I thought it was a good post.
There was certainly some truth to the "thread will (sometimes) become weird and ramply" bit.
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I thought it was a good post.
Was the above comment something resurrected from when this thread started, in honor of the thread having reached 500 pages?
No Benelux Tour this year - https://www.beneluxtour.eu/nl/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=890231
Yet another race killed off because the Dutch police won't cooperate. Might just be the thing that pushes Lotto over the edge too, Wellens often shines here.
Not gonna be a long race then! It probably only takes 3 stages to get from Florence to Nice!According to the Gazzetta, the Tour may not finish in Paris in 2024 but in Nice. Because of the Olympics which will start a few days later.
It would start in Florence with three stages in Italy.
Not gonna be a long race then! It probably only takes 3 stages to get from Florence to Nice!
I thought you were going to say that he suggested they could have done Budapest to Verona in 3 or 4 stages.That reminds me of Barnabás Peák who proposed an alternative route toward Verona when they were in Bergamo (an hour's drive away) on the third rest day of this Giro.
I know it's probably down to money and trying to balance a route, but it does slightly irritate me that often when a giro starts outside of Italy where they have to fly over, they start right at the bottom. It makes sense when coming from the Israeli start (which to be honest didn't make sense other than money) as that is further south and east of Italy, but for starts like Hungary, Ireland and the most recent Dutch start.I thought you were going to say that he suggested they could have done Budapest to Verona in 3 or 4 stages.
Hungary was especially bad because they could just have had a single stage through Slovenia or Austria and then started the fifth stage from Friuli, similar to how the Tour always has a stage through Belgium following a Dutch GD.I know it's probably down to money and trying to balance a route, but it does slightly irritate me that often when a giro starts outside of Italy where they have to fly over, they start right at the bottom. It makes sense when coming from the Israeli start (which to be honest didn't make sense other than money) as that is further south and east of Italy, but for starts like Hungary, Ireland and the most recent Dutch start.
Exactly. One could have even had some early Dolomite stages similar to the 2009 edition.Hungary was especially bad because they could just have had a single stage through Slovenia or Austria and then started the fifth stage from Friuli, similar to how the Tour always has a stage through Belgium following a Dutch GD.
According to the Gazzetta, the Tour may not finish in Paris in 2024 but in Nice. Because of the Olympics which will start a few days later.
It would start in Florence with three stages in Italy.
Prologue on the Champs-Élysées circuit they usually do, would be fun.I don't like Grand Tours starting in the country of other GT.
I kind of understand that decision, but with no Paris finish I think it would have been good idea to start the race there.
But is the Giro really the Giro without an unnecessarily long transfer?I know it's probably down to money and trying to balance a route, but it does slightly irritate me that often when a giro starts outside of Italy where they have to fly over, they start right at the bottom. It makes sense when coming from the Israeli start (which to be honest didn't make sense other than money) as that is further south and east of Italy, but for starts like Hungary, Ireland and the most recent Dutch start.
Maybe you have the author on ignore list because it is clearly there.Why no Tour de Suisse thread??
NOS did an interview and did a video on Amy Pieters, showing her current state and progress.