Giro 2021:- Stage 7: Notaresco – Termoli 181 km **Spoilers**
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Stage 7: Notaresco – Termoli 181 km
Friday, May 14th, 12.50 CEST
The riders travel from Notaresco to Termoli, a small town on the southern Adriatic coast that’s famous for its beaches, fortifications and narrow streets.
A flat start, then a hilly middle to the stage with a flat finale. After a short stretch in the hinterland, the route follows the Adriatic coast up to Chieti (KOM). A brace of bends and undulations then leads back onto the coast, all the way to Termoli.
The Catagorised Climb:
Final kilometres
The last 3 km are raced on urban roads. After leaving the coastal road, the route takes in a 200 m kick with 10-12% gradients, and then continues on a slight incline all the way to the finish. The route takes in a few sharp bends, and narrows briefly at the ‑800 m mark, eventually merging onto the home straight on tarmac road.
What to expect:
With the hardest climbs in the first part of the stage, around Chieti, with more than 100 kilometres remaining, a sprint finish is the most probable outcome in a race. With only the single climb counting in the KoM competition, expect there to be a modest breakaway.
However, an uphill kick of 12% appears inside the last 2 kilometres, which will surely stir up a chancer or two, who will try to upset the sprint outcome.
Favourites 7th stage 2021 Giro d’Italia
*** Caleb Ewan, Giacomo Nizzolo, Peter Sagan
** Rémi Cavagna, Diego Ulissi, Patrick Bevin, Fernando Gaviria, Enrico Battaglin
* Davide Cimolai, Tim Merlier , Valerio Conti, Gianni Vermeersch, Andrea Pasqualon
Notaresco
Notaresco is a town and comune in the Teramo province in the Abruzzo region of eastern central Italy. It has population of just under 3000. The layout of the town is typical of a medieval settlement which includes thick city walls accompanied by high and narrow windows.
Termoli
Termoli is the main coastal town in Molise. It stretches over ten kilometres of coastline and is undeniably one of the key urban areas in the region thanks to its economy, which focuses on three core areas: tourism, industry and fishing. The town is home to about 33 000 people, and its main feature is the old quarter which looks out over the wide “Sant’Antonio” beach from the top of a fortified promontory.
One of the real reasons for visiting Termoli is undoubtedly its cuisine, typically based around seafood. These are some typical dishes: “Pappone”, a frugal dish made with the fish that remained unsold after the fishing boats returned to the port, the fishermen would share out what was left and take their portion home (this helping was called “scaffetta”). Pappone is made with boneless fish and bread which isn’t too fresh, the fish used can include skate, mantis shrimp, squid, cuttlefish, monkfish, sea snails, octopus, poor cod and whatever fish heads are available, all cooked up with tomato, garlic, onion and green peppers.
“U scescill”, another recipe that harks back to days gone by: oval balls made of eggs, cheese and stale bread, cooked in a tomato sauce. “Secce e pesille” (cuttlefish and peas) is a speciality, as is “Polpi in purgatorio” which is octopus prepared with onions, hot chilli pepper, parsley and extra virgin olive oil (literally “octopus in hell”!),
and finally, “Triglie alla Ngorda” (gluttonous mullet!), red mullet cooked with breadcrumbs, oil, garlic and salt.
Friday, May 14th, 12.50 CEST
The riders travel from Notaresco to Termoli, a small town on the southern Adriatic coast that’s famous for its beaches, fortifications and narrow streets.
A flat start, then a hilly middle to the stage with a flat finale. After a short stretch in the hinterland, the route follows the Adriatic coast up to Chieti (KOM). A brace of bends and undulations then leads back onto the coast, all the way to Termoli.
The Catagorised Climb:
Final kilometres
The last 3 km are raced on urban roads. After leaving the coastal road, the route takes in a 200 m kick with 10-12% gradients, and then continues on a slight incline all the way to the finish. The route takes in a few sharp bends, and narrows briefly at the ‑800 m mark, eventually merging onto the home straight on tarmac road.
