as usual I'll have an idea (no I won't) of the Giro stages the day before they are raced. I looked at the stage profiles, I have no idea if that's good or bad. I need a fuga bidone O'Connor's style with, say, Poole/DelToro/a Jayco in it
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More of Valle d'Aosta showing how it's done:
And a personal favourite from back in 2011:
And a personal favourite from back in 2011:
They were for an u23 stage race with pretty much nothing but mountain stages, so there is a reason why they were so short.
It's a smaller paralell road for the first 2/3s of Pila les Fleurs from the eastern side.
the start of it on Google maps
IMO the main problem are the 2 big turds on the weekend before the final rest day.
The Grappa stage needs hard side of the climb (Bocca di Forca ftw!) and less flat/the side of the final climb that they used in 2017.
With the Gorizia/Novi Gorica stage you could actually do something nice, like what the did in the Tour of Slovenia a few years ago:
Stage 16 could actually work out well because stage 17 is so lame that people won't be scared to attack on the harder penultimate climb.
Stage 19 could indeed have a much better sequence of climbs before the final one, but with Champoluc paying for a stage finish the day before the Finestre stage it's not like we could expect a ton of action anyway... Now of course something like a Pila MTF or even Alpe di Mera once again would work much better 1 day before Finestre.
The first half of the race isn't bad, the 2nd TT could be around 10-15km longer. Maybe another uphill finish, but Matera will be an uphill sprint, the sterrato stage is closer to the 2021 one than what we got last time + the uphill finish in Siena. The hilly stage 1 day earlier is also not bad, you'll never see crazy long range attacks one day before the Strade Bianche stage. The San Pellegrino in Alpe stage as a potential ambush stage if someone has a bad day right after the ITT also works well.
It's really stage 14 and 15 that shat the bed, you can work with the rest.
The Grappa stage needs hard side of the climb (Bocca di Forca ftw!) and less flat/the side of the final climb that they used in 2017.
With the Gorizia/Novi Gorica stage you could actually do something nice, like what the did in the Tour of Slovenia a few years ago:
Stage 16 could actually work out well because stage 17 is so lame that people won't be scared to attack on the harder penultimate climb.
Stage 19 could indeed have a much better sequence of climbs before the final one, but with Champoluc paying for a stage finish the day before the Finestre stage it's not like we could expect a ton of action anyway... Now of course something like a Pila MTF or even Alpe di Mera once again would work much better 1 day before Finestre.
The first half of the race isn't bad, the 2nd TT could be around 10-15km longer. Maybe another uphill finish, but Matera will be an uphill sprint, the sterrato stage is closer to the 2021 one than what we got last time + the uphill finish in Siena. The hilly stage 1 day earlier is also not bad, you'll never see crazy long range attacks one day before the Strade Bianche stage. The San Pellegrino in Alpe stage as a potential ambush stage if someone has a bad day right after the ITT also works well.
It's really stage 14 and 15 that shat the bed, you can work with the rest.
I was wondering about Grappa. Is there a road where it is possible to descend towards east? To Cismon del Grappa. It looks that way on some map engines like the one they use on Cyclingcols.com. But I cant find a paved road on Google maps.
You mean west, I guess? To the best of my knowledge none of those roads are fully paved, and the Cismon side isn't doable even as a climb.
It's probably just an unpaved road used for logging and similar stuff.
biggest issue again is the lack of TT km
they got it right last year, only to screw things up again
they got it right last year, only to screw things up again
That's how you do minimalist stage design.Yeah, the Giro della Valle d'Aosta often has mountain stages that put most GTs to shame.
This stage was one day earlier:
Or that 2021 stage with an absurdly steep climb:
They should have just put the Gavia in the Bormio stage and announce the easy side Mortirolo as the plan b in case of snowfall/danger of avalanches right away.
People wouldn't get mad if it was just the alternative option.
People wouldn't get mad if it was just the alternative option.
West is correct. And as @Mayomaniac points out, it looks mostly like a dirt road. Strange that it is marked similar to paved roads of certain quality both on cyclingcols and cronoescalada (opentopomaps).
The Giro is the only GT with a built-in disclaimer for weather disruptions. I'd wait until the peloton gets to km 0 before passing comment on stages!
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