I am once again so thankful for my nickname. I had no idea this was a prestigious race.Huh? That's quite the opposite to what I said
Probably because no one I followed covered it. (IE Horner or Broe (before he became a DS))
No, I can remember a Giro with a prologue of 1km or something like that. Was in the age of Petacchi
If I was a male rider I'd definitely not bother shaving my face for that, it would hardly be worth the effort!
The Tour used to have some quite short prologues in the days when Thierry Marie always won them and grabbed the yellow jersey. Also, someone asked earlier about the difference between an ITT and a prologue. It's not just that it's less than 10 km, it's also--as the name implies--the first day of racing. Sometimes they are called Stage 1 or sometimes Stage 1 is the day following.
Tour of Luxemburg used to have a prologue in the 2km range. Pretty intense.
This was the one, Giro 2005, Petacchi came in 3rd
www.procyclingstats.com
Didn't the also have an 800m one on the last part of the Kitzbüheler Horn one year earlier? Edit: It was a 600m uphill prologue, only 70sec for the winner Will Clarce.
Better known as Sprinter's highlight reel. Like anything under 3km. Provided those teams with an excuse to bring specialists to an otherwise mountainous GT and still get jersey exposure on TV. TdF did some short prologues; I think in the 80's.
Sad that an former iconic bike maker has to resort to random series of letters and numbers for a model name.
I'm glad you asked this question because the replies that followed are so stunning yet so fascinating! (Obviously I haven't followed cycling as closely and for as long as the posters who had replied to you, and I always love to learn new stuff!
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Commentators were stupidly comparing this prologue to a 400m in athletics. I assume they were talking about that one.
2005 Giro d'Italia Reggio Calabria night TT won by Bret Lancaster!
In thes very race.
To be fair to the current owner of Colnago; Ernesto's crew started that before the sale. But you are correct in all ways. It becomes the newest Yuppie Applebike when the edition rolls out at $20k....
In TdR history Cavendish won a 1.9 TT in 2008.
They took less time to complete that prologue than G. Thomas changing his helmet in the Giro2023 ITT.
Wait and see what Cox and Smith pronouncation up with today!
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