What to expect:
With the hardest climbs in the first part of the stage, around Chieti, with more than 100 kilometres remaining, a sprint finish is the most probable outcome in a race. With only the single climb counting in the KoM competition, expect there to be a modest breakaway.
However, an uphill kick of 12% appears inside the last 2 kilometres, which will surely stir up a chancer or two, who will try to upset the sprint outcome.
Favourites 7th stage 2021 Giro d’Italia
*** Caleb Ewan, Giacomo Nizzolo, Peter Sagan
** Rémi Cavagna, Diego Ulissi, Patrick Bevin, Fernando Gaviria, Enrico Battaglin
* Davide Cimolai, Tim Merlier , Valerio Conti, Gianni Vermeersch, Andrea Pasqualon
Notaresco
Notaresco is a town and comune in the Teramo province in the Abruzzo region of eastern central Italy. It has population of just under 3000. The layout of the town is typical of a medieval settlement which includes thick city walls accompanied by high and narrow windows.
Termoli
Termoli is the main coastal town in Molise. It stretches over ten kilometres of coastline and is undeniably one of the key urban areas in the region thanks to its economy, which focuses on three core areas: tourism, industry and fishing. The town is home to about 33 000 people, and its main feature is the old quarter which looks out over the wide “Sant’Antonio” beach from the top of a fortified promontory.
One of the real reasons for visiting Termoli is undoubtedly its cuisine, typically based around seafood. These are some typical dishes: “Pappone”, a frugal dish made with the fish that remained unsold after the fishing boats returned to the port, the fishermen would share out what was left and take their portion home (this helping was called “scaffetta”). Pappone is made with boneless fish and bread which isn’t too fresh, the fish used can include skate, mantis shrimp, squid, cuttlefish, monkfish, sea snails, octopus, poor cod and whatever fish heads are available, all cooked up with tomato, garlic, onion and green peppers.
“U scescill”, another recipe that harks back to days gone by: oval balls made of eggs, cheese and stale bread, cooked in a tomato sauce. “Secce e pesille” (cuttlefish and peas) is a speciality, as is “Polpi in purgatorio” which is octopus prepared with onions, hot chilli pepper, parsley and extra virgin olive oil (literally “octopus in hell”!),
and finally, “Triglie alla Ngorda” (gluttonous mullet!), red mullet cooked with breadcrumbs, oil, garlic and salt.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
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https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0040619,14.9935108,3a,75y,226.51h,88.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWesQpfie2-boMIFEXFeL_g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192rick_chasey said:Do we think Ewan can survive that ramp?
I would say so.1 -
That octopus dish looks like a plate of worms!0
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Could be carnage on the right hand bend just before it with everyone trying to get into position.rick_chasey said:Do we think Ewan can survive that ramp?
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It's short and sharp, but yes, all the sprint teams will need to be at the front there, it's likely to be manic for the last 10km.Pross said:
Could be carnage on the right hand bend just before it with everyone trying to get into position.rick_chasey said:Do we think Ewan can survive that ramp?
If there's any wind coming off the sea, it will be crazy with the GC teams needing to be at the very front as well.
Fun last hour, I reckon.0 -
Well he got over the Poggio alright.rick_chasey said:Do we think Ewan can survive that ramp?
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This is that corner into the climb at 1.5km to go, fairly tight and starts climbing as soon as they are into the side street. The apex of the bend doesn't look great unless they done a bit of work since September and if it's wet I don't fancy the drains. I assume this will be barriered off but that will make the corner tighter.
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Weather luckily dry today otherwise the finish would be almost certain carnage0
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I'm surprised how ugly these finishes are once off the actual beach front. Surely they can find something a bit prettier to showcase their town? I also don't understand why they don't just have the finish on the beach road, they created all the extra twists, turns and hazards to finish on a very bland avenue whilst the road by the beach is dead straight and at least attractive on one side.0
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No_Ta_Doctor said:
Well he got over the Poggio alright.rick_chasey said:Do we think Ewan can survive that ramp?
