Scarponi said:
These races need harder parcours ( more climbs close to the line ) and less team members. 6-7 members won't chase down the main riders in 5 climbs in the final 20km no matter how strong
No doubt, teams have to become smaller.
But besides that I'm not sure I agree with you. A hard finale has the advantage that you basically always have action there, but the disadvantage that nothing happens before that. Would the Ronde become a better race if the finish line was directly after the paterberg? No it wouldn't, because attacks from far out wouldn't be necessary if you can win by being the strongest on one single, short ascent. The same happened in the Amstel Gold Race in the last years, since nobody wanted to try long range attacks because why should you take risks when you can as well attack on the cauberg 3 k's from the finish.
The question is though, if the new finale is too easy and if the climbs earlier aren't hard enough to cause an early selection. If thats the case, the race might become even worse.