Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2022 route rumors

[Eshnar]

CICLISMO / Giro d'Italia 2022: presentazione del percorso, Jesi attende conferma - Lo sport della Vallesina

Avverrà online: il 3 novembre la partenza, l’8 le tappe in volata, il 9 quelle di media difficoltà, il 10 le salite JESI, 2 novembre 2021 – Ci siamo! Il Giro d’Italia edizione 2022, che si snoderà sulle strade della Penisola, a breve avrà il suo vero volto. L’organizzazione ha definito le date...

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This article actually lists the stages by type. It says:

• flat stages will be #5,6,11,13,18
• medium mountain stages will be #7,8,10,12,14,19
• High Mountains, #4,9,15,16,17,20

This obviously does not include the Grande Partenza nor the final stage, that will be presented separately.

So from there it seems clear that Piedmont will have a sprint stage and a medium mountain one (RIP the two big F-climbs), while the stage to Cogne has to be a big one.
A local article says that stage 16 will start from the Garda, which finally clears that doubt. The Garda area will have that stage start and that's it. The same article mentions Aprica or Campo Moro as likely finish locations. We need to see.

so, flat (F), Hilly (H), Mountains (M):

1 Hungary (not ITT?)
2 Hungary (ITT?)
3 Hungary (ITT?)
4 ??? - Etna (M)
5 ??? - Taormina (F)
6 Somewhere in Calabria - Scalea (F)
7 Diamante - Potenza (H)
8 Potenza - Monte di Procida (H)
9 Isernia - Blockhaus (M)
rest
10 Pescara OR Sarnano - Jesi (H)
11 Sant'Agata Feltria OR Santarcangelo - Reggio Emilia (F)
12 Parma - somewhere near Savona or Genova (H)
13 somewhere near Savona or Genova - somewhere in Piedmont (Cuneo?) (F)
14 Santena - mountains in Piedmont (H)
15 Rivarolo Canavese - Cogne (M)
rest
16 Salo'? - Tirano or Aprica or Campo Moro (M)
17 Valtellina? - Trentino/Südtirol (M)
18 Trentino? - Martellago (F)
19 Lignano - Castelmonte (H)
20 ??? - Tre Cime or Fedaia (M)
21 Verona ITT

Edit: just saw that the article of stage 16 had already been posted. my bad.

 

[Red Rick]

Reverse Mortirolo/Aprica?

This is gonna be a very long off season.

 

[Mayomaniac]

They're actually choosing to somehow make a bad Aprica stage?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1455547962554294274

Mortirolo from Monno doesn't have to be that rather easy (compared to the other sides) climb, you can also use the dritta/recta Contador:

A 3km long straight at 13%, that would break up the race.
Here's a video of Contador himself doing a recon of the climb:

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Mortirolo from Monno doesn't have to be that rather easy (compared to the other sides) climb, you can also use the dritta/recta Contador:

A 3km long straight at 13%, that would break up the race.
Here's a video of Contador himself doing a recon of the climb:

That doesn't take away the 20 kilometres of flat between Grosio and Villa di Tirano though. With a Vezzena MTF rumoured for the ensuing stage - a stage that will be hard even if that rumour is wrong and it isn't a major MTF - that's a big risk to take compared to the classic finale, without much potential upside.

Edit: unless you take the ridge road and then descend from Trivigno, that is. But that mainly splits the flats in two without shortening the total distance much.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

They can present the route for a month but as long as they give us Stelvio, Finestre, Fauniera and Mortirolo it is fine!

 

[Red Rick]

Starting to look like only Tremalzo can save this Giro route smh

 

[Mayomaniac]

Starting to look like only Tremalzo can save this Giro route smh

TBF, if we get a Giro with both Fauniera and Fedaia I don't care.
A mid length ITT in Hungary early on would be nice.

 

[Eshnar]

I'm not sure why you guys keep talking about Fauniera.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I'm not sure why you guys keep talking about Fauniera.

Wishful thinking.

 

[Red Rick]

I'm not sure why you guys keep talking about Fauniera.

Spoiler

Guy has just silently given up on understanding why I keep talking about Tremalzo.

Fauniera is a legend. I'm not even sure it really exists at this point. Took me too long to realise the 2nd F is Finestre and not Fedaia.

 

[Eshnar]

Spoiler

Guy has just silently given up on understanding why I keep talking about Tremalzo.

Fauniera is a legend. I'm not even sure it really exists at this point. Took me too long to realise the 2nd F is Finestre and not Fedaia.

well I'm not asking about Tremalzo because that is obviously just a dream. For Fauniera and Finestre I was afraid people were still seriously expecting those

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Spoiler

Guy has just silently given up on understanding why I keep talking about Tremalzo.

Fauniera is a legend. I'm not even sure it really exists at this point. Took me too long to realise the 2nd F is Finestre and not Fedaia.

