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Going through Cortina and length (and simplicity). Udine is just a pure guess and functions as a placeholder for a stage start in Friuli, it's probably more likely to start near Pordenone or in Veneto, if it comes after the two Friuli stages. But if I had to commit to a single bet on what RCS will serve if the stage goes from Udine to Col Druscié, that is what I find most likely. Much better options are available, but that is always the case.
Hopefully the giro does a traditional finestre stage and prudhomme makes gouvenou grow a pair and include finestre in a stage as hard as sestrieres 1992
Bormio 2000 could happen because it's the 2nd place besides Cortina to hold Alpine Ski races at the 2026 Olympics, + 200 years Stilfser Joch road next year.
Btw, @Mayomaniac, have you climbed Drusciè? The road visible on satellite images from this year match the Google Street View images from 2011, but OSM shows a slightly different path for the road near the top.
No, nearby MTB climbs and I've gone downhill on it. When I'm in Cortina on the road bike it's nearly always Giau or Falzarego/Valparola, sometimes both in one loop that starts and finishes in Cortina.Btw, @Mayomaniac, have you climbed Drusciè? The road visible on satellite images from this year match the Google Street View images from 2011, but OSM shows a slightly different path for the road near the top.
It seems like a quite consistent climb on cyclingcols, but it's sometimes hard to judge even if the profile shows a lot of detail.
Finally someone is mentioning the important things for next year. It will be the Giro before the 2026 Olympics in Lombardy, South Tyrol and Veneto. So I would assume, that we will see some of the places, where the olympic action in 2026 may be. This also could create hope for something in the Val di Fassa, maybe the Alpes of Pampeago, Gardeccia or Cermis? Maybe we also may see Antholz again, which is not great, but maybe with some more creative stage design even this breakaway MTF could become a GC day. Same applies for the arena in Verona, which will host the closing ceremony and the Giro did that too.
I'm rarely disappointed by the Tour rote because I have rater low expectations. But often by the Giro route. The expectations are much higher and the possibility for good stages so immense that RCA almost always makes something underwhelming.
The Giro had a very good distribution of it's stages I find. The first Time Trial came before the first awaited hard stage, the second TT came before the Alpine block started. The overall race design of the Giro this year was great, especially with the early action on day one and two. Starting from stage 4 though, the stages were designed quite poorly.
Maybe RCS finally discovered the power of NDAs...
I mean, if it comes before a proper Finestre stage so be it. Now of course a Pila MTF would be a lot better.
Nothing in the South Tyrolian press about a possible Dolomites stage OR Stilfsersjoch?
Nothing since the old talks about the Stilfserjoch from last year/before the Giro.
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