Giro d'Italia 2021 Giro Rosa - 2nd to 11th July

[RedheadDane]

While this race is not a WT race this year - because of the whole "lack of coverage" failure last year - it's still a big race, and this year there will be coverage! However, only the last around 15 Ks...

Some of the biggest names are all Dutch: Van Der Breggen, Van Den Broek-Blaak, and Vos, but lots of other interesting names as well.

(Prelimiary) starlist here:

Startlist for Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2021 (procyclingstats.com)

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 1: Fossano - Cuneo, 26.7 KM (is this a TTT?)

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 2: Boves - Prato Nevoso, 100.1 KM

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 3: Casale Monferrato - Ovada, 135 KM

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 4: Formazzo Loc. Fondovalle - Riale Di Formazzo Cascate Del Toce, 11.2 KM (is this an ITT?)

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 5: Milano - Carugate, 120.1 KM

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 6: Colico - Colico, 155 KM

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 7: Soprazocco Di Gavardo - Puegnago Del Garda, 109.6 KM

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 8: San Vendemiano - Mortegliano, 129.4 KM

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 9: Feletto-Umberto - Monte Matajur, 122.6 KM

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 10: Capriva del Friuli - Cormons, 113 KM

 

[SafeBet]

15 km of coverage is a shame for such an important race.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Stage 1: Fossano - Cuneo, 26.7 KM (is this a TTT?)

Yes it is, and I doubt LS likes it very much. It's the longest TTT they've used so far in the race, so let's hope none of the GC favourites end up losing too much time.

15 km of coverage is a shame for such an important race.

But at least it's something, and it should get better next year when it becomes a WT race again.

 

[SafeBet]

Yes it is, and I doubt LS likes it very much. It's the longest TTT they've used so far in the race, so let's hope none of the GC favourites end up losing too much time.

Definitely an overkill.
SD Worx, Trek might gain a lot of time on smaller teams.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

Definitely an overkill.
SD Worx, Trek might gain a lot of time on smaller teams.

Yeah, unless I'm missing something, there are only 4 teams. But with this stupid TTT it will down to two.

Edit to clarify: 4 teams with a shot at GC.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yeah, unless I'm missing something, there are only 4 teams. But with this stupid TTT it will down to two.

It is a shame for the race, that both Van Vleuten and Niewiadoma aren't riding it. Aalerud and Harvey could possibly finish on the podium, but they won't be able to win.

 

[yaco]

The length of the TTT is a particular issue because this edition of the Giro Rosa is less mountainous than the last 3 or 4 editions, hence it will be hard to make up time for losses in the TTT - What it may do is allow for more successes in breakaways.

 

[RedheadDane]

I was just about to be angry at Eurosport for not having the race on their schedule today. But... I shall forgive them.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Trek is fastest at the intermediate split (27 seconds faster than SDW), while FdJ is more than a minute behind the current leaders, Alé BTC Ljubljana, at the finish.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Only SD Worx left on the road.
Edit: They only lost 8 seconds to Trek, so we have the expected big gaps to the other teams.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1410956769245945864

View: https://twitter.com/petervdveen/status/1410956769245945864

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Already time to destroy the TTT, this will end up keeping Cille from the podium again.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Ruth Winder will wear the maglia rosa tomorrow for the second time in her career.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wow, I haven't seen so many people on a podium for a very long time!

 

[SafeBet]

Gaps are actually smaller than I envisioned but still a stupid idea.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Unfortunately, as TTTs require less time spent on closures than ITTs, they're more prevalent than the latter on the women's calendar, and in recent years the Giro has developed a formula with a TTT opening and the only ITT being an MTT, which I'm not really keen on. There are two standalone TTTs on the calendar and hardly any stage races with ITTs above prologue kind of length, frustratingly. It's especially frustrating when you have the problem of the top talents being funnelled into a small number of teams, and then you give those teams a headstart above that which they already have.

Also have to question VDBB, Anna VDB, Demi and Elena not wearing their masks...