Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2022 route rumors

[AlfaLum]

If i was the TD of every WT team i would go for this division:

Giro:
Carapaz
Tao
Martinez
Almeida
Simon Yates
Gaudu
Vlasov
Hindley
Higuita
Miguel Angel Lopez
Landa
Caruso
Bilbao
Bardet
Carthy
Kuss
Ciccone
Masnada

Tour:
Pogacar
Roglic
Vingegaard
Dumoulin
Bernal
Thomas
Porte
Alaphillipe
Mas
Valverde
Woods (Maybe Giro)
Lutsenko
Nibali
Haig (Cant stand bad weather)
Buchmann (Apparently cant stand bad weather)
Kelderman
Pinot
O'Connor

Adam Yates Vuelta Only

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Carapaz as well.

According to Beppe Conti. Nothing official as of yet, though it makes sense, of course.

 

[gregrowlerson]

yep that ain't it chief.
4/10 for me. Probably the worst route of the Vegni era, tied with 2014 and possibly 2018.
I guess every 4 years it has to suck.

Perhaps it is the release of poor Giro routes that signal the beginning of the bear market.

 

[Red Rick]

It's actually the perfect route for Simon Yates. And Adam Yates. Not for Sean though

 

[yaco]

On a more serious note it looks very good for the Frenchmen. I think Gaudu, Bardet, Pinot will face a tough decision.

You can back it in that Bardet will be at the Giro and one of Pinot or Gaudu.

 

[gregrowlerson]

While I 100% support forgetting the events of the 2018 Giro, the route wasn't near this bad? It was just backloaded? Although I do remember people complaining about Finestre being wasted, me not included.

Now I'm tempted to try to find and reread the 2018 Giro route thread to see comments such as; "Who's going to bother to attack from that far out? And with Sky strangling the race?"

 

[yaco]

It's actually the perfect route for Simon Yates. And Adam Yates. Not for Sean though

My understanding is S.Yates will be riding the TDF - Have no idea whether for GC or stage hunting.

 

[Mayomaniac]

It's actually the perfect route for Simon Yates. And Adam Yates. Not for Sean though

Nah, the mountain stages after stage 14 are probably still too hard for a Vuelta rider like Simon and Adam just seems to be a lot stronger as a one week stage racer than as a gc rider (with him you also have to factor in that he might target both FW and LBL).
Simon should probably go stagehunting at the Tour and ride the Vuelta for the gc.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Looks like this edition has been designed for Cattaneo, Masnada and Ciccone.

No, it's designed for Mikel.

We'll be able to discuss the sexiest cyclists again soon; using the Giro as an excuse.

"Oh my God, isn't that beautiful?!"

"I was talking about the mountains! I promise."

There is a similarity between Landa & Landscape.

 

[OlavEH]

They did that in the late 70s and most of the 80s for Italian riders (Esp. Moser and Saronni). This year route is climbers route for most parts so expect more well-rounded riders to ride Tour (or even Vuelta) instead.

Imagine the following scenario.

Ganna finishes as number 7 in the GC in the Giro in 2024.

Autumn 2024: The route for 2025 is announced. 120 km of ITT, descent finish from Etna and MTF at Montevergine the first 10 days. The last half includes MTFs to Pratonevoso and Oropa. And the queen stages are a MTF to Monte Bondone and a loop in the Dolomites doing Rolle, San Pellegrino and the Sella Ronda with a finish in Gardena or Badia.

The reactions of this forum would have been epic! Myself included!

 

[Eshnar]

Imagine the following scenario.

Ganna finishes as number 7 in the GC in the Giro in 2024.

Autumn 2024: The route for 2025 is announced. 120 km of ITT, descent finish from Etna and MTF at Montevergine the first 10 days. The last half includes MTFs to Pratonevoso and Oropa. And the queen stages are a MTF to Monte Bondone and a loop in the Dolomites doing Rolle, San Pellegrino and the Sella Ronda with a finish in Gardena or Badia.

The reactions of this forum would have been epic! Myself included!

