If you can call it resting, most of them will be out for 50-80 mile ride on their 'rest' day
Ineos and EF....let the battle begin 😁I expect Ineos to try something today for Bernal. They've been unusually active in this 'new' version of themselves.
It will probably be futile but it could be fun.
Browsing the stage profiles I haven't seen any "categoria specilale" (or whatever the Giro-ese is for HC).
Now that could be because I didn't browse assiduously enough. Or it could just be the whim of the course designers - I know categorisation is a bit more art than science. So looking for meaning in it may be futile.
Is this actually a relatively easy giro climbing-wise? No, not according to the pundits who said there's a record amount of elevation in the last week. So have they deliberately stacked it with cat 1s?
It can all change on the last mountain stages but the difference here is that UAE are so strong with climbers, DelToro can count excellent support.
Giro doesn't have an HC - they do have the Cima Coppi for the highest point (extra points in the KoM)
Izzat so? I hadn't noticed. I was sure I could recall a special category thing in the past. I'm probably confusing it with the Vuelta.
Anyway, that explains the preponderance of category 1s, thanks.