Eshnar said:
Big news. A local newspaper claims that the western mountain block will look like this:
??? - Prato Nevoso
Busca - Jafferau (via Finestre and Sestriere)
Susa - ??? (somewhere in Aosta valley)
If it's true, that'd have a ton of implications.
wouldn't the Jafferau stage kind of neuter the rest of the race?
EDIT oh they don't climb all of it - just the paved part, of course.
Also, are you saying that he last mountain stage will feature mostly flat roads, if they don't cross the border into France?
So, what would that stage look like, most likely?
Susa - a *** load of lowland / minor hills - first meaningless climb - St Pant. - Cervinia?
That would be terrible, IMO. I'd rather see they stay in the actual Aosta Valley for almost the entire run and do a one climb stage up Colle San Carlo and then descend into Courmayer instead. Even that would be much better.