I think he's on about the stage 20 TT up Monte Lussari, which absolutely suffocated the racing in the stages prior. Watching Ineos tempo up the Giau/ Tre Cime was pretty depressing.
the article is about the stages in Friuli, so I would think "no ITT" also only refers to those - meaning there will be no ITT in Friuli, while the initially planed Grande Partenza in that region would probably have included one.
But that TT very much doesn't qualify as having little GC action, which was the thing @yaco was complaining about. In other words, they simply are wrong.
From the elevation, it looks like they finished at the finish area of the ski races. TBF it would thematically make sense if they did the same next year.
I think the finish was a bit lower then than what it will be next year.
I think the finish was a bit lower then than what it will be next year.
In all fairness I don't mind Montevergine Di Mercogliano in the first week, it's the classic easy first week MTF.
Awful climb. Even though I don't expect Finestre during the first week, it should be something more than a climb where 20+ riders are still gathered with 1 km left.
My impression is that people mostly hated the Super version. I don't think its inclusions in 2014 and 2017 were particularly ill-received.
I think you are either conflating the gravel ramp version with the normal version, or Libertine's semi-tongue-in-cheek opinion with majority opinion on here.
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