Barmaher, the day of stage 2 is tomorrow... today we give votes You may want to delete it and post it tomorrow.
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no problembarmaher said:Oh shite sorry.
Whom else did you expect?Eshnar said:no problembarmaher said:Oh shite sorry.
To everybody:
Thanks to all 7 participants to enter Some of you were a surprise actually, when I said I expected 7 only 5 of the actual players were included in my counting. We could've been 9 then
Anyway, today I'll post the first jury votes. I'll first gather all of them via PM and then post them anonymously
they can still do it... if they give me comments, I'll post them too. I just wanted them not to influence each other (I mean, if a judge starts giving votes the others would be influenced).Gigs_98 said:Whom else did you expect?Eshnar said:no problembarmaher said:Oh shite sorry.
To everybody:
Thanks to all 7 participants to enter Some of you were a surprise actually, when I said I expected 7 only 5 of the actual players were included in my counting. We could've been 9 then
Anyway, today I'll post the first jury votes. I'll first gather all of them via PM and then post them anonymously
Oh and I would have preferred it if every jury member would post their points on their own because that way they could also explain why they gave the points. That would be very interesting
I kept forgetting and when you said there was a week left, I thought it would be too rushed and quite bad.Eshnar said:they can still do it... if they give me comments, I'll post them too. I just wanted them not to influence each other (I mean, if a judge starts giving votes the others would be influenced).Gigs_98 said:Whom else did you expect?Eshnar said:no problembarmaher said:Oh shite sorry.
To everybody:
Thanks to all 7 participants to enter Some of you were a surprise actually, when I said I expected 7 only 5 of the actual players were included in my counting. We could've been 9 then
Anyway, today I'll post the first jury votes. I'll first gather all of them via PM and then post them anonymously
Oh and I would have preferred it if every jury member would post their points on their own because that way they could also explain why they gave the points. That would be very interesting
Plus, keep in mind that the point system I chose isn't meant to be fair by any means (it is extremely politically incorrect, on purpose ) So I want votes to be kept anonymous
edit: oh, and I expected Netserk and Lemon cheese cake to play too. They couldn't apparently.
a couple hours agoGigs_98 said:When does Eshnar wake up?
Brullnux said:LA CENTESIMA STAGE 2: LICATA-CATANIA 210.1km
The second stage is one for the sprinters. This stage will be on the first Saturday of the Giro, as there will be 3 rest days this Giro, one extra to facilitate the transfer away from Sicily to Catanzaro.
The day begins in Licata. Fans of the Inspector Montalbano series will immediately recognise this town. It is a very beautiful, typical Sicilian town, who would easily have enough money to host a stage as the tourists have streamed in since 2000, when Montalbano was born. A very rolling and tough opening 100km is contrasted by the second 100 - flat with a Cat. 2 climb plumped into the middle of it. The climb is too far away from the finish, though to produce any real drama. However, it might be just enough to drop Marcel , unless he improves his climbing.
The finish is in Catania, a famous city with millenia of history. Recently, however, troubles have ensued thanks to the Forza Italia mayor who has done an unbelievably good job at slowly, but surely, destroying this city. The route takes us into Catania with 9km to go; a nervy 7.5km through the streets of the city, these are technical and cobbled - nice, city cobbles but still - before taking us out onto a wider road by the sea where the stage finishes.
Brullnux said:LA CENTESIMA STAGE 3: CATANIA - TAORMINA 220.3km
In 2011 we had double Etna. My question to you is: Why stop at two when it is a mountain with countless sides to use? So I have doubled 2 and made four. It may seem unreasonable, but the Stelvio 2014 stage was 5200m in despicably cold temperatures, while this is 5400m in good temperatures, at a much lower altitude.
The first ascent is from Zafferana, but from the South.. Long, but very steady at 6%, sometimes reaching 7%.
The second ascent will be done as the 2nd time and as the 4th time. This time we ascend the Mareneve way, shorter abd less steep than the Zafferenea, this shouldn't provide any attacks - just tire the riders out. Between number 2 and number 3 we have an 8km climb at 6% that is uncategorised, Passo Vena. The riders take this pass while going back to the town of Zafferena.
The third is a different road, Via Catania, that joins up to the Zafferana climb at the top. It is shorter, and hence also steeper. It contains 6km at over 8%, is more irregular and the hardest pass of the day. Some attacks may come from it, but more likely a team will go all out on this climb to drop the domestiques of other teams to prepare attacks on the last side.
The fourth is the Mareneve again, and all the attacks should come here. It suits the diesels like RoboBasso at his prime, not explosive climbers like quintana or Rujano, as this side is not steep enough for them. The descent is technical and a good descender like Nibali or Bardet could increase an advantage significantly on this descent. However, there is a section which suits powerhouses mpre after the descent, as the gradient for the last 10 km is -0.5%. Nibali will be very motivated to use this stage - it suits him and is in Sicily, to gain an early advantage.