Giro 2023: The Route.

blazing_saddles
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Was announced yesterday.

All the stages in one place with brief previews:

https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/profiles-route-2023-giro-ditalia-68-itt-kilometers-tre-cime-di-lavaredo-returns-and-hellish-mtt-on-stage-20

The key stages:

Stage 4.


Stage 7.


Stage 13.


Stage 16.


Stage 18.


Stage 19.


Stage 20.



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Comments

  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,572
    A route to tempt Remco, Roglic and Thomas.
    Lots of TT kms, even if part are stage 20.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,313
    Stage 13 starts 3 miles from my hometown... annoyingly I can't go down to Italy in May, as it's term time at Uni... so so annoying
    left the forum March 2023
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    I know the press have latched on to the time trial kilometres as the bait to hook Evenepoel, but those mountain stages are seriously hard and that final TT is just mental. If he starts, he'll be the favourite, but he'll need some serious support in the mountains and I'm not convinced his team can provide it.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,341
    andyp said:

    I know the press have latched on to the time trial kilometres as the bait to hook Evenepoel, but those mountain stages are seriously hard and that final TT is just mental. If he starts, he'll be the favourite, but he'll need some serious support in the mountains and I'm not convinced his team can provide it.

    Having been there I feel sorry for anyone racing stage 19.
    Add on saving something in the bank for the MTT and....
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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    edited October 2022
    ugo.santalucia said:

    Stage 13 starts 3 miles from my hometown... annoyingly I can't go down to Italy in May, as it's term time at Uni... so so annoying

    my bus stops at Pratola and there's a nice pizzeria in Popoli.


    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • peteco
    peteco Posts: 184
    We will be having a good look at the route over the next week, as we want to go to northern Italy next year, and it makes sense to align this with a few Giro stages.
    If we go ahead with this we will be looking for location and food recommendations :)

    Pete
  • peteco
    peteco Posts: 184
    Ferry booked. Campervan ready. We are aiming to get to see something of stages 12 to 15.

    Pete

    peteco said:

    We will be having a good look at the route over the next week, as we want to go to northern Italy next year, and it makes sense to align this with a few Giro stages.
    If we go ahead with this we will be looking for location and food recommendations :)

  • davep1
    davep1 Posts: 837
    MattFalle said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    Stage 13 starts 3 miles from my hometown... annoyingly I can't go down to Italy in May, as it's term time at Uni... so so annoying

    my bus stops at Pratola and there's a nice pizzeria in Popoli.


    There's a great ice cream place in San Vito, opening stage!
  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 911
    G's up for it.
    https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geraint-thomas-set-for-giro-ditalia-after-disappointing-tour-de-france-route/
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,123
    davep1 said:



    There's a great ice cream place in San Vito, opening stage!

    You'll be telling us you can get pizza next as well.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    Evenepoel is IN!
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,313
    I am working towards being able to go to Italy for the last week of the Giro... it would be the first time I get to see some action since 2007!
    left the forum March 2023

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