Rate the "epic success" of the 2011 Giro d italia.

[The Hitch]

Giro d italia

WANTED: Angelo Zomegnan, alive, lots of money will go to that person who delivers him to me so I can thank him personaly

 

[Anonymous]

And im changing my tour vote to about 6

 

[rghysens]

completely unbalanced, but probably nice scenery: 5/10

 

[Lanark]

9 out of 10. They could have got a perfect 10 if the Strade Bianchi stage was a little more difficult, and if there was more than one difficult stage in the last five days.

 

[Anonymous]

I know its all down to personal choice, but christian, how can you give the Tour an EIGHT yet only give the giro a FOUR?

 

[jens_attacks]

9/10 from me.

 

[jsem94]

Gave it a 9. I'm not so sure about the epicness of the mtfs that they've presented, but it's sure to be a really good Giro - and there's a possibility it'll top last years.

 

[Parrulo]

epic is epic!!!!!

like i said in the rate the tour thread:

i give it 6. but the moment the giro route is revealed this will become a -10. cus if the rumours from the giro are right. . . o god o god liquid awesomeness is on our way.

 

[maltiv]

10 all the way.

 

[luckyboy]

Wow, it looks awesome. 9/10

Only 4 official flat stages - http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2010/en/

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Only thing is that the stage 16 TT should be replaced by a flatter one (unlike Kronplatz, Nevegal isn't enough of a challenge to justify the mountain TT).

As long as we have TV coverage for the Fedaia, I'm happy though.

At least 7 times as good as the Tour parcours.

 

[Barrus]

I would give it an 8, the best way to improve it, is to include some TT kilometres, or take out the Mountain TT and put in a flat one of a few more kilometres. But I will say that it will once again make for epic racing

 

[Grand Tourist]

9 out of 10.

Looks obscenely hard. Can't wait

 

[Vonn Brinkman]

Gave it a 8.
Not to sure about the Mountain TT. A bit 'all over the place for me'.
But otherwise great. Lovely mountain stages, I can already imgaine the suffering
Like the Etna stage, probably my favourite.

 

[Sophistic]

One one side it's a spectacular course on the other hand there are so few stages where the gc guys can recover that it cries for some hematocrit boost along the way...

 

[The Hitch]

One one side it's a spectacular course on the other hand there are so few stages where the gc guys can recover that it cries for some hematocrit boost along the way...

Thats what i was thinking. The only victors are the fans and the blood doctors.

 

[roundabout]

ridiculous...

 

[Boeing]

nice work beating him to the gun posting topic.

 

[The Hitch]

http://video.gazzetta.it/giro-zomegnan-presenta-corsa-rosa-2011/24d40de0-ddc8-11df-b2c7-00144f02aabc

Zomnegnan talking with english subtitles.

http://video.gazzetta.it/ciclismo/news/index.shtml?videoid=0b342a8c-dba2-11df-9a46-00144f02aabc

What does Cuddle say in this video?

Cant find that amazing Giro 2010 Highlights reel. Was hoping it would have been buried somewhere between those stage videos.

 

[Moondance]

Very sick route... Almost too difficult.

Anyone who thinks they can do the Giro-Tour double next year better rethink their plans.

 

[Moondance]

BTW, this is an absolute SCANDAL! There are only 33 non-climbing ITT kilometers.... OUTRAGEOUS!!!!

 

[Mellow Velo]

8.5, but I gave it a 9 since I think I overrated the Tour by the same margin.
I'd like to have seen a 40km rolling ITT replace the mountain ITT, given that we already have 7 MTFs.
Having the token flat ITT as the finale is probably going to be utterly pointless, unless it rains and the leader does a Dennis.

 

[The Hitch]

8.5, but I gave it a 9 since I think I overrated the Tour by the same margin.
I'd like to have seen a 40km rolling ITT replace the mountain ITT, given that we already have 7 MTFs.
Having the token flat ITT as the finale is probably going to be utterly pointless, unless it rains and the leader does a Dennis.

mmm i didnt realise the last itt was so long. 32.8 km, thats just about long enough to make a difference. If the difference is a minute going into that stage, you never know.

 

[ultimobici]

nice work beating him to the gun posting topic.

Why only a 1?

 

[Anonymous]

Why only a 1?

he cant count past that?