Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

[tobydawq]

Can't wait for another Cervinia MTF!

Too bad it can't be chained with Montevergine Di Mercogliano and Planche des Belles Filles.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Can't wait for them to announce stelvio or agnello 45km into a 190km stage that will no doubt be neutralized and turned into a 50km mountain sprint during the race

 

[ashhutch1997]

Can't wait for them to announce stelvio or agnello 45km into a 190km stage that will no doubt be neutralized and turned into a 50km mountain sprint during the race

It's sad because it's true

 

[ashhutch1997]

Too bad it can't be chained with Montevergine Di Mercogliano and Planche des Belles Filles.

In all fairness I don't mind Montevergine Di Mercogliano in the first week, it's the classic easy first week MTF.

 

[OlavEH]

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.

 

[tobydawq]

In all fairness I don't mind Montevergine Di Mercogliano in the first week, it's the classic easy first week MTF.

To be fair, the same could be said for Planche des Belles Filles which is also always used in the first half of the race when it has been a road stage. Yet people hate it (probably because it has been used very frequently).

 

[Netserk]

To be fair, the same could be said for Planche des Belles Filles which is also always used in the first half of the race when it has been a road stage. Yet people hate it (probably because it has been used very frequently).

My impression is that people mostly hated the Super version. I don't think its inclusions in 2014 and 2017 were particularly ill-received.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

To be fair, the same could be said for Planche des Belles Filles which is also always used in the first half of the race when it has been a road stage. Yet people hate it (probably because it has been used very frequently).

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.

 

[houtdffan]

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.

put a couple of the aliens in the field and there won't be 20 riders together at the finish.

There are 20 riders because nobody is good enough to launch a real attack

 

[tobydawq]

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.

Dear @Red Rick , do you love La Planche des Belles Filles with all your heart?

 

[Red Rick]

Dear @Red Rick , do you love La Planche des Belles Filles with all your heart?

Are we talking about a some restaurant on a mountain in northeastern France or the concept of belles filles in general?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Are we talking about a some restaurant on a mountain in northeastern France

If we are talking about that, it's definitely closed when you arrive. 10% chance it's open but they are 'not suerving ze food' and instead you get a coffee which taste like it's made from ground parexetamol

 

[OlavEH]

put a couple of the aliens in the field and there won't be 20 riders together at the finish.

There are 20 riders because nobody is good enough to launch a real attack

A 5 % climb can be ridden in close to 30 km/h. It is extremely difficult to create much gaps then. You don't need 12 % climbs, but more than 5 % would really be an advantage.

 

[YavorD]

put a couple of the aliens in the field and there won't be 20 riders together at the finish.

There are 20 riders because nobody is good enough to launch a real attack

Prati di Tivo is much harder climb and it still had a group of 12(?) in the last kilometer.
Even freaking Galibier had a group of 8-9 before the last ramp.

 

[houtdffan]

Prati di Tivo is much harder climb and it still had a group of 12(?) in the last kilometer.
Even freaking Galibier had a group of 8-9 before the last ramp.

they didn't attack Galiber, but rode Tempo (an alien tempo, but still tempo) until the final km

But once the 3 aliens went, nobody was staying anywhere near them

 

[pman]

I don't know, I am starting to get excited about this. A foreign start could bring a boat ton of cash into the race. It sounds like they're still planning on going into Slovenia which could attract one or both of the Slovenians. Last I heard Jonas is still iffy about the race. I read here too that stage 21 in Rome could be an individual time trial? Throw in some climbs tied to the Olympics? I know you guys love to analyze the specifics of different climbs, I just think that in abstract, this looks like a Giro that could build on the momentum of Roglic and Pog winning the last two years.