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If the route is common knowledge within the peloton there is no way it's not gonna leak. But then usually January is way too late to announce the route of a race in May, which for many riders will be the big season goal so I wouldn't be surprised if they have given them some information.
I think this fits into the picture perfectly. Something about the first three stages was thrown into doubt, while the rest of the route is already done. But you can neither announce the route without the start so they needed to postpone while giving teams some information in order to make sure nobody will skip the race due to a lack of knowledge of the route. It's a little annoying though if we don't get any official news until January.
I think this fits into the picture perfectly. Something about the first three stages was thrown into doubt, while the rest of the route is already done. But you can neither announce the route without the start so they needed to postpone while giving teams some information in order to make sure nobody will skip the race due to a lack of knowledge of the route. It's a little annoying though if we don't get any official news until January.
You mean why they won't just put it out altogether? I would guess presenting a route without the grand depart would spark a lot of questions and make the organization look more chaotic than a late route reveal. It's an open admission that they f*cked up the planning phase of bringing the start to Albania and that they are way behind schedule in that regard. Only revealing the route to the teams has the same result for us hardcore cycling fans who spend hours on a forum discussing this stuff, but more casual fans will simply never take notice of what's going on this way.
Given this news, I just don’t see more than one out of Pogačar, Remco, Roglič and Vingegaard riding the Giro next year. There's just too much uncertainty associated with this race even when compared to the Vuelta
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watch them completely neuter the route again to try to entice the big 4 to ride
Why are they attempting to make these route announcements some sort of big thing anyway? Nobody cares. Upload a .pdf to your official website and you'll get the same amount of attention and spectators as you would with this whole charade.
Pogacar & Vingegaard battling it out in Italy makes sense. Especially if they include Stelvio from Prad + Bormio 2000 & Finestre - Sestriere!
In that case Evenepoel 100% should race and try to win the 2025 Tour de France however.
Anyway there won't be Stelvio + Bormio 2000 either. The race will be centered around Finestre on the penultimate day. When the race has already been decided and not much happens anyway.
Wasted route and wasted Giro d'Italia.
In that case Evenepoel 100% should race and try to win the 2025 Tour de France however.
Anyway there won't be Stelvio + Bormio 2000 either. The race will be centered around Finestre on the penultimate day. When the race has already been decided and not much happens anyway.
Wasted route and wasted Giro d'Italia.
Would explain why they suddenly want an extra 3M from Enel to be the main sponsor of the maglia rosa.
"O crap, more that once accepted and we don't have the money! How do we get a few extra Millions?"
It’s just a long-standing tradition in the cycling industry, and in industry (think fashion, smart phones, etc) in general when introducing a new “product.” Probably makes the media and corporate sponsors happy, but pretty irrelevent to fans except for providing a talking point in the off season.
Apparently the Albanians will miss out on 800 million Euros over 5 years so it's not surprising they're causing a fuss.
https://www.ft.com/content/e476ad84-db99-4532-aa53-70c02f6a04db
https://www.ft.com/content/e476ad84-db99-4532-aa53-70c02f6a04db
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For those (like me) who don't understand this Italy Albania commotion, here is a useful explainer
View: https://x.com/MemeTerzaRep/status/1856064984444277157
View: https://x.com/MemeTerzaRep/status/1856064984444277157
No Albania would probably mean a normal Saturday start and no extra rest day - unless they decide to start in some other crazy far flung place.
But with Albania out (most likely) that transfer day may not be needed anymore.
So they are forced by the UCI calendar to start on friday and have a rest day on monday no matter what?
I believe they can still change it.
At the same time I wouldn't say the start from Albania is unlikely. Not yet.
yeah, UCI rules only allow two rest days anyway, the additional one is a "transfer day". So the date would most likely change if they don't start overseas.
Vegni starting to sound like Trump about how wonderful, beautiful, fantastic and of course the best ever in the history of history etc etc
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...t-has-been-postponed-due-to-internal-problems
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...t-has-been-postponed-due-to-internal-problems
Which I'm guessing is money problems.
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