Have GT organizers become allergic to prologues? The last prologue we had was in the Tour last year, and more than likely we won't see one again until maybe in the Giro 2015.
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looks like what i dreamed about. awesome route
keep mortirolo for 2015 i guess.and the legendary side
keep mortirolo for 2015 i guess.and the legendary side
It is far easier to have a hilly stage in stage 2 (Belfast to Belfast) than in stage 3 finishing in Dublin.
However, if both of them finish in the city centre (and stage 2 is for sure to finish in the centre of Belfast), there is unlikely to be much difficulty near the end of the stage.
I have read somewhere that stage 2 will go up to the North east coast to take in the Giant's Causeway and then back to Belfast. That is a 200km return journey, so it will be hard to take in too many hills.
If they go south of Belfast, there is more chance of hills. But it looks unlikely.
All in all, I think you guys will be disappointed with the parcours served up by us Irishmen and women.
However, if both of them finish in the city centre (and stage 2 is for sure to finish in the centre of Belfast), there is unlikely to be much difficulty near the end of the stage.
I have read somewhere that stage 2 will go up to the North east coast to take in the Giant's Causeway and then back to Belfast. That is a 200km return journey, so it will be hard to take in too many hills.
If they go south of Belfast, there is more chance of hills. But it looks unlikely.
All in all, I think you guys will be disappointed with the parcours served up by us Irishmen and women.
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cocteau_ireland said:
"They'll be out routing the stages and then you'll have the prologue which is the team time trial which goes past the door here and round Stormont and it's unbelievable for the people of Northern Ireland, for the tourism, for the economy to be able to support something like the Giro."
So it'll be a TTT
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so.... all pan flat? Will there be wind at least?Netserk said:"They'll be out routing the stages and then you'll have the prologue which is the team time trial which goes past the door here and round Stormont and it's unbelievable for the people of Northern Ireland, for the tourism, for the economy to be able to support something like the Giro."
So it'll be a TTT
edit: I mean the road stages
It does appear to be mainly flat. I had a hope they would use Howth Hill near Dublin,m but they have resisted the urge.
They could have done so much more.
The prevailing wind in Ireland is from the south west. It can blow from the East in May, but sadly it is likely to come from W/SW, which mean echelons are less likely.
They could have done so much more.
The prevailing wind in Ireland is from the south west. It can blow from the East in May, but sadly it is likely to come from W/SW, which mean echelons are less likely.
Passo del Lupo looks kind of cool for a Giro 2nd weekend ****ty MTF. Aside from that it looks like a good 6-day version of Giro del "Trentino".
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cocteau_ireland said:
They're avoiding Knockagh Road on Stage 2? That seems like a huge missed opportunity.
Eshnar said:uhm... I should post these things AFTER reading Tuttosport.
18. Belluno - Rifugio Panarotta [MTF]
well I'm glad I have a stage 6 now
Which mountains is likely to be included on this stage? Do you have any idea?
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Eshnar said:
Another sprinters' stage... Just damn. There isn't much wrong with that finish, but there seems to be an overabundance of light stages, IMO.
I don't know where all this "brutal" talk comes from anyway. The last two mountain stages are pretty soft (as are all the others), which is unusual, I'd say. Especially in practice, with the MTT in between. Sure, the MTT will be brutal, but what else? Just the one stage, and a time trial at that. Disappointing. The Zonc stage isn't ridiculously hard to begin with and pretty much every big team will be racing to protect their top-10 spot at that point.
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It's not brutal, is overly backloaded. That's different. On one hand it lacks a proper tough multi-mountain stage, otoh it has 5 MTFs and a terrible MTT in the last 8 stages. The real problem is that the difficulty of those 6 mountain stages rises steadily stage after stage. Its backload is backloaded18-Valve. (pithy) said:
so we have 7 MTF (if there's no Montecassino, otherwise they are 8).
Carpegna (everything points to quite a hard stage)
Passo del Lupo (this should be relatively easy)
Oropa (medium difficulty)
Montecampione (medium difficulty)
Val Martello (high mountains but short stage)
Panarotta (difficult stage that will probably ridden at juniors' pace due to what comes next)
Zoncolan (final showdown, limited to 8 kms)
I don't know, without the routes I can't say much more. Last year they threw a bunch of hills in almost every stage, if they do that this year too that would change the evaluation a lot.
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