2011 Giro Presentation on Saturday

blazing_saddles

RAITRE have the presentation of the Giro, this Saturday, at 4pm UK time.
During which, according to a well known newspaper source, the following will be revealed:




May 7, stage 1: Venaria - Torino (TTT)
May 8, stage 2: Alba - Parma
May 9, stage 3: Reggio Emilia - Rapallo
May 10, stage 4: Quarto - Livorno
May 11, stage 5: Piombino - Orvieto (with sectors of "strade bianche")
May 12, stage 6: Montecassino - Montevergine di Mercogliano
May 13, stage 7: Ascea - Paola
May 14, stage 8: Fiumefreddo Bruzio - Tropea
May 15, stage 9: Messina - Etna (Rifugio Sapienza)
May 16, rest day
May 17, stage 10: Termoli (or San Salvo) - Teramo
May 18, stage 11: Giulianova (?) - Castelfidardo
May 19, stage 12: Castelfidardo - Ravenna
May 20, stage 13: Conegliano - Grossglockner (Aut)
May 21, stage 14: Lienz (Aut) - Monte Zoncolan
May 22, stage 15: Spilimbergo - Val di Fassa (Rifugio Gardeccia)
May 23, rest day
May 24, stage 16: Belluno - Nevegal (ITT)
May 25, stage 17: Feltre - Sondrio
May 26, stage 18: Morbegno - San Pellegrino Terme
May 27, stage 19: Bergamo - Macugnaga
May 28, stage 20: Verbania - Sestriere (with Colle delle Finestre)
May 29, stage 21: Milano - Milano (ITT)

Count the number of mountaintop finishes.

Pokerface

A giant graph!? BikingBirnie and Iain will be happy.

sonny73

Visiting Messina in Sicily maybe then, a little nod to Nibali's achievements perhaps.

RichN95.

Sonny73 wrote:

Visiting Messina in Sicily maybe then, a little nod to Nibali's achievements perhaps.

No. It's commemorating the 150th aniversary of the unification of Italy which was partly brought about by Garibaldi's campaign which started in Sicilly

The race visits several key places, I believe.

Le Commentateur

It's amazing how almost every year the course passes up the east coast near the venue of the Nove Colli granfondo a day or two prior to that Sunday event. You'd think there was money changing hands to get this extra draw.

Kléber

I'll have a bit of that.

disgruntledgoat

The Grossglockner is immense. We went up there on a childhood holiday in a car in August and turned back due to bad weather. The first pass I ever went up, I think. A really awe inspiring piece of road.

rick_chasey

S'gonna be tough to win a GT this year if you're a TTer first, climber second....

Pross

disgruntledgoat wrote:

The Grossglockner is immense. We went up there on a childhood holiday in a car in August and turned back due to bad weather. The first pass I ever went up, I think. A really awe inspiring piece of road.

Wasn't familiar with the climb so just looked it up on Climb By Bike. Not sure which route they are taking but about 20km+ and over 8% average.

sonny73

RichN95 wrote:

Sonny73 wrote:

Visiting Messina in Sicily maybe then, a little nod to Nibali's achievements perhaps.

No. It's commemorating the 150th aniversary of the unification of Italy which was partly brought about by Garibaldi's campaign which started in Sicilly

The race visits several key places, I believe.

Oh right I didn't know the route was partly due to that, interesting and you learn something new everyday eh.

iainf72

Looks like Alpe d'Huez on the menu for the Giro in 2012

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... -2012.html

Which will be nice. And a good reason to do it too.

moray_gub

Stage 16 looks to be another waste of a good mountain day .

moray_gub

RichN95 wrote:

Sonny73 wrote:

Visiting Messina in Sicily maybe then, a little nod to Nibali's achievements perhaps.

No. It's commemorating the 150th aniversary of the unification of Italy which was partly brought about by Garibaldi's campaign which started in Sicilly

The race visits several key places, I believe.

To commemerate it each stage winner will be presented with these

Kléber

A nation united by a biscuit. That's my kind of place.

Monty Zoncolan

Darn it, I want it to be May already.

takethehighroad

Any ideas when the DVD of this year's race will be released? I want that memento of a great race

RichN95.

Kléber wrote:

A nation united by a biscuit. That's my kind of place.