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Should be some nice helicopter shots from Chieti to Crecchio, although I think it's a dead end in Crecchio itself, can't see the race going in the village. Crecchio was briefly the capital during the war; when the Italians surrendered, some of the Royal family fled Rom, crossed the mountains and stayed overnight in Crecchio before continuing on to Bari the next day.0
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It's intriguing that culinary delicacies are made using leftovers and stale stuff. Surely what it's left over from would be the delicacy?0
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Abruzzo is very traditional, they see themselves as maintaining good old traditions whilst the rich northerners are desperately trying to replace them with new fangled modern ideas. They can't understand shipping cherries or strawberries in from the other side of the world because they aren't in season, just eat what is in season! We've eaten in restaurants that don't have a menu, you get served what they have. Nothing wrong with making the most of everything. didn't think those food items were that typical of the stage, maybe local to the start and end towns.kingstongraham said:It's intriguing that culinary delicacies are made using leftovers and stale stuff. Surely what it's left over from would be the delicacy?
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Breakaway gone in first km, race situation static for the next 4 hours, turn telly off and get on with other stuff, feel for the commentators on days like this.
Savoie between the Glandon and the Madeleine.0 -
So Pozzovivo has called it a day after going too deep, yesterday.
Sounds like he really suffered in the conditions."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Only three in the breakaway, so maybe a half hearted sprint at 2:15 for the 5 points on offer to the peloton.0
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I could make a long post explaining this but basically the stuff it's left over from is usually stuff that ends up being eaten all over the world.kingstongraham said:It's intriguing that culinary delicacies are made using leftovers and stale stuff. Surely what it's left over from would be the delicacy?
Think about Burrata about 10 years ago. Everyone was eating Mozzarella, only Puglians were eating Burrata. Ergo, Burrata was the local delicacy.0 -
I was thinking in this case it's probably just that a perfectly cooked piece of fish isn't going to be a local delicacy because it's a piece of fish and you aren't going to mess with it.
What you do with the heads is more local.0 -
He crashed early on yesterday too, that might be relevant.blazing_saddles said:So Pozzovivo has called it a day after going too deep, yesterday.
Sounds like he really suffered in the conditions.0 -
A piece of very fresh fish doesn't take a lot of culinary imagination to get right.kingstongraham said:I was thinking in this case it's probably just that a perfectly cooked piece of fish isn't going to be a local delicacy because it's a piece of fish and you aren't going to mess with it.
What you do with the heads is more local.
Leftovers lead to a lot more experimenting and when eventually the right recipe is stumbled upon, it gets the tag "creation" or "delicacy".
The large Italian peasant population, living off the land had little option but to experiment.
That's my theory anyhow."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Hard to tell . If they are going fast no problem . Depends on how much speed is scrubbed off in the corner approaching it .. Google Street view timerick_chasey said:Do we think Ewan can survive that ramp?
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Did he ? That's impressiveRichN95. said:No_Ta_Doctor said:
Well he got over the Poggio alright.rick_chasey said:Do we think Ewan can survive that ramp?
He's also won on Hatta Dam in UAE"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Don't think Sagan's going to have any problems with the finish today.0
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26 Lungomare Colombo
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Mi9NCW37AmBSZgGL6"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
That's the entrance to.the corner"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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You should read this threadmididoctors said:That's the entrance to.the corner
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Looking back down the slope ..it's pretty short . If your out of position thou at the corner ... Could be a crash .36 Corso Mario Milano
https://maps.app.goo.gl/StiHhcEDZo1qBhpGA"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
I never read the back posts .. well i do sometimes ... But random paradrop posting is more my thingkingstongraham said:"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Lol ..."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
