Fwiw this is the Mottolino finish, the ramp really isn't that brutal and therefore shouldn't hurt all that much.

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Considering that nothing happened in neither 2023 nor 2022, it just cannot come as a surprise that the route is easier...
At least it will have the GC contenders attacking from Forcola di Livigno and not simply waiting for the final climb.Fwiw this is the Mottolino finish, the ramp really isn't that brutal and therefore shouldn't hurt all that much.
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Good, some Media talked about 2kms at 14 percent at the end...Fwiw this is the Mottolino finish, the ramp really isn't that brutal and therefore shouldn't hurt all that much.
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Funnily enough, there is a ski jumping ramp right at the finish of Monte Pana 😎Oh look, stage perfect for roglic. I see a sky jumping ramp between the top of stelvio and the start of the last climb. Seriously, this year at leat they tried to not backload that much the route, but some high mountains are a joke. Absolutely a waste of passo stelvio.
At least the stage of grappa is quite good.
I say this one has better pacing than 2023 and is a better Version of 2022.the 2022 route was like this one though
Only place in Südtirol that produces Ski Jumpers and NC athletes.Funnily enough, there is a ski jumping ramp right at the finish of Monte Pana 😎
Anyone got the profile from stage 15? Or a general overview of profiles? I've only seen the Grand Depart and Stage 17-20.
Right? I mean Tirano, Mortirolo, Gavia and finish up Stelvio could be something to beholdAbsolutely a waste of passo stelvio
Until now Italy and Remco isn't exactly a big success Story...Remco Evenepoel should seriously consider going to the Giro next year.
I find myself in a severe shortage of kittens to drown in reaction to this route.Come on @Red Rick, we are waiting!
Then again, despite that the 2010 Giro was god-tier.Quite an interesting stat in this tweet confirming what I alreaady thought, this is a very, very mellow Giro d'Italia:
View: https://twitter.com/StatsOnCycling/status/1712879263752306935
I kinda know where it comes from with the Giro this year being so boring until the last TT because of the 'backloading', but then again, I don't think this is the solution either. The Giro for me had its charm when I started following cycling around 2011 just because of it's extremeness and beauty in climbs. Stripping that away to attract more GC contenders (which I think, will be highly doubtable since I see al the big guns lining up for the Tour next year) feels like stripping the herbs and Parmezan cheese from a good pasta.
I find myself in a severe shortage of kittens to drown in reaction to this route.
I've been neutral or mildly positive on occasion. IIRC I was actually very happy about the 2020 Giro route.Has that ever not been your immediate reaction to a route presentation, though?
Today on cycling fans are idiots: there are about 576 valid reasons to criticise this Giro route, but the criticism (especially away from this forum) focuses on using Stelvio early in the stage when that's the only way to get from Livigno to Val Gardena within a UCI-compliant distance. It's even dumber because what comes towards the end of the stage (especially using the wrong side of Pinei) is clearly the real problem with that stage.
'But they could have finished closer to Stelvio!' Yes, that's clearly how stage hosts work.