Apparently its road quality is so bad that it's better as a hiking trail. Maybe one day I will trek it (but won't post my VAM numbers cause I will have breaks for snacks and photos - just like Remco).

 

[Eshnar]

With a Vezzena MTF rumoured for the ensuing stage - a stage that will be hard even if that rumour is wrong and it isn't a major MTF -

btw, the Vezzena rumour afaik has only one source - a tweet by some guy that was then quickly deleted. That's why I didn't even mention it here.
They are starting now big roadworks on the Vezzena, which are supposed to last until June. It is possible they have the Giro in mind, but definitely NOT the 2022 edition.

 

[gregrowlerson]

My friends always tell me my complaints really fall off in the third week

Yeah, but you've already roglstomped your enemies into submission by then.

 

[noob]

If there till be a week long presentation does it mean no suits? I mean Italy is the king of fashion and they won't deliver cyclists in suits? :O

 

[Eshnar]

local article today confirmed that stage 16 will have both Mortirolo and Santa Cristina. So I guess the finish will be in Aprica after all.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wait, what?

Because just presenting the entire route at the same time is so last year, apparently...
Just to be sure; the Hungary Grande Partenza is the one they were supposed to have last year, right?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Wait, what?

Because just presenting the entire route at the same time is so last year, apparently...
Just to be sure; the Hungary Grande Partenza is the one they were supposed to have last year, right?

Apparently they switched things up a bit, rumour has t that this time the first stage won't be an ITT.
Oh well, we'll see today.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

so, flat (F), Hilly (H), Mountains (M):

14 Santena - mountains in Piedmont (H)
15 Rivarolo Canavese - Cogne (M)

You have stage 14 listed as hilly. This could still be a mountain stage, correct?

As for the Cogne stage, any idea as to what Aosta valley climb(s) are likely to be included?

 

[Eshnar]

You have stage 14 listed as hilly. This could still be a mountain stage, correct?

As for the Cogne stage, any idea as to what Aosta valley climb(s) are likely to be included?

if the classification is correct, it means medium mountain. For reference, something like the Pinerolo stage in 2019 would be possible.

On the way to Cogne one can include as many climbs as you want. Or none. The second week seems pretty light though, so I expect a big stage. Let's say Champremiere - Pila - Verrogne - Cogne

 

[Libertine Seguros]

After last year's despicable switcheroo in the Dolomites, the LEAST Vegni can do is Tze Core-Saint-Panthaléon-Champremier-Pila les Fleurs-Cogne.

 

[Eshnar]

Local articles in both Parma and Savona confirm that stage 12 will finish in Genova. The Parma article states that they will enter Liguria through the Passo del Bocco and the stage will be around 190 km. I checked and that would fit perfectly with a finish at the N.S. della Guardia, but I suspect a MTF there would be classified as a proper mountain stage. In any case there are many possibilities, with or without a finish in the city center (that I still do not believe in).
The following stage is said to be Sanremo - Cuneo. Since at the moment I have no alternatives, I'll trust it.

1 Hungary (not ITT?)
2 Hungary (ITT?)
3 Hungary (ITT?)
4 ??? - Etna (M)
5 ??? - Taormina (F)
6 Somewhere in Calabria - Scalea (F)
7 Diamante - Potenza (H)
8 Potenza - Monte di Procida (H)
9 Isernia - Blockhaus (M)
rest
10 Pescara - Jesi (H)
11 Sant'Agata Feltria OR Santarcangelo - Reggio Emilia (F)
12 Parma - Genova (H)
13 Sanremo - Cuneo (F)
14 Santena - mountains in Piedmont (H)
15 Rivarolo Canavese - Cogne (M)
rest
16 Salo'? - Tirano or Aprica (M)
17 Valtellina? - Trentino/Südtirol (M)
18 Trentino? - Martellago or Treviso (F)
19 Lignano - Castelmonte (H)
20 Martellago or Treviso - Tre Cime or Fedaia (M)
21 Verona ITT

 

[Netserk]

The best run in into Fedaia is probably Valparola from la Villa followed by the Giau from Pocol, 2 good climbs and almost no flat before Fedaia.

Tre Croci and full Giau from Cortina, but obviously it all depends on where you start.

I checked and that would fit perfectly with a finish at the N.S. della Guardia, but I suspect a MTF there would be classified as a proper mountain stage.

The 2007 stage was classified as intermediate (media montagna, as per Gazzetta).

 

[Eshnar]

The 2007 stage was classified as intermediate (media montagna, as per Gazzetta).

Yeah but at the time Zomegnan was in charge.

 

[Red Rick]

Tre Croci and full Giau from Cortina, but obviously it all depends on where you start.

The 2007 stage was classified as intermediate (media montagna, as per Gazzetta).

No matter where you start you can have a great lead into Fedaia. There's no other place like the Dolomiti that you can make dozens of epic combos like it.