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Miburo said:Well that ain't a good start, at least no TTT? That would be amazing
staubsauger said:Looks like it ain't no tt rich Giro to massively favor Fabio Aru.
Bardet & Landa to fight it out then. :lol:
The Giro starts on Friday, so as a matter of fact, yes it is.Gigs_98 said:At least it's not on a weekend.
Yeah.luckyboy said:Yeah that is quite underwhelming. You could do much more interesting things in the East than that stage 2
God damnit :lol:Eshnar said:The Giro starts on Friday, so as a matter of fact, yes it is.Gigs_98 said:At least it's not on a weekend.
The advantage for Gaviria is that he isn't the best sprinter of his team. Etixx doesn't need him for the Tour so they will probably let him ride the whole giro while Kittel will go to the tdf.staubsauger said:I highly doubt Kittel is gonna be at the Giro anyway. Since he messed up his Tour preparation this year when he hit his absolute peak shape at the Giro rather than the Tour. Same goes for Greipel who's certainly gonna be on a low-level at the Giro like in 2015. As Cofidis ain't likely to get a Giro wildcard I expect Gaviria to be the major sprint force in next year's race. Actually he could very well go for the pink jersey on stage 1 as well as for the stage win in stage 3. And he'd stay in the race until the very end in order to win the red jersey. So Etixx's certainly gonna give him a decent train to work for him. He's a great prospect after all and he's ready to rumble next spring.
Yes, exactly. Against Modolo, Nizzolo, Viviani and a weak Greipel (or Hofland) he should be the favorite in the sprints. At least on paper!Gigs_98 said:The advantage for Gaviria is that he isn't the best sprinter of his team. Etixx doesn't need him for the Tour so they will probably let him ride the whole giro while Kittel will go to the tdf.staubsauger said:I highly doubt Kittel is gonna be at the Giro anyway. Since he messed up his Tour preparation this year when he hit his absolute peak shape at the Giro rather than the Tour. Same goes for Greipel who's certainly gonna be on a low-level at the Giro like in 2015. As Cofidis ain't likely to get a Giro wildcard I expect Gaviria to be the major sprint force in next year's race. Actually he could very well go for the pink jersey on stage 1 as well as for the stage win in stage 3. And he'd stay in the race until the very end in order to win the red jersey. So Etixx's certainly gonna give him a decent train to work for him. He's a great prospect after all and he's ready to rumble next spring.
The West Coast would probably be even better when it comes to Echelons but yeah, the wind have a huge impact on stage 1.Brullnux said:The first stage could be properly windy. The area around Santa Teresa Di Gallura is famed for its winds, coming in from Corsica. Echelons are possible.
2 km at 8%, barely.Mayomaniac said:The West Coast would probably be even better when it comes to Echelons but yeah, the wind have a huge impact on stage 1.Brullnux said:The first stage could be properly windy. The area around Santa Teresa Di Gallura is famed for its winds, coming in from Corsica. Echelons are possible.
Edit: apparently the final climb on stage 1 is 5km long, with 3km at 8%.
Ok, so La Gazzetta is just hyping the climb a bit.Eshnar said:2 km at 8%, barely.Mayomaniac said:The West Coast would probably be even better when it comes to Echelons but yeah, the wind have a huge impact on stage 1.Brullnux said:The first stage could be properly windy. The area around Santa Teresa Di Gallura is famed for its winds, coming in from Corsica. Echelons are possible.
Edit: apparently the final climb on stage 1 is 5km long, with 3km at 8%.
3 at 8% is 240m, which is already impossible since the climb tops at 216. Additionally, they mention there's an easier part of the climb(which is true), so more than hyping I think they just don't know how math works.Mayomaniac said:Ok, so La Gazzetta is just hyping the climb a bit.Eshnar said:2 km at 8%, barely.Mayomaniac said:The West Coast would probably be even better when it comes to Echelons but yeah, the wind have a huge impact on stage 1.Brullnux said:The first stage could be properly windy. The area around Santa Teresa Di Gallura is famed for its winds, coming in from Corsica. Echelons are possible.
Edit: apparently the final climb on stage 1 is 5km long, with 3km at 8%.