Unlike France - a nation divided by cheese.

lucybears

distances

Sabato 7 maggio: 1. tappa Venaria Reale-Torino 21,5 km (cronosquadre)
Domenica 8 maggio: 2. tappa Alba-Parma 242 km
Lunedì 9 maggio: 3. tappa Reggio Emilia-Rapallo 178 km
Martedì 10 maggio: 4. tappa Quarto dei Mille-Livorno 208 km
Mercoledì 11 maggio: 5. tappa Piombino-Orvieto 201 km
Giovedì 12 maggio: 6. tappa Orvieto-Fiuggi Terme 195 km
Venerdì 13 maggio: 7. tappa Maddaloni-Montevergine di Mercogliano 100 km
Sabato 14 maggio: 8. tappa Sapri-Tropea 214 km
Domenica 15 maggio: 9. tappa Messina-Etna 159 km
Lunedì 16 maggio: riposo
Martedì 17 maggio: 10. tappa Termoli-Teramo 158 km
Mercoledì 18 maggio: 11. tappa Teramo-Castelfidardo 162 km
Giovedì 19 maggio: 12. tappa Castelfidardo-Ravenna 171 km
Venerdì 20 maggio: 13. tappa Spilimbergo-Grossclockner (Aut) 210 km
Sabato 21 maggio: 14. tappa Lienz (Aut)-Zoncolan 210 km
Domenica 22 maggio: 15. tappa Conegliano Gardeccia Val di Fassa 230 km
Lunedì 23 maggio: riposo
Martedì 24 maggo: 16. tappa Belluno-Nevegal 12,7 km (cronoscalata)
Mercoledì 25 maggio: 17. tappa Feltre-Sondrio 246 km
Giovedì 26 maggio: 18. tappa Morbegno-San Pellegrino Terme 147 km
Venerdì 27 maggio: 19. tappa Bergamo-Macugnaga 211 km
Sabato 28 maggio: 20. tappa Verbania-Sestrière 242 km
Domenica 29 maggio: Milano 32,8 km (cronometro individuale)

inkyfingers

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

Any ideas when the DVD of this year's race will be released? I want that memento of a great race

Unfortunately there will be no Giro 2010 DVD (at least according to Bromley Video and the Cycling Weekly shop). However if you use cyclingtorrent.net somebody has put together a very good highlights package using Eurosport footage that you can download if you have a fast enough connection (it's about 5 DVDs worth)!

Le Commentateur

Is stage 9 another volcano finish?

blazing_saddles

Le Commentateur wrote:

Is stage 9 another volcano finish?

Seems: You Only Lava Twice:
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6096/ ... twice.aspx

Anonymous

Penultimate weekend looks a good trip.

blazing_saddles

Live and just starting, here:
http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_Live01.shtml

DaveyL

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Le Commentateur wrote:

Is stage 9 another volcano finish?

Seems: You Only Lava Twice:
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6096/ ... twice.aspx

You could've been magmanimous and left that pun to someone else.

emadden

seems like the new Italian fashion is to shave the head... Ballan has joined the crew

blazing_saddles

DaveyL wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Le Commentateur wrote:

Is stage 9 another volcano finish?

Seems: You Only Lava Twice:
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6096/ ... twice.aspx

You could've been magmanimous and left that pun to someone else.

Nice one, I almost missed it.
Seems all the rumours are true. Welcome to hell.

emadden

Basso isnt there... Nibs in the limelight... I wonder is this a signal that Basso will skip the Giro in favour of the Tour and Nibs will go for the Giro and help Basso in the Tour :evil:

iainf72

emadden wrote:

Basso isnt there... Nibs in the limelight... I wonder is this a signal that Basso will skip the Giro in favour of the Tour and Nibs will go for the Giro and help Basso in the Tour :evil:

I think that's the plan, sort of anyway. I think Basso will do the Giro but not to win. Next years Tour is potentially a good course for him.

blazing_saddles

All the profiles are in:
http://www.steephill.tv/giro-d-italia/

larry@cycleitalia.com

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

Any ideas when the DVD of this year's race will be released? I want that memento of a great race

RCS/ RAI Trade in Italy offered a DVD of the 2010 Giro sold in Italy along with La Gazzetta dello Sport as part of their Hall of Fame DVD collection for 2010. Amazingly, there's an ENGLISH commentary soundtrack on it! This may be why Bromley/WCP do not have DVDs of the event though RAI Trade/RCS have done a poor job of making the DVD available outside of Italy. I brought one home, not knowing for sure if it would play on any of the players we have here but luckily for me it does play just fine on one of them. I'll be heading to Italia next month and will try to pick up any copies of this I can find. They're cheap enough, less than $20 US so I'll get as many as I can find as I've heard others lamenting the lack of video record of what was surely the most exciting of the 2010 Grand Tours.

Moomaloid

larry@cycleitalia.com wrote:

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

Any ideas when the DVD of this year's race will be released? I want that memento of a great race

RCS/ RAI Trade in Italy offered a DVD of the 2010 Giro sold in Italy along with La Gazzetta dello Sport as part of their Hall of Fame DVD collection for 2010. Amazingly, there's an ENGLISH commentary soundtrack on it! This may be why Bromley/WCP do not have DVDs of the event though RAI Trade/RCS have done a poor job of making the DVD available outside of Italy. I brought one home, not knowing for sure if it would play on any of the players we have here but luckily for me it does play just fine on one of them. I'll be heading to Italia next month and will try to pick up any copies of this I can find. They're cheap enough, less than $20 US so I'll get as many as I can find as I've heard others lamenting the lack of video record of what was surely the most exciting of the 2010 Grand Tours.

Pop me down for one!