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Posted on 19-10-2010 12:52
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I had expected so much more from the Alps. The stage to Pinerolo could could have been ended on Sestriere and then been put over Vars and Izoard instead of taking the straight way to Briancon. Sadly the choose to put the Galibier MTF from the easy side. The Alpe D'Huez stage could have been made better, but I guess they are just trying to make it short and hope the riders will be fresh and then it will be all fireworks.
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Posted on 19-10-2010 13:22
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July 2, stage 1: Passage du Gois-Mont des Alouettes, 191km
July 3, stage 2: Les Essarts-Les Essarts, TTT, 23km
July 4, stage 3: Olonne-sur-Mer-Redon, 198km
July 5, stage 4: Lorient-Mûr-de-Bretagne, 172km
July 6, stage 5: Carhaix-Cap Fréhel, 158km
July 7, stage 6: Dinan-Lisieux, 226km
July 8, stage 7: Le Mans-Châteauroux, 215km
July 9, stage 8: Aigurande-Super Besse Sancy, 190km
July 10, stage 9: Issoire-St-Flour, 208km
July 11, rest day at Le Lioran/Cantal
July 12, stage 10: Aurillac-Carmaux, 161km
July 13, stage 11: Blaye-les-Mines-Lavaur, 168km
July 14, stage 12: Cugnaux-Luz Ardiden, 209km
July 15, stage 13: Pau-Lourdes, 156km
July 16, stage 14: Saint-Gaudens-Plateau de Beille, 168km
July 17, stage 15: Limous-Montpellier, 187km
July 18, rest day at province of Drôme
July 19, stage 16: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux-Gap, 163km
July 20, stage 17: Gap-Pinerolo, 179km
July 21, stage 18: Pinerolo-Galibier/Serre-Chevalier, 189km
July 22, stage 19: Modane-Alpe d’Huez, 109km
July 23, stage 20: Grenoble-Grenoble, ITT, 41km
July 24, stage 21: Créteil-Paris/Champs-Elysées, 160km
I'm very proud to be hosting a stage start, yes 
I already did it last year
EDIT: More importantly, here's more info on the Giro: The penultimate stage will be like the epic penultimate stage of 2005: Finestre + Sestriere
Edited by issoisso on 19-10-2010 13:30
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Posted on 19-10-2010 13:30
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Giro d'Italia 2011 route:
Found an article on tuttosport on an italian cycling forum which have speculated in this route:
7/29 maggio dalla Reggia al Duomo
Sabato 7: 1ª Venaria-Torino, cronosquadre.
Domenica 8: 2ª Alba-Parma.
Lunedì 9: 3ª Reggio Emilia-Rapallo.
Martedì 10: 4ª Quarto-Livorno.
Mercoledì 11: 5ª Piombino- Orvieto (con strade bianche).
Giovedì 12: 6ª Montecassino-Montevergine di Mercogliano (con passaggio da Teano).
Venerdi 13: 7ª Ascea-Paola.
Sabato 14: 8ª Fiumefreddo Bruzio-Tropea.
Domenica 15: 9ª Messina- Etna (arrivo al Rif. Sapienza).
Lunedì 16 riposo con trasferimento in Abruzzo.
Martedì 17: 10ª Termoli (o San Salvo)-Teramo.
Mercoledì 18: 11ª Giulianova-Castelfidardo (da definire sede di partenza).
Giovedì 19: 12ª Castelfidardo-Ravenna (passando da Bertinoro per Pambianco).
Venerdì 20: 13ª Conegliano- Grossglockner (Aut).
Sabato 21: 14ª Lienz (Aut)-Monte Zoncolan (prima il Crostis).
Domenica 22: 15ª Spilimbergo-Val di Fassa Gardeccia (sterrato alla fine, prima Giau Cima Coppi e Fedaia).
Lunedì 23: riposo.
Martedì 24 : 16ª Belluno- Nevegal (crono).
Mercoledì 25: 17ª Feltre-Sondrio.
Giovedì 26: 18ª Morbegno-S.Pellegrino Terme.
Venerdì 27: 19ª Bergamo-Macugnaga.
Sabato 28: 20ª Verbania -Sestriere (con Le Finestre).
Domenica 29: 21ª Milano-Milano (crono in Piazza Duomo) |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 19-10-2010 13:39
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Ah, you beat me to it. I was about to post the rumours 
I'm interested in the S. Pellegrino stage. Other than that, looks like a cool Giro on the surface. The hard stages are as well-distributed as they can be. From the first to the last week.
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Posted on 19-10-2010 13:43
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Cool Giro route. The stages looks very....well....fantastic
Many mountain stages + you have time trials (individual and team time trials).
I don't know the profile, but some of the finishes is in some windy places at the coast aswell.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 19-10-2010 13:51
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I'm willing to help to finance the killing of whoever are the ASO employees who design the Tour routes. I've heard rumors that Denis Menchov and Fabian Cancellara are also ready to pay. 
Seriously, 41 km of ITT. I have no words to describe how much do I hope that Schleck fails miserably in next year's TdF.
Also, do any of you have a clue on why ASO hates Aubisque? It looks like they want to ruin any attempt of having that climb in any decent stage.
On the Giro rumored route, I hope that at least the TT is long enough, but I suppose it won't. Sadly. Other than that, it looks pretty nice. |
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| Andreas93 |
Posted on 19-10-2010 13:58
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Schleck hopes to gain time on the TTT. Guess he got Cancellara, then...
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| siwi |
Posted on 19-10-2010 14:32
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What a boring route if Conta isnt gonna be there.. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-10-2010 14:47
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Both the Giro and the Tour looks awesome.
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| siwi |
Posted on 19-10-2010 15:14
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Awesome? lol. Giro yes, Tour no. |
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Posted on 19-10-2010 15:20
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The route would have been good with one more time trial. But without, I really don't like the route. One more time trail could have saved some of the bad mountain stages like the one to Pinerolo and Alpe d'Huez.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 19-10-2010 15:30
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Just remembered that Nevegal is a climb. That leaves only one ITT, the last, and I doubt it'll be longer than 15km. What a pity.
But the route, all in all, is awesome.
Edit: If that comes to be true, obviously.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-10-2010 15:30
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siwi wrote:
Awesome? lol. Giro yes, Tour no.
I think that with both L'Alpe d'Huez, Luz Ardiden and the Pinerolo stage, it is looking awesome.
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 19-10-2010 15:41
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In the end, the riders make stages interesting or boring and the four MTFs could force some real battles for the maillot jaune.
In my eyes, also the ITT kilometres are ok and there should be a lot of wind making flat stages interesting
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| issoisso |
Posted on 19-10-2010 16:44
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The Nevegal is for power climbers, as it's in no way steep.
I'm hoping the final stage is quite long.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 19-10-2010 16:57
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issoisso wrote:
The Nevegal is for power climbers, as it's in no way steep.
I'm hoping the final stage is quite long.
Well if it's a TT then that's good, don't need another pure climbers stage
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| Roman |
Posted on 19-10-2010 17:05
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TdF route for the next year is quite good. The thing which kills the next year's route are changes in green and polka-dot jersey competitions. It will be really boring to see no breakaways wins. These changes killed breakaways. 
So now, I've to hope for the great Giro.
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 19-10-2010 18:17
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Ive just noticed that the Aigurande- Super Besse was a stage in the 2008 Tour de France.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 19-10-2010 18:40
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Like both routes, but I think the Giro one is still the best. Although it's nice to see the Tour finish at the Galibier and Alp D'Huez. |
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| siwi |
Posted on 19-10-2010 18:47
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Galibier is nothing special at all. They drive it from wrong side also.. |
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