Giro d'Italia Rate the 2024 Giro d'Italia Route

[Gigs_98]

Probably the best for the Giro suspence will be if Teddy loses 10-15 minutes early in the race due to crosswinds or something like that.

If I have money on Pogacar and he loses 10 minutes on stage 1 I'm not even breaking a sweat. The gap to 2nd best is that enormous.

 

[Red Rick]

If I have money on Pogacar and he loses 10 minutes on stage 1 I'm not even breaking a sweat. The gap to 2nd best is that enormous.

I think there's a tipping point where 2 things happen.

1. Opposition has such a gap they'll actually believe they can win so they'll chase Pog
2. Pog will have to start making very long solo attacks that will actually start affecting his recovery to the point they're unsustainable. Having said that, the route is actually terrible to start making yolo solo attacks in the mountains.

But I think 10 minutes is still very easy because he should get 5 from the ITTs + boni's alone.

But you made me check the likely field and holy sheeet it is bad

 

[pastronef]

JOKE, I repeat, JOKE: only hope is the Prince of Emirates may Allah bless Him dies and like when Gengis Khan died all his troops were called home to the funeral and UAE teams does not start the Giro

 

[YavorD]

But you made me check the likely field and holy sheeet it is bad

I checked the start list now and...apart from Thomas, UAE could possibly contend with Majka.. And yeah, that's bad.
Honestly, that Giro route may as well be a perfect preparation for the Tour for Pogacar (while winning a GT in the same time).

 

[Peyroteo94]

I checked the start list now and...apart from Thomas, UAE could possibly contend with Majka.. And yeah, that's bad.
Honestly, that Giro route may as well be a perfect preparation for the Tour for Pogacar (while winning a GT in the same time).

I already stated this. The startlist is pretty bad, if we take Pogacar out, we have the worst field ever.
Thomas is past his prime, Cian looks the new Zubeldia and Simon Yates is far from what we saw him doing 6 years ago.
Is missing someone?

 

[zlev11]

maybe another pandemic will start at the end of april and we wont have to watch this shitty race

 

[Peyroteo94]

The first week is very well designed. A shame the sterratto stage sucks so much although.

 

[Ulle97]

Checked my local bookmaker..... Pogacar is 1/5.

Insane odds for a GT. I'm not sure when we've had such an outright favourite for a GT.

 

[Bavarianrider]

It's still only 43k. @Bavarianrider would have made them to go for 65k at least.

I really wonder if he will outperform Robo Basso's winning margin of 9:18.

True, but it was still a pleasant suprise.

 

[Bavarianrider]

I have to say the news that we got the Giro Organizers to lengthen the second TT has to be the best cycling related news in the last Decade.
Obviously this is still far from perfect, but with this change the Giro route is the best GT route in quite some time. One might almost call it a clasdic route.

 

[Netserk]

But how does it compare to Californian tarmac?

 

[Bavarianrider]

But how does it compare to Californian tarmac?

Not good, obviously

 

[Potomac]

Has anyone seen one of those graphics that show all the stage profiles at the same time?

Never mind, I found it on page 8

 

[houtdffan]

Wish remco would give this a go since he did not break his shoulder. Even if he would only ride for training and target the tts

 

[gregrowlerson]

Wish remco would give this a go since he did not break his shoulder. Even if he would only ride for training and target the tts

Like Jan Ullrich in 2006 vs Ivan Basso.

 

[search]

It's not quite Remco, but Reverberi talked a bit about Bardiani's team for the Giro yesterday. 5-6 positions are fixed, and as Pozzovivo, Pellizzari, Covili, Marcellusi and Martinelli will go to Etna after Abruzzo/Trentino, that should normally be 5 of them.

Zanoncello sounds likely to be 1st option for the sprints, potentially with Fiorelli as a leadout, if he can get to 100% (which currently is not the case). Zoccarato and Tarozzi are contenders to get in for the breakaway stages.

VF Group-Bardiani: le tante strade che portano al Giro

Zanoncello vince la prima tappa al Giro d'Abruzzo e si assicura un posto per quello d'Italia. Con Reverberi il punto sugli uomini per la rosa

bici.pro

 

[houtdffan]

Like Jan Ullrich in 2006 vs Ivan Basso.

Hed probably still podium at worst with nearly 80 km of itt

 

[Netserk]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1778396826317504690

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1778396826317504690

 

[Netserk]

@ammattipyoraily:

 

[Netserk]

I guess the Intergiro sprint is at the second sprint for the stages where it isn't marked on its own?

EDIT: Nope, those are simply old profiles that don't show the Intergiro sprint. E.g. stage 2 has the Intergiro sprint at km 106.6.

 

[Sandisfan]

@ammattipyoraily:

Looks like 8 sprint finishes to me maybe two or three could slightly reduce group sprints. Lots of boring stages this year. I hope the interesting ones are raced well by the riders. Lesser sprinters should be licking the lips for this route.

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah the stage 17/18 flat sprint stage is really unnecessary with a stage 21 parade stage? Ditch it.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Stage 16 is atrocious! What were they thinking on putting a 100km valley after Stelvio (and we can add a super hard stage the day after...)?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

People are complaining about some later stages but this edition is unusual and it should be virtually decided at the end of week one (after ITT + Prati di Tivo combo). Heck, Teddy should sit comfortably in the lead after the opening weekend already.

 

[Sandisfan]

Stage 16 is atrocious! What were they thinking on putting a 100km valley after Stelvio (and we can add a super hard stage the day after...)?

Yes lets waste the Stelvio where everyone is going to get back on and the rest of the climbing is short enough for a very large Grupetto(sp) to form it is essentially almost a unipuerto stage. Where the sprinter get to suffer early but still know they will easily make the cutoff.