I'm Italian, near Turin, and I come here in awe of all of you knowing climbs and roads I wouldn't be able to place on a map sauf Finestre and Sestriere
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I think most (all?) is fixed. But the width of the track is very slim.Since someone talked about Fedaia being passed the right way, is the Serrai closed forever to bike racing? Was it reconstructed as a walkway instead of the road that was there before?
I think most (all?) is fixed. But the width of the track is very slim.
It may work as a final climb in a hard stage but you can't have cars on this part of the climb.
I rode the Marmolarda at the end of August, unfortunately there is no way a pro bike race will ever go through the Serrai di Sottoguda again, it's literally a wooden footbridge.But I believe it was reconstructed as in the image below. Don't think a peloton will go through there. Maybe a MTT, but I don't put my hopes high.
Yes it looks like the image. But steel structure under.But I believe it was reconstructed as in the image below. Don't think a peloton will go through there. Maybe a MTT, but I don't put my hopes high.
Motos schmotos... Have some soigneurs stationed on foot, and film the peloton passing through using drones and a couple of stationary cameras. Just make sure the peloton is drawn out when it gets there.If a moto can drive there, it's no issue that the cars will have to take the main road. Would be lit to see them go through there in a road stage.
Or not at all. Beginning of may next year: " surprise!"
I like a lot of it, the Grappa stage is gonna be wasted though with this final climb. I think the bormio stage could work with the steep eastern side but I think the number of stages where the final hard climb is far from the finish is a big risk. Like, I always wanted to see Tze Core into Joux but with another 17km to go after that this might just be a snoozefest. With the same final climb in the Grappa stage as 2017 plus maybe a finish on Col de Joux itself or something like that, it would look extremely great.now THIS is a friggin route. doesn't even include the strade bianche stage.
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Afaik both climbs have very sketchy descents and Vegni isn't the guy to take that risk, without massive sponsors in the areaPardon my ignorance and slightly off topic re this year’s route but is there a reason Sampyere or Fauneria have been ignored for 20 years. Is it to do with the roads?
A rerun of Stage 18 from 2003 would not go amiss
I think people on here will agree that the 2012 Giro was one of, if not the worst edition of the race. But the route itself actually had some awesomely designed stages, which would be praised on this forum, but were passively raced.I think this Giro route is shaping up depending on racing. so that everybody loves the route if the racing is great and everybody hates it if the racing
I think people on here will agree that the 2012 Giro was one of, if not the worst edition of the race. But the route itself actually had some awesomely designed stages, which would be praised on this forum, but were passively raced.
For the southern descent of Fauniera, is the problem mostly the state of the road near the top or the nature of the descent the two places where cars can only go one way? I can see why it might be complicated with cars, but other than that it looks fine.Afaik both climbs have very sketchy descents and Vegni isn't the guy to take that risk, without massive sponsors in the area
yeah I think the width of the road is the main problem there. There are also quite a few dangerous sections that would need concrete safety measures, and since we are talking about a very long descent, I can imagine the costs would be high.For the southern descent of Fauniera, is the problem mostly the state of the road near the top or the nature of the descent the two places where cars can only go one way? I can see why it might be complicated with cars, but other than that it looks fine.
The rumoured route for next year is probably the best since 2019.Giro routes getting worse, year after year.
I think so, yes. Maybe the province, but pretty sure not the region.I hope that when the deal with Rome is finished, Torino will pay for the Giro to finish there and that the penultimate stage will be in southern Piemonte (like in 2016, but with no visit to France). That should be a way to channel some funds in that direction, and then we might not have such a long drought afterwards again.
Do you think it was the city of Cuneo only who bid for a Fauniera stage a few years ago?
Giro routes getting worse, year after year.
Don't get me wrong, 2019 had some fantasticly designed mountain stages, by my God the first week was tragic.The rumoured route for next year is probably the best since 2019.
The "ahahahah era" is infecting a lot of people.The irony of a poster called Gavia saying this
It is definitely better than recent years but its a long way from the 2015 and 2016 routes. For me stages 15,16, and 17 look like big missed opportunities compared to earlier rumours. If they were able to have Giau, Druscie as originally planned along with a proper mortirolo stage then this would be an all timer as the first 2 weeks look like they should be action packed while not overly favouring climbers.I don't understand the comment, so fare rumours show a much better route than have been in years.