Which 2013 GT has the best route?

[Eshnar]

Now that we saw all of them (even though we didn't see ALL the Tour route yet...), which one do you like it the most?
And which is the worst? Discuss and rank the GTs.

 

[El Pistolero]

The Giro I guess. Good amount of mountain stages, hilly/punchy stages, some flat stages and a long time trial.

Although I've kinda forgotten all about the Tour route already.

 

[Descender]

All of them are pretty bad and quite even this year, but I like the TdF philosophy better, despite that hideous last mountain stage.

Tour-Giro-Vuelta if forced to rank them.

 

[Arnout]

I think all three are better than last year, that's the most important thing.

 

[The Hitch]

Giro vuelta tour.

 

[Eshnar]

All of them are pretty bad and quite even this year, but I like the TdF philosophy better, despite that hideous last mountain stage.

Tour-Giro-Vuelta if forced to rank them.

not sure what philosophy you're talking about

anyway, it's Giro/Vuelta/Tour for me, but none of them is particularly good. Better than last year, though.

 

[roundabout]

They all kinda suck.

Giro is probably the least bad of the lot.

Don't really see why Vuelta is better than the Tour though.

 

[Eshnar]

They all kinda suck.

Giro is probably the least bad of the lot.

Don't really see why Vuelta is better than the Tour though.

I just couldn't decide, so I penalised the Tour for being the 100th edition.

 

[The Hitch]

They all kinda suck.

Giro is probably the least bad of the lot.

Don't really see why Vuelta is better than the Tour though.

For making 2 times up a meh 14km climb sound like the hardest stage in gt history.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

They all kinda suck.

Giro is probably the least bad of the lot.

Don't really see why Vuelta is better than the Tour though.

The Vuelta set our expectations to "minimal" so gets praised for being better than anticipated even though it's still far from being "good", whereas the Tour hyped itself up to be actually good and screwed us around with those rumours of doing something interesting like a Pierre-Saint-Martin finish only to deliver the same tired old crap.

 

[whittashau]

not sure what philosophy you're talking about

The make as much money from having dull stage finishes in various towns as possible philosophy.

 

[Parrulo]

giro edges it for me because of the very hilly first week and long time trial before the real mountains arrive.

shame on no downhill finish but irrc no GT has one this year so meh

 

[Afrank]

1. Giro (by a large margin over the other 2)
2. Vuelta (for having so many MTF/HTF stages that can affect GC)
3. Tour (I expected more for the 100th edition)

 

[42x16ss]

For making 2 times up a meh 14km climb sound like the hardest stage in gt history.

This......

 

[hfer07]

1-) IL GIRO
2-) LA VUELTA
3-) LE TOUR

I give credit to Acquarone & Unipublic to be at least "creative" & try to come up with some tricky parcours, whereas Prudhomme is displaying his always "conservative" approach-it does not make the cut to me to have Alpe d'Huez twice as a "surprise"-so he needs to go to the drawing board & design some serious parcours for the coming editions if he's willing to salvage the Tour's reputation...

 

[Ferminal]

Don't really see why Vuelta is better than the Tour though.

Probably the lack of profiles. It's easy to just assume that the proposed "hilly" stages are crap.

 

[greenedge]

The TDF has improved on last year but the Giro has 1 (not 2) really long time trial and good mountain and hilly stages- though if the ITT makes Wiggins secure in the lead for the whole race it could be boring.

Then the TDF as 2nd. It has a good route but the racers will make it more exciting than the route.
Vuelta last even though the mountain stages will again be good.

 

[the asian]

Giro>Vuelta>Tour

As others have pointed out, the Tour gets penalised for being the same old borefest even in the 100th edition.

However the weather can spoil the Giro and if Galibier and Tre cime stages are cancelled/shortened it might turn in to a TT borefest and the worst of the 3.

 

[jens_attacks]

giro
tour
vuelta

but overall i like them all on paper(tour is a bit disappointing but i changed my mind on it)

 

[Descender]

Am I the only one who can't access the TdF profiles?

 

[Netserk]

Am I the only one who can't access the TdF profiles?

Same here.

But steephill has them (the ones that are public)

 

[Netserk]

The Corsica stages:

 

[LaFlorecita]

Giro, vuelta, tour

 

[roundabout]

oh, i get it. the tour is the same old borefest as opposed to super unpredictable stages to pena cabarga, valdepenas de jaen and other amazing uphill sprints after short climbs

 

[staubsauger]

The Corsica stages:

Well that second stage (Batista - Ajacco) looks like Europcar against the rest of the peloton. Pretty sure Voeckler or anyone else of them will try to do something there. And if it's just that Tommy could secure some first points for the polka dot jersey during that stage.