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Red Rick

Red Rick

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Mayomaniac said:
If I was an eccentric billionaire I'd spend some money every few years to get a stage that is totally over the top (we really need to get Elon Musk hooked to the sport).
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I wonder how much money stage finishes cost and if with enough crowd funding you could outbid it. Like with the old $0.60 per text message voting systems in talent shows and ***, if organisers just give 3 different proposals and let fans vote on it how that would go.
 
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Mayomaniac

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Red Rick said:
I wonder how much money stage finishes cost and if with enough crowd funding you could outbid it. Like with the old $0.60 per text message voting systems in talent shows and ***, if organisers just give 3 different proposals and let fans vote on it how that would go.
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A Giro mountain stage finish can cost up to 200k if it's a really expensive one (with roads getting repaved), as far as I know.
The idea of crowdfounding great mountain stages in areas that don't get them usually is pretty intriguing.
 
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From today's Gazzetta:
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OlavEH

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Mayomaniac said:
If I was an eccentric billionaire I'd spend some money every few years to get a stage that is totally over the top (we really need to get Elon Musk hooked to the sport).
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Agreed! €500k each year to sponsor perhaps 2-3 specific stages. One big medium mountain stage. And 1 or 2 of these great combos of BIG climb followed by easy climb that there are fairly many of in Italy. Not only Finestre-Sestriere and Mortirolo-Aprica, but certainly up to 10 others great combos.

And of course repave Fauniera and Sampeyre.
 
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OlavEH said:
Mortirolo 75 km from the stage finish. And doing the easiest ascent. They should rather done Aprica - Trivigno - Mortirolo (from Mazzo) and back to Aprica.
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At least it looks like they are using the hard side of he Teglio ascent (and it's a sprint instead of a classified climb, never change RCS):
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I mean, a downhill finish after Santa Christina isn't bad either, but it's not as good as a classic Mortirolo stage. I'll have to see how this one works in the context of the overall structure of the race, mainly stage 15 and 16.
 
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OlavEH

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Mayomaniac said:
At least it looks like they are using the hard side of he Teglio ascent (and it's a sprint instead of a classified climb, never change RCS):
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I mean, a downhill finish after Santa Christina isn't bad either, but it's not as good as a classic Mortirolo stage. I'll have to see how this one works in the context of the overall structure of the race, mainly stage 15 and 16.
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Yeah, of course it's a good stage. 200 km long. 3 big climbs and a downhill finish after the 5 km with 10 % on Passo Santa Cristina. But we've seen the "classic" Mortirolo - Aprica combo only once after 2010. That is too rarely IMO.
 
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OlavEH said:
Yeah, of course it's a good stage. 200 km long. 3 big climbs and a downhill finish after the 5 km with 10 % on Passo Santa Cristina. But we've seen the "classic" Mortirolo - Aprica combo only once after 2010. That is too rarely IMO.
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I agree, but let's see what they put before the easier Cogne climb on stage 15, maybe that's the stage that features a similar combination. Also, with stage 17 probably being a rather hard MTF this one might work out better, let's see the other stages before we roast them.
 
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Mayomaniac said:
I agree, but let's see what they put before the easier Cogne climb on stage 15, maybe that's the stage that features a similar combination. Also, with stage 17 probably being a rather hard MTF this one might work out better, let's see the other stages before we roast them.
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Ok, you're right about that. I forgot that the mountain stages in the last week were so packed. Will be interesting to see what they do on the Cogne stage and on stage 17. Vezzena? And what comes before Vezzena on that stage?
 
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Obviously the Giro has quite a few tasty MTFs (or "almost" MTF) and some very difficult stages but no stage is really promising regarding long-range attacks. No Finestre, no Stelvio, no proper Mortirolo design (the stage to Aprica will likely be decided on Santa Christina). Hopefully someone will try to crush the peloton on penultimate Teglio or Vetriolo climbs (if anything these two stages give some chances for a longer action).
 
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