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Descender said:Isn't Cannondale Canadian?
Afrank said:American division of Canadian conglomerate Dorel Industries. Based in Connecticut.
Cult Classics said:I'd like to see it but I can't see it. He does so much racing during classics season. He's more or less the only big name classics rider to do all the races (he skips Roubaix but he'll do most races from Omloop, Strade Bianche through to Liege), so it just seems unlikely he'd do the Giro too. Higher chance of either kicking back at the tour of Belgium or fulfilling some sponsor obligations in the rainbow at the tour of California I think.
Ferminal said:Roughly listing them,
Tour has:
Pailheres
Ventoux
Sarenne
Huez
Glandon
Madeleine
Semnoz
So 7 proper HC+ climbs.
Giro has:
Passo Cason di Lanza
Cenis
Telegraphe-Galibier
Gavia
Stelvio
Martello
Giau
Tre Croci-Tre Cime
8
In absence of the list @ Plataforma Recorridos:
Telegraphe-Galibier
Ventoux
Cenis
Tre Croci-Tre Cime
Gavia
Cason di Lanza
Madeleine
Stelvio
Sarenne
Pailheres
Giau
Semnoz
Huez
Glandon
Martello
Just a guess.
So around 5 of the hardest 6 are in the Giro.
Tour has 2 stages with 2 HC. Giro has 1 stage with 3 HC and 2 stages with 2HC. Which means the Giro has at least one HC on 4 stages whilst for the Tour it is 5.
El Pistolero said:He did it in 2009 though.
Cult Classics said:In 2009 he wasn't on an American team and America's biggest stage race wasn't happening in the middle of the Giro.
Netserk said:He should be a/the favourite for stages: 3, 5, 7, 9 & 13. And an outsider for 4, 11 & 17. IMO he should start and then DNS stage 14.
The Hitch said:Boy would it be sweet to see Gilbert DNF,baring in mind how much **** Cav got last year from a certain poster because he was "not going to finish".
Eshnar said:And Costalunga is definitely an HC.
And we could argue whether Sestriere is on not.
I know Costalunga isn't in the same league as other Dolomites but the profile seems true. On salite.ch there's this one that fits quite well.profff said:i don't know where did you find this profile of costalunga, which looks wrong.
costalunga is long but quite easy.it is not an hard climb. it is a climb which is similar to many tour climbs and it cannot stand in gront of the true HC climbs of the dolomites, like giau or fedaia from caprile. it is easier than lavaze, san pellegrino and many others.
on costalunga, mountain domestique can make good rhythm and you can stay comfortably on the wheel. there are few steep sections.
personal experience , i climbed it.
Eshnar said:I know Costalunga isn't in the same league as other Dolomites but the profile seems true. On salite.ch there's this one that fits quite well.
http://www.salite.ch/I/costalu.gif
EDIT: And it IS a HC by tdf standards. In the Giro it'll probably be a 2nd category tho.
You didn'tprofff said:sorry, I did not want to look aggressive on you.
ofc, but the main point was comparing the amount of big climbs in Giro and Tour so I just pointed out that Costalunga should be an HC. That's all.profff said:I appreciate very much your very good work and your comment son stages.
i just wanted to outline that costalunga, as you said, is not in the same league of HC climbs of the giro. maybe in france, in july a climb like costalunga can stand in the HC group: french know how to hype everything about the tour.
but we definitely agree that costalunga ( that i suggest to every amateur going into the dolomites for the beautiful passage on the outstanding lago di carezza) will not be an unforgettable moment of the corsa rosa.
bicifan said:Great job, the route looks awesome! Purito will destroy the competitors like he did in La Vuelta.
marioni said:Not with 3 stages and 90+ km overall of ITT, he won't. This could be a good race for Wiggo.
The Hitch said:Its about 75k of itt. Its 90k of tt but that includes the ttt
greenedge said:Way more than that probably.
The Hitch said:Bonus seconds are not available on mountain stages.
still to decide... unless I missed something.The Hitch said:Bonus seconds are not available on mountain stages.
ernesto. said:I just visited the Giro pages to look at the categorization of the climbs for the 2013 race, but they're still all "blue"! Does anybody know where the Giro stages might be posted with their categorizations? Or where the race programs might be posted? I previously read on this thread that:
Eshnar said:Those profiles are still provisionals... Soon they'll make the final version, with all the changes they made to a few stages and the category of the climbs. Anyway, if you look at the "cronotabella" (=timetable), there already are the categories in the end.
ernesto. said:but I can't see where I can find that - the cronotabella - for the current upcoming race on the 2013 site.