear some parts multiple times due to fresh unstable snow sliding on the road but the big problem is still the descent surface, the organizers are thinking about narrowing the road and netralizing it with riders incolumned behind motos (flah of 2014 in my mind), and dangerous stalactites are present in the gallery.

Anyway for the local authorities is ok to ride, the decision to be made is only from Vegni based on if he thinks is too dangerous but also on the weather on Monday evening/night.

https://www.bergamonews.it/2019/05/24/giro-ditalia-gavia-ripulito-confermato-percorso-della-lovere-ponte-legno/309958/

https://www.valseriananews.it/2019/05/24/passo-di-gavia-ripulito-dalla-neve-il-tappone-del-giro-non-e-a-rischio-salvo-matempo/

 

[luckyboy]

Probably no Gavia then... http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gir...es-likely-to-end-hopes-of-climbing-the-gavia/

Vegni already said two times up the Mortirolo isn't likely, so I guess they can go east from Edolo to Aprica and then go to the Mortirolo and finish... Map here

 

[Eshnar]

Rumours say plan B is to climb Cevo before Aprica. We'll see soon I guess.

 

[Gigs_98]

Rumours say plan B is to climb Cevo before Aprica. We'll see soon I guess.

Cevo?
Anyway, if they seriously don't use any other climbs except Aprica instead of Gavia I would get genuinely mad. At least use Trivigno like in 2010. Seriously what excuse would they have for not trying to make the stage at least somewhat as comparably hard as with the Gavia?

 

[Eshnar]

Rumours say plan B is to climb Cevo before Aprica. We'll see soon I guess.

Cevo?
Anyway, if they seriously don't use any other climbs except Aprica instead of Gavia I would get genuinely mad. At least use Trivigno like in 2010. Seriously what excuse would they have for not trying to make the stage at least somewhat as comparably hard as with the Gavia?

First 11.5 km of this climb

 

[Red Rick]

Wish they'd throw in Vivione in the first 100km then but I guess I was born to be disappointed then.

 

[luckyboy]

Here's Cevo - https://www.strava.com/segments/7025472 - comes before Edolo on this route.

Dan Friebe says they might race Mortirolo from Monno and then finish in Aprica from the harder side.

 

[Red Rick]

No chance they change the finish imo.

 

[Eshnar]

Re:

Here's Cevo - https://www.strava.com/segments/7025472 - comes before Edolo on this route.

Dan Friebe says they might race Mortirolo from Monno and then finish in Aprica from the harder side.

yeah, and give back half a million to Ponte di Legno?

 

[luckyboy]

Just saying what he reports.


Aprica-Mortirolo-Ponte di Legno sounds the best idea.

Mortirolo (easier side)-Aprica-Ponte di Legno would be 70km from the top of Mortirolo to the finish lol. Terrible.

 

[luckyboy]

Ah he was wrong - corrected it to Aprica first then Mortirolo...

https://twitter.com/friebos/status/1132248521787301888

 

[Rollthedice]

Yates attacks, Rogl follows. Everybody is all over the place. Some will lose the Giro today.

 

[Rollthedice]

Yates, Rogl and Carapaz go again. 110km to go.

 

[Rollthedice]

Nibali bridges to the group.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Re:

Nibali bridges to the group.

You're in the wrong thread. :redface:

 

[Rollthedice]

Re: Re:

Nibali bridges to the group.

You're in the wrong thread. :redface:

I was but I can't delete the posts. Too much excitement at the beginning of the stage, sorry.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Gavia seems to be out...

 

[Eshnar]

yep

 

[Sestriere]

****

 

[Red Rick]

 

[Escarabajo]

Shut!!!!

Incredible. Going from cycling porn to nothing!!

 

[Climbing]

I was right, unhappily so... immediately clear when he started talking about percentages.
Even more obvious that plan was ***, as usual.

 

[Forever The Best]

At least could've climbed Trivigno ffs.