Its always interesting to predict how the route of a gt will look like. Although there isnt a thread like this yet (only a grand depart thread) the Tour de France 2016 isnt an exception. No, I even think that this one is an extremely interesting case.
At the moment we know the first 2 stages (pictures and description from the Grand Depart thread):
Stage 1 map:
Stage 2 map:
Stage 2 final:
We also know that there will be 3 days in Andorra. A stage finish, a rest day and a start.
Moreover there are a lot of rumors about a stage going to the Mont Ventoux, and considering that it wasnt included in the last two editions I could very well imagine that (make double ventoux true aso, just make it true). The rumors also say that the stage will start somewhere in the south between marseille and nice. If that is true I think we wont see the massif central. But lets come back to what is fact because that alone is quite interesting. Considering that this year the pyrenees where taken before the alps, it should be in the other direction next year. However the last time the pyrenees were used first for two years in a row was 2009 and in that year we also had a stage to andorra and a stage to the mont ventoux. Of course that doesnt have to mean something but I just have the feeling the last mountain stage will be neither in the alps nor the pyrenees. Another reason is that 2017 will be the 100th giro so I kind of expect one alp stage going into italy, and it wouldnt make me wonder if they want to use the alps earlier in such a year, so the gc doesnt get decided in a foreign country. Ofc thats a very very bold prediction, but hey this isnt the Tour de France 2016 rumors thread, its a prediction thread. So what do you expect?
At the moment we know the first 2 stages (pictures and description from the Grand Depart thread):
Stage 1 map:
Stage 2 map:
Stage 2 final:
We also know that there will be 3 days in Andorra. A stage finish, a rest day and a start.
Moreover there are a lot of rumors about a stage going to the Mont Ventoux, and considering that it wasnt included in the last two editions I could very well imagine that (make double ventoux true aso, just make it true). The rumors also say that the stage will start somewhere in the south between marseille and nice. If that is true I think we wont see the massif central. But lets come back to what is fact because that alone is quite interesting. Considering that this year the pyrenees where taken before the alps, it should be in the other direction next year. However the last time the pyrenees were used first for two years in a row was 2009 and in that year we also had a stage to andorra and a stage to the mont ventoux. Of course that doesnt have to mean something but I just have the feeling the last mountain stage will be neither in the alps nor the pyrenees. Another reason is that 2017 will be the 100th giro so I kind of expect one alp stage going into italy, and it wouldnt make me wonder if they want to use the alps earlier in such a year, so the gc doesnt get decided in a foreign country. Ofc thats a very very bold prediction, but hey this isnt the Tour de France 2016 rumors thread, its a prediction thread. So what do you expect?
Or is that like 300kms or something? 
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