We literally had Blockhaus in the same slot last year...A halfway decent MTF in week 1?
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We literally had Blockhaus in the same slot last year...A halfway decent MTF in week 1?
That's illegal!
They should be pretty accurate. But in general we know a lot less than usual this year. I've been collecting rumours but can't tell anything with confidence yet.No idea of the veracity of these but it’s something I guess?
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How much is known about the Lombardia route? It's just 3½ weeks away ffs ...They should be pretty accurate. But in general we know a lot less than usual this year. I've been collecting rumours but can't tell anything with confidence yet.
The presentation is on October 13th.
gonna finish in Bergamo. The presentation is next Tuesday. That's all I knowHow much is known about the Lombardia route? It's just 3½ weeks away ffs ...
If they are finishing at Passo Coe like in 2002, I wonder what that stage would look like. Seems like the best option is using a similar route/climbs as this year’s stage to Bondone but I wonder if they’d do that?They should be pretty accurate. But in general we know a lot less than usual this year. I've been collecting rumours but can't tell anything with confidence yet.
The presentation is on October 13th.
Bergamo going 2014 route wouldn't be very good.Thanks. Should be better than last year.
Would like to see a repeat of the 2016 route.Thanks. Should be better than last year
That would be fabulous. But I expect to see Ganda again. I just hope that it will be followed by the full Selvino ascent this time around, something like this.Would like to see a repeat of the 2016 route.
Bocca di Forca>Monte Grappa one time?Grande partenza likely to be in Torino:
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Sappada from the other side also means that they'll ride througgh godforsaken villages like Rigolato. I'm not even joking, the area between Forni Avoltri and Comeglians is pretty much at the end of the world. Anyway, that probably means we'll at least see all the old houses in Plodn/Cima Sappada and a Sappada stage is always a good excuse to have Lisa Vittozzi on our screens.As per the article, they would approach Sappada from the east (contrary to the 2018 stage), over Duron, Sella Valcalda and Sappada. The latter two climbs also featured in the famous 1987 stage.
The presentation being in Trento definitely lends further credence to the Coé rumour.
The Mortirolo was on the course last year. (And their absence won't be unprecedented anyway, considering the fact that none of these climbs featured in the Giro before 1994.)Sounds like we're gonna go an unprecedented amount of time without any of Mortirolo, Finestre or Zoncolan
The fake side. But those three climbs are part of the Giro's modern mythology. Only Gavia and Stelvio are in the same league.The Mortirolo was on the course last year. (And their absence won't be unprecedented anyway, considering the fact that none of these climbs featured in the Giro before 1994.)
The fools just need to descend Zoncolan and it's gonna be epic enough. Oh well, I feel like with rider protests and all of that, this is only moving further away.Although Zoncolan is epic, Finestre and Mortirolo always deliver great racing because they are super hard but the finish normally is still a bit to go. That creates awesome racing with long range attacks and in todays cycling it also could create tactical chaos whilst the breakaway forms. Even though we know that the final of the Giro might be in the Dolomites, there still is chance that Mortirolo or Finestre are included late in the second week or on stage 16.
Mortirolo the last four times it was used was always on stage 16 which also was each time that Giros queen stage.
What they should do for the Cima Sappada stage is go up the old road from Priola to the junction with the new road, descend back to Sutrio, then go over Sella Valcalda to the finish.The fools just need to descend Zoncolan and it's gonna be epic enough. Oh well, I feel like with rider protests and all of that, this is only moving further away.
The Zoncolan descent ist totally fine, only the First part is steep but overall it's a nice descent without risky parts.The fools just need to descend Zoncolan and it's gonna be epic enough. Oh well, I feel like with rider protests and all of that, this is only moving further away.