That sounds awesome tbf, I always wanted a Sella Ronda finish

 

[OlavEH]

That sounds awesome tbf, I always wanted a Sella Ronda finish

Well, at least it would be incredibly scenic. It would be a good stage if you had a couple of other monster mountain stages where the real big time gaps could occur.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Why did they call this Grande Arrivo. Instead they should have named it Grande Scherzo.

That's the fewest km of ITT in a Giro since 1962 if I did my homework.

Yes, that's correct. There wasn't a time trial that year. But there were 4.180 kilometers on 21 stages. That made it the second longest Giro of all time. And it had seven hilltop/mountain finishes. So it was billed as a race for climbers.

Maybe those UCI people who like to regulate everything, should make same new rules regarding not only maximum length of stages, but also minimum. So that Grand Tours are obliged to include at least xyz of tt kilometers and at least two mountain stages over 220 kilometers.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

1. FAUSTO MASNADA
2. MIKEL LANDISMO
3. VINCENZO LO SQUALO

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Looks like this edition has been designed for Cattaneo, Masnada and Ciccone.

Every Giro is designed for Fausto in the next 5 years as long as there are no bonus second sprints. He is incredibly versatile

 

[BlueRoads]

Every Giro is designed for Fausto in the next 5 years as long as there are no bonus second sprints. He is incredibly versatile

Now I'll be disappointed if he doesn't win.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Now I'll be disappointed if he doesn't win.

The whole cycling fans worldwide will be disappointed, unless it is only LANDISMO or Vincenzo who beat him.

You are allowed to admit you are a fan of Fausto. It shows good taste.

 

[BlueRoads]

The whole cycling fans worldwide will be disappointed, unless it is only LANDISMO or Vincenzo who beat him.

You are allowed to admit you are a fan of Fausto. It shows good taste.

I like potato salad with vinegar and own a leopard bra. Good taste is not my middle name.

But I admit it would be good fun if he won it. (Unless he beats Richie.)

 

[Blanco]

I'm so beyond words I can't find them to write a complain.
WTF is this?
The only mountain stage I can't fault is the Blockhaus one. The rest are a big meh.
If Veneto pays for Fedaia I don't see the need to go beyond Veneto borders for San Pellegrino + Pordoi when they could do Giau + Falzarego. Add Duran + Staulanza as starters.


If you are a Nibali fan, yes, the Western Alps were definitely much better.

They were better definitely, being a Nibali fan or not.

 

[Mayomaniac]

They were better definitely, being a Nibali fan or not.

I don't know, the Corvara stage + the Andalo stage that was raced hard from the start and featured lots of attacks and Kru closing all of them down in full Bjarne-mode weren't much worse than the 2 western Alpes stages.

 

[Sciatic]

Dear Giro: please give Arkea a wild-card invite so Nairo can have one last hurrah in the mountains!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Every Giro is designed for Fausto in the next 5 years as long as there are no bonus second sprints. He is incredibly versatile

And Cattaneo would need something like a classic Tour de France route with few really hard mountain stages and 2 long ITTs.
Fingers crossed thatBike-Exchange will turn Sobrero into a proper GC rider...

 

[Mayomaniac]

Dear Giro: please give Arkea a wild-card invite so Nairo can have one last hurrah in the mountains!

How many wildcards will there be next year, 3?
I'd invite Arkea because Nairo would add a lot with this route, Eolo-Kometa is a given and then I don't know who I'd pick, probably Androni, but it's close and Androni has many young guys who'd survive 1 year without the Giro...

 

[zlev11]

I really dont like this route. Fedaia is used wrong, the Mortirolo is the wrong side, not even close to enough TT, the hilly stages are nice but I don't really forsee any GC action on any of them other than the one that goes into Slovenia. no stage longer than 200km either and no real queen stage.

the Blockhaus stage is alright I guess

 

[Ricco']

How many wildcards will there be next year, 3?
I'd invite Arkea because Nairo would add a lot with this route, Eolo-Kometa is a given and then I don't know who I'd pick, probably Androni, but it's close and Androni has many young guys who'd survive 1 year without the Giro...

Probably 4, if Qhubeka doesn't find a sponsor.