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Transfers in the Giro

Having just read the thread about Zomegnan possibly being fired, I decided to look at the transfers between stages every year he has been in charge (2004-now). Only transfers of over 50km are counted.

51-100km
101-150km
151-250km
251km+

2004

Alba - Novi Ligure 94km
Montevergine di Mercogliano - Giffoni Valle Piana 61km
Carovigno - Porto Sant'Elpido 508km (REST DAY)
Ascoli Piceno - Porto Sant'Elpido 74km
Treviso - Trieste 160km
Pula (Croatia) - Poreč (Croatia) 56km


2005

Tropea - Catanzaro Lido 88km
Frosinone - Celano 84km
l'Aquila - Viterbo 181km
Limone Piemonte - Chieri 125km
Torino - Savigliano 65km
Sestriere - Albese con Cassano 267km


2006

Hotton (Belgium) - Piacenza 860km~ (REST DAY)
Saltara - Civitanova Marche 108km
Peschici - Pontedera 550km (REST DAY)
Sestri Levante - Alessandria 133km
Gemona del Friuli - Pordenone 114km
Passo di San Pellegrino - Trento 95km
Aprica - Museo del Ghisallo 105km


2007

Bosa - Barumini 153km
Cagliari - Salerno 740km~ (REST DAY)
Montevergine di Mercogliano - Teano 93km
Briancon - Biella 183km
Santuario di Oropa - Cantu 137km
Bergamo - Trento 179km
Zoncolan - Udine 62km
Terme di Comano - Bardolino 110km
Verona - Vestone 99km


2008

Agrigento - Catania 163km
Milazzo - Pizzo Calabro 143km
Catanzaro Lungomare - Belvedere Marittimo 129km
Peschici - Vasto 135km
Tivoli - Civitavecchia 116km
San Vincenzo - Pesaro 347km (REST DAY)
Cittadella - Verona 88km
Kronplatz - Sondrio 281km (REST DAY)
Tirano - Cesano Maderno 145km


2009

Valdobbiadene - Padova 68km
Bergamo - Milano 51km
Milano - Cuneo 208km (REST DAY)
Bologna San Luca - Forli 73km
Faenza - Pergola 159km
Monte Petrano - Chieti 276km (REST DAY)
Anagni - Roma 65km


2010

Middelburg (Netherlands) - Savigliano 1000km~ (REST DAY)
Cuneo - Novara 210km
Novi Ligure - Fidenza 140km
Terminillo - Frosinone 171km
Bitonto - Lucera 137km
l'Aquila - Citta Sant'Angelo 97km
Cesenatico - Ferrara 148km
Asolo - Spinea 65km
Zoncolan - San Vigilio di Marebbe 123km (REST DAY)
Peio Terme - Levico Terme 102km
Ponte di Legno Tonale - Verona 188km


2011

Livorno - Piombino 86km
Fiuggi - Maddaloni 163km
Montevergine di Mercogliano - Sapri 220km
Tropea - Messina 113km
Etna - Termoli 640km~ (REST DAY)
Ravenna - Spilimbergo 233km
Zoncolan - Conegliano 182km
Gardeccia Val di Fassa - Belluno 80km (REST DAY)
Tirano - Morbegno 51km
Macugnaga - Verbania 58km
Sestriere - Milano 238km
 
There are certainly more transfers in recent years compared to 2004 + 2005. Almost double the amount of 50km+ transfers compared to 2004.

2004 - 6
2005 - 6
2006 - 7
2007 - 9
2008 - 9
2009 - 7
2010 - 11
2011 - 11

Also this year there have been quite a few very long transfers with a stage the day after. 5 days over 150km.
 
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Totals for each year

2004 - 953 km

2005 - 810 km

2006 - 1965 km

2007 - 1756 km

2008 - 1547 km

2009- 900 km

2010 - 2381 km

2011 - 2064 km

what also is an important issue is how the riders are transfered long in bus or a short flight or even speed train I guess
 
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By their team bus I would guess. Obviously not when they started in Sardinia in '07, and when they went to the mainland after the rest day, or last year when they started in Holland