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

[Sciatic]

Have you ever gone "I'm not even mad anymore" and then it continued to the point you even got mad again?

Now I'm not even mad anymore the 2nd time

Perfect

 

[Mayomaniac]

It's time for the Red Rick jynx again.

Geraint Thomas as the same chance to win the Giro as I have to date Margot Robbie.

You still haven't gotten your last date, just saying...

 

[Mayomaniac]

I feel so called out

Nah, Scarlett is the one who has to step up!

 

[SHAD0W93]

I can't even remember which one it was. I think it was ScarJo yeah.

But remember the copypasta. If they don't even read CN forum I won't show them my Primoz Roglic bum tattoo

Hey, if a very famous pornstar is rooting for Tejay Van Garderen, there’s an actress rooting for Red Rick out there.

She might not be Scarlet or Margret but she’s out there.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

I see Bavarianrider is manipulating the locals of Italian towns. Nefarious!

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

Time for Pogacar to win this with a 2 minute gap

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

 

[Mayomaniac]

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.

An Bufalo Thomas will finish 2nd.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Thing is he'll get 4-5 minutes in ITTs and bonifications alone. It'll go very quickly with the time gap, and he may even choose to never even attack in the high mountains after the first ITT.

Could literally be stagehunting while in pink.

He will gain 3 minutes in the first two stages. Oropa is the perfect climb for Pogacar and the first stage is perfect for a long range attack (25 km to go).

 

[Krzysztof_O]

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.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

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.

How would he lose ten minutes? He can probably solo to the finish after being caught out and not lose more than that.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

How would he lose ten minutes? He can probably solo to the finish after being caught out and not lose more than that.

Just a speculation. Then we would have thermonuclear performances every now and then and the question: will he make it?

 

[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.

 

[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

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