2021 Giro Route Rumours

[topcat]

Any official date for the unveiling of Eshnar's route thread?

 

[Eshnar]

Any official date for the unveiling of Eshnar's route thread?

I also must reach an agreement with RAI first

 

[Red Rick]

Maybe. Does that leave you enough time to complain about the route?

There is never enough time nor is there too little time. There is just time.

 

[mikii4567]

Apparently, RCS and RAI have finally closed the deal and the presentation will be on Wed 24th at 16:00.
Still not official though.

Now it is.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1362433762458554368

View: https://twitter.com/giroditalia/status/1362433762458554368

 

[Eshnar]

finally.

Now for the record, a local article today claims the Madesimo stage is gonna come from the italian side, which would suck, to put it mildly. Allegedly their source is a sketch of the route that has been circulating between journos. I sincerely hope they mean the sketch that appeared on La Stampa weeks ago, which is bs like every year. We'll see next week.

 

[Eshnar]

Local article today shows the (unofficial) planimetry of stage 14, confirming it's only gonna have Monte Rest and Zoncolan from Sutrio. It also mentions that stage 16 will have the Crosetta at the beginning, as I suspected, will be 212 km long and will happen on Monday, before the rest day. Fingers crossed about that...

 

[Kyllingen86]

I wonder if the route will be leaked the day before like almost every year

 

[Eshnar]

I wonder if the route will be leaked the day before like almost every year

I would think so, but nothing yet.

 

[Eshnar]

6 hours to go

Latest news talk about 35 km of sterrato in Montalcino, while the stage to Bagno di Romagna should be more or less like the version passing near Firenze that I posted a while ago.
Biggest question marks are the exact route of San Giacomo, Montalcino, Sega di Ala and Madesimo. The rest should be pretty much as predicted.

 

[Eshnar]

starting right now

 

[Mayomaniac]

Letizia Paternoster in a dress bringing out the trophy.

 

[SafeBet]

17 of 21 stages will have full coverage on RAI.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Can someone exlain me why they picked Orlando as the moderator? The guy doesn't know a thing about cycling.

 

[SafeBet]

Can someone exlain me why they picked Orlando as the moderator? The guy doesn't know a thing about cycling.

It's RAI.
Incompetence is the norm.

 

[Eshnar]

La Flamme Rouge is posting some profiles on Twitter

Montalcino is not the same finale as 2010, they do that climb earlier and then come back from another side

Milan ITT 29.4 km

 

[Mayomaniac]

It's RAI.
Incompetence is the norm.

I don't like him as a commentator, but De Luca would be totally fine as the moderator.

 

[Mayomaniac]

That's a hard first week.

 

[fbjim]

well Giau-Cortina will be drop-dead gorgeous

 

[Mayomaniac]

Corsetta-Fedaia-Pordoi- Giau, it's happening!

 

[fbjim]

Glad Zoncolan is before the Cortina stage, probably the correct order. Zoncolan is mostly an attrition fest anyway.

 

[Eshnar]

San Valentino from the hard side before Sega di Ala, nice

 

[Eshnar]

bagno di Romagna does not have the last climb that was rumoured

 

[46&twoWheels]

Letizia Paternoster in a dress bringing out the trophy.

more like Letizia "Holy Mary" Ave Maria

 

[Eshnar]

luckily Alpe Motta is from north

 

[SafeBet]

bagno di Romagna does not have the last climb that was rumoured

Not a bad stage but I was kind of disappointed considering the rumors.