You can also have a descent finishroundabout said:I meant some big ski station.
You can also have a descent finishroundabout said:I meant some big ski station.
Who knows. Potentially, even a little town can ally with its neighbours and have a Giro finish. In a range from Pinerolo to Varese everything is possible.roundabout said:Yeah, that too.
Although I can't really think of a location. Stresa?
I am out of ideas.
just like I said before, we have very little info.roundabout said:Hmm, that doesn't sound very definite.
Is it less than 3 weeks to the presentation from today?
Surely there would be some rumors about the last Saturday stage.
imho the likeliest way is a finish either in Sestriere or Pinerolo.SafeBet said:I'm trying to come up with something from Bardonecchia but it's not easy.
that could do, yes... And there would be descents for NibblesDescender said:Finish in Pinerolo after Finestre + Pramartino?
Bold, yes, but it's the last mountain stage... why not? Surely Pinerolo won't be more than 50km away from the top of Finestre, and if a shagged out Contador could do it on a 2nd Cat climb...
Eshnar said:that could do, yes... And there would be descents for Nibbles![]()
I'm actually quite confused because I expected many descent finishes (or anyway meaningful descents) in order to make Nibali win. As for now, there aren't. Unless the stage of the Gavia ends in Bormio instead of the top.Descender said:And I have to live up to my username.![]()
airstream said:i fear they already missed out galibier as they did it with l'alpe-d'huez in 2010![]()
exactly. (10c)Bavarianrider said:Italy has so many mountains? Why the **** do they need ****ing Galbier. We see that mountain more than enough at le tour
Peccio89 said:Don't think that would be a bad news, either side you do the Galibier coming from Italy you have a lot of valley kilometer between the start of the Galibier and the previous climb.
They won't come from the Aosta valley so they can't.McLovin said:Not if they do Madeleine.
Eshnar said:They won't come from the Aosta valley so they can't.
it would be pretty long....McLovin said:Not impossible. Or they can do une boucle avec Croix de Fer before Telegraphe.
Eshnar said:imho the likeliest way is a finish either in Sestriere or Pinerolo.
Eshnar said:they could make a mountain stage in Piemonte and then have the final ITT in Milan. Last year they transfer'd from the Stelvio... pretty long transfer indeed. Technically they could have the Galibier stage on Saturday and do the huge transfer, but... the Giro ending (basically) in France?
As for Torino, I don't think so. No rumours on that side.
Yes it's possible that the article meant Trentino as the actual one, and not the whole region. I'll put again Val Senales in the provisional route until the mistery is solved.
1 Napoli - Napoli [flat] (Napoli is official. Still not clear if TTT or road stage)
2 Ischia TTT ****(circuit if Napoli is TTT)
3 ??? - ???
4 ??? - ???
5 ??? - ???
6 ??? - ???
7 ??? - ???
8 ??? - ???
9 ??? - Firenze [3x Worlds circuit] *****
REST (transfer to Cordenons)
10 Cordenons - Malghe Del Montasio [MTF] *****
11 Tarvisio (or Cave Del Predil) - Vajont [Hilly]*****
12 Longarone - Treviso [flat] *****
13 Vicenza ITT ****
14 ??? - Val Senales [MTF] ***
15 ??? - Gavia [MTF] ***
REST
16 Mori - Polsa [MTT] ****
17 ??? - Parma(or Busseto) [flat] ***
18 ??? - Cherasco (?) [hilly] ****
19 Cervere - Galibier [MTF] ****
20 Bardonecchia - ???
21 Milano ITT **
source?Ciclo83 said:The Gavia is the penultimate day ...
Third stage in Marina d'Ascea and perhaps the fourth in Cosenza
http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?page=news&cod=52659&tp=n
How can you reach Galibier if on Friday you're in Vicenza? Quite crazy, yes.SafeBet said:I was thinking about it yesterday. You could have the stage to Galibier on the second to last Saturday or Sunday and then have a massive transfer on the rest day to get to La Polsa.
Crazy?