Rate the Giro so far

[Ruby United]

How much do you rate the Giro so far out of ten and why?

We are discussing before Saturdays mountain stage.

I give it a 5. It's been quite a unsatisfying race so far, today's tt finally bringing some action into it.

I know that when we hit the real mountains hopefully everything will change. I can't wait for Quintana to smash the mountains in a bid to catch up.

 

[SafeBet]

Awful so far. Mostly due to crashes and horrible race design.
It can only get better from now on.

 

[Orbit501]

Crashes have spoilt things but I'm still enjoying it and looking forward to the third week.

Losing Purito and Dan Martin especially so early was a major blow.

 

[Ruby United]

Crashes have spoilt things but I'm still enjoying it and looking forward to the third week.

Losing Purito and Dan Martin especially so early was a major blow.

Yeah, the quality of riders for a grand tour is not great. Besides nairito, uran and evans no one who has gotten a podium on a previous gt can win.

 

[Eclipse]

About a 5 so far.

Pretty bland early and everyone is waiting on the big stuff in the last week. At least it's still very winnable for several riders though.

Too many crashes.

ITT was great.

Looking forward to the rest being rather more exciting.

 

[ILovecycling]

Montecassino stage,montecopiolo,few sprints and last stage were pretty good,but other days pretty boring.Todays TT was a real class tho.
I give it a 6.5 (4 before TT).
I expect something like 7 by the 2.rest day and 9 after Trieste stage if everything will go like we want (attacks,attacks,good weather and attacks)

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Kittel's finish on stage 2 was pretty impressive. I can't think of any other highlights though. Sadly I had to give it a 2 as I am still watching but would happily give it a 0 if I could. There was more excitement in today's stage in Norway than the entire Giro so far. By far and away the dullest sporting action I have ever witnessed.

 

[Parrulo]

Never have i been so disinterested with a Giro before.

I only watched the stage where Evans won time on most people during the first week and after the disappointment that was the Saturday stage i only watched the last few k's of the Sunday stage.

Today was the first day i felt like i was a bit into the race at all

 

[ILovecycling]

About a 5 so far.

Pretty bland early and everyone is waiting on the big stuff in the last week. At least it's still very winnable for several riders though.

Too many crashes.

ITT was great.

Looking forward to the rest being rather more exciting.

Good first post.Welcome.

 

[ILovecycling]

Kittel's finish on stage 2 was pretty impressive. I can't think of any other highlights though. Sadly I had to give it a 2 as I am still watching but would happily give it a 0 if I could. There was more excitement in today's stage in Norway than the entire Giro so far. By far and away the dullest sporting action I have ever witnessed.

Never have i been so disinterested with a Giro before.

I only watched the stage where Evans won time on most people during the first week and after the disappointment that was the Saturday stage i only watched the last few k's of the Sunday stage.

Today was the first day i felt like i was a bit into the race at all

Whinning and overreacting,great personal characteristics.

 

[Pentacycle]

It's better than last year around this time into the race, but that's about it. 4-5 max.

Pozzovivo's attack on Sunday was promising though, and the TT was awesome.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Whinning and overreacting,great personal characteristics.

I'm not normally one to whine at all but there hasn't been a single decent stage so far unless you are entertained by crashes. The Montecoppolio stage was the only one I could even rate as okish. GC action away from the time trials and crashes has amounted to one incident (Pozzo's attack) in 12 days of racing.

 

[ILovecycling]

I'm not normally one to whine at all but there hasn't been a single decent stage so far unless you are entertained by crashes. The Montecoppolio stage was the only one I could even rate as okish. GC action away from the time trials and crashes has amounted to one incident (Pozzo's attack) in 12 days of racing.

I think that both tt's were entertaining,Kittel wins from distance and Weening win was something special too,the stage Mick won was decent too imo,some kind of madness
Of course I hate stages with crashes,and tomorrow won't be an exception

 

[christopherrowe]

With the proviso that this is the first Giro I've ever watched closely, I voted 7. I thought the stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland were beautiful, and I've really enjoyed seeing Bouhanni's sprinting prowess (mad though he may possibly be, that one picture of him within a few centimeters of the barriers was crazy!).

Today's time trial was very exciting, I thought, especially with a few revelations for me among younger riders. In short, I've been greatly enjoying the race and look forward to the bigger mountain stages.

Proviso the second: I'm also enjoying the Tour of Norway! Maybe I'm just easily entertained!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Very poor action over 12 stages, particularly from the GC contenders. A lot has to do with the backloading and poor stage designs, but man we have a bunch of dull GC riders here (ex Rolland and Pozzo).

3 and only because I'm in good mood.

 

[Netserk]

It's better than last year around this time into the race, but that's about it. 4-5 max.

Pozzovivo's attack on Sunday was promising though, and the TT was awesome.

Whaaaaaaaat?

Just compare the stages for crying out loud!

The TT's even themselves out, but last year we had a better MTF and more hilly stages with action.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Well I have really enjoyed it so far and given it an 8. Loved the start in Ireland and todays Time Trial was brill.

This race is wide open IMO which is absolutely not what I expected.

 

[Jspear]

Gave it a 4...I've seen better starts to GT's. As has been said the crashes have been a big bummer. Purito crashing out was annoying to say the least. For me there were a couple of highlights: Orica winning the tt, yesterday was pretty nice as well. Not to many good things I can think of though. It's been pretty underwhelming. Definitely can't wait for the final week, and I hope to see lots of aggressive climbing.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gave it a 5.

All I can say is, that last week of mountains better deliver...
If tomorrow is going to be another 'wait until last 3km' mountain stage then I'm going to strangle somebody

 

[Netserk]

Gave it a 5.

All I can say is, that last week of mountains better deliver...
If tomorrow is going to be another 'wait until last 3km' mountain stage then I'm going to strangle somebody

I think tomorrow will be a 'wait until the last 200m' stage

 

[gooner]

Last year's race in the circumstances with weather was a pretty decent edition.

This year is a snoozefest and I'm waking up everyday this week not even looking forward to the racing. Utter dross.

Looking at the route beforehand I braced myself for this possibility up to this point in the race.

Nevertheless, still disappointing to watch.

I gave it a 2 but toyed heavily with giving it a 1.

Commentators are earning their coin this year.

 

[Adam.S]

Yeah its been pretty darn crap so far. Though i dont think Purito would have done much yet, hes hardly known for daring long range attacks, and Italy the last 2 years seems to be having poor weather whenever cycling is on there. Whats up with that huh.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

I think tomorrow will be a 'wait until the last 200m' stage

It looks like an uphill finish in the official programme? Is this true?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Last year's race in the circumstances with weather was a pretty decent edition.

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The first part of last year's Giro delivered some of the best action I've seen in a GT (first part comparison). Hours of fun, entertainment and nail biting stuff.

 

[Netserk]

It looks like an uphill finish in the official programme? Is this true?

Not really, only a bit (which won't have any effect):