Giro d'Italia Giro Stage 5: Modena – Cattolica 175 km

[RedheadDane]

Oh, come on, people; you know what year it is! And I still don't do commas (at least not in headlines).

It's time for the flattest, and quite possibly straightest, stage (so far) of this year's Giro.

Stage 5: Modena – Cattolica 175 km

Wednesday, May 12th, 13.10 CEST

Technical Overview:

Pan flat stage along the Via Emilia. The only redeeming quality of the stage might be crosswinds, especially after Rimini, since the last ~20 km are along the coast.

Final Kilometers

What to expect:

Mass sprint. Hopefully some wind, but do not get your hopes up.

Cattolica

 

[sir fly]

It's a downhill stage.

 

[Eshnar]

Oh, come on, people; you know what year it is! And I still don't do commas (at least not in headlines).

It's time for the flattest, and quite possibly straightest, stage (so far) of this year's Giro.

I don't care much about commas, but the year is useful when someone wants to look for the thread without remembering the town names.
If I search for "Giro stage 5" I'm gonna get quite a lot of results, I imagine.

Now, why anyone would ever want to search for this stage in particular, I don't know.

 

[Bonimenier]

Really looking forward to this one!

 

[RedheadDane]

I don't care much about commas, but the year is useful when someone wants to look for the thread without remembering the town names.
If I search for "Giro stage 5" I'm gonna get quite a lot of results, I imagine.

Now, why anyone would ever want to search for this stage in particular, I don't know.

Surely threads like this aren't relevant any longer by the time they're no longer on the front page?

 

[SafeBet]

Surely threads like this aren't relevant any longer by the time they're no longer on the front page?

They can be useful at times for research purpose. You can find some details that you won't find in a race report for instance.

 

[Eshnar]

Surely threads like this aren't relevant any longer by the time they're no longer on the front page?

what, you don't often spend the night re-reading stage threads from 2010?
you're telling me I'm the only one?

 

[RedheadDane]

what, you don't often spend the night re-reading stage threads from 2010?
you're telling me I'm the only one?

Yeah... coz... you're weird.

 

[Panda Claws]

Looks like a stage for Evenepoel.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Looks like a stage for Evenepoel.

FFS

 

[gunara]

what, you don't often spend the night re-reading stage threads from 2010?
you're telling me I'm the only one?

I don't believe people stopped reading Schaffhausen ITT thread after June 2011

 

[ice&fire]

If you are going to open threads several days in advance to the stage, I'd rather have the thread for stage 11 before the thread of stage 5.

 

[Skalman]

Looks like a stage for Evenepoel.

Isnt every stage ...¨?

 

[Sciatic]

Flat is not so unusual, but that is an amazingly straight route! Imagine if the wind was blowing in the right direction (and strong enough) there could be echelons for 170km!

 

[Bonimenier]

Flat is not so unusual, but that is an amazingly straight route! Imagine if the wind was blowing in the right direction (and strong enough) there could be echelons for 170km!

Weather prediction is that the wind will come from the west. The right direction, but very shallow.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Yeah... coz... you're weird.

Come on! You know that in 2032 you'll be re-reading about 2021 Paris-Nice!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Come on! You know that in 2032 you'll be re-reading about 2021 Paris-Nice!

The big question is which of the threads she will be reading.

 

[Scarponi]

That straight line is amazing tbh

 

[SHAD0W93]

Yeah... coz... you're weird.

How do you think he gets so much detail in his previews.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, errr, yeah, I'd kinda like to add a poll, but I'm not sure how to add a poll to a thread I've already posted...

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Why only 177k?

 

[IndianCyclist]

It completely straight except for the last 3 km(with the highest speeds) where they have to go crazy and introduce 4 90° bends and do a complete 180° of the original direction

 

[titan31]

No chance weather/wind will make this stage fun is there? Looks like an absolute snoozefest of a stage otherwise.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So, errr, yeah, I'd kinda like to add a poll, but I'm not sure how to add a poll to a thread I've already posted...

Click on the three dots next to watch/unwatch at the top of the page and choose "create poll".
You're welcome!/Prego! (pronounced in a Rob Hatch-esque way)

 

[SafeBet]

No chance weather/wind will make this stage fun is there? Looks like an absolute snoozefest of a stage otherwise.

Wind will be from SW, so technically crosswind, but I don't think it will be strong enough to make anything happen.