Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2023 (La Vuelta Ciclista a España)

[dodge 1,027]

Times taken at 9km but still having bonuses at the finish line is insane.
 

A friend lives in Barcelona. Hasn’t rained in months. Just unlucky 

[heywoodu 15,319]

  On 8/27/2023 at 12:51 PM, dodge said:

Times taken at 9km but still having bonuses at the finish line is insane.
 

A friend lives in Barcelona. Hasn’t rained in months. Just unlucky 

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Unlucky today, poor organization yesterday.

[dodge 1,027]

Oh absolutely. Yesterday was ridiculous. 

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[Olympian1010 8,066]

Some drama at the bonus point on today’s stage. Organizers weren’t sure about the order and asked spectators for phone videos. 
 

https://x.com/raulbanqueri/status/1695826032136261855?s=46&t=eeNhSzi4Rylqjvpt-IBinQ

 

The Giro is the weakest grand tour, but this one is becoming a bit of a joke.

[heywoodu 15,319]

  On 8/27/2023 at 5:18 PM, Olympian1010 said:

Some drama at the bonus point on today’s stage. Organizers weren’t sure about the order and asked spectators for phone videos. 
 

https://x.com/raulbanqueri/status/1695826032136261855?s=46&t=eeNhSzi4Rylqjvpt-IBinQ

 

The Giro is the weakest grand tour, but this one is becoming a bit of a joke.

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Since when is the Giro the weakest? They definitely have their organizational issues, as is typical in many Italian races, but in terms of organization....Vuelta is the one that is mostly staying behind. At least we are sort of out of the era with a billion _______/ stages, but for example TV coverage (often in typical quality) not even being available at all for the first 1-2 hours of most stages...come on, it's not 2001 anymore  Even the Giro has full coverage nowadays.

[Olympian1010 8,066]

Giro coverage in the US has been on FloSports or GCN the few years. Vuelta and Le Tour are covered by NBC. I feel like the Giro has the worst host broadcast coverage.
 

LV/LT also seem to attract more prominent GC riders in my opinion. 

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