Monte Grappa.
So, where do you have your infos that there will be sterrato from?
From Tuttosport that got the scoop and got most of it right but not everything? That's how the rumour started. And cyclingnews picked it up somehow. Nothing mentioned by Zomegnan, nothing mentioned by RCS or the Gazzetta that there is sterrato on Monte Grappa.
Aprica: I say this one is harder. If anything not sure if maybe the one 94 is tougher. Mortirolo, Aprica, Santa Cristina.
97 was longer and more climbs, but wasn't it the usual flat km before Mazzo? Aprica, down, Tirano, Mazzo? That's what's different this time. Trivigno is a very tough climb on it's own. First 7 Km up to Santa Cristina at over 9%, then 3 km at 6%, steep downhill, minimal flat, up Mortirolo. NOt easy climb up Aprica, down, flat.. What was better in the 97 stage was the mountains before Aprica, Croce Domini, that or Presolana or VIvione would have been cool 2010 as well, but more important is Trivigno. For the first time the Mortirolo comes right after another hard climb. Finish in Aprica or Edolo... I don't mind Aprica. Easy climb yes, but after the Mortirolo nothing is easy. What made the finestrestage in 05 so great? The easy climb up Sestrière. Make the finish after the downhill and everthing changes. You have the battle up Finestre, different one, no Di Luca who drops everybody while Simoni urges him to slow down to keep allies for Sestrieres, you don't have Savoldelli doing maybe the slowest downhill of his career to keep Ardila with him, knowing that he will ride for Van Huffel later on. Same for Aprica, by just stopping in Edolo you have another Zoncolan, give it all, almost all so to be able to do the downhill, but basically all. You'll have to keep something for Aprica or you crack completely. But you still have to make the difference on the Mortirolo because towards Aprica unless you are Basso of 06 you won't drop anybody.
Typical, untypical, I don't call it typical because the second week is just too flat. Yes, they usually have one completely flat stage around there. But as well things like the Faenza stage, Simoni in 03, this year not really. L'Aquila looks too easy, Cesenatico the same. The first week is ok, except the Holland part, not so much because of the stages but mainly because it forces the Giro to have the first rest day after 3 days of racing. But not a typical Giro, because the second week is just too soft and the big mountain stages are all at the end. It has happened before, but more often then not the mountains are more evenly distributed.
So, where do you have your infos that there will be sterrato from?
From Tuttosport that got the scoop and got most of it right but not everything? That's how the rumour started. And cyclingnews picked it up somehow. Nothing mentioned by Zomegnan, nothing mentioned by RCS or the Gazzetta that there is sterrato on Monte Grappa.
Aprica: I say this one is harder. If anything not sure if maybe the one 94 is tougher. Mortirolo, Aprica, Santa Cristina.
97 was longer and more climbs, but wasn't it the usual flat km before Mazzo? Aprica, down, Tirano, Mazzo? That's what's different this time. Trivigno is a very tough climb on it's own. First 7 Km up to Santa Cristina at over 9%, then 3 km at 6%, steep downhill, minimal flat, up Mortirolo. NOt easy climb up Aprica, down, flat.. What was better in the 97 stage was the mountains before Aprica, Croce Domini, that or Presolana or VIvione would have been cool 2010 as well, but more important is Trivigno. For the first time the Mortirolo comes right after another hard climb. Finish in Aprica or Edolo... I don't mind Aprica. Easy climb yes, but after the Mortirolo nothing is easy. What made the finestrestage in 05 so great? The easy climb up Sestrière. Make the finish after the downhill and everthing changes. You have the battle up Finestre, different one, no Di Luca who drops everybody while Simoni urges him to slow down to keep allies for Sestrieres, you don't have Savoldelli doing maybe the slowest downhill of his career to keep Ardila with him, knowing that he will ride for Van Huffel later on. Same for Aprica, by just stopping in Edolo you have another Zoncolan, give it all, almost all so to be able to do the downhill, but basically all. You'll have to keep something for Aprica or you crack completely. But you still have to make the difference on the Mortirolo because towards Aprica unless you are Basso of 06 you won't drop anybody.
Typical, untypical, I don't call it typical because the second week is just too flat. Yes, they usually have one completely flat stage around there. But as well things like the Faenza stage, Simoni in 03, this year not really. L'Aquila looks too easy, Cesenatico the same. The first week is ok, except the Holland part, not so much because of the stages but mainly because it forces the Giro to have the first rest day after 3 days of racing. But not a typical Giro, because the second week is just too soft and the big mountain stages are all at the end. It has happened before, but more often then not the mountains are more evenly distributed.
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