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Finishing times for Giro stages

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  • January 10, 2013 at 1:15 pm #17632
    Tour Le Tour

    Hi Everyone, I realise that the time stages finish depends on TV schedules around the world (and, to a lesser extent, how fast the riders pedal…) but am wondering if anyone has any early info regarding what time Giro 2013 stages will be finishing?

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  • January 14, 2013 at 9:56 am #711507
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    Tour Le Tour

    Ah, that 4-4:30 GMT was what
    Ah, that 4-4:30 GMT was what I was looking for, thanks. I will keep checking the official site for the time schedule as well though!

    January 10, 2013 at 3:55 pm #711505
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Simon_MacMichael wrote:

    (Forum posts are automatically tweeted on our Twitter account).

    Whooooah, since when? I don’t recall seeing that info anywhere when I signed up. Is it in the site t&cs? Did I miss it? Does this apply to all comments or just the forum? Can I opt out?

    January 10, 2013 at 1:44 pm #711503
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Tour Le Tour, you just got a
    Tour Le Tour, you just got a tweet from the Giro itself!

    (Forum posts are automatically tweeted on our Twitter account).

    They said: “@roadcc time schedules of all the stages will be soon available on our official website http://www.giroditalia.it Stay tuned for updates!”

    Marauder’s correct though – stages in Grand Tours are generally calculated so the finish will fall into a particular TV slot, which doesn’t tend to vary much.

    So a shorter, flatter stage will start much later than a bumpy, longer stage, with estimated finish coming within a specific slot of half an hour or so.

    January 10, 2013 at 1:35 pm #711501
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    Marauder

    I might be wrong in saying
    I might be wrong in saying this but for the 2012 Giro I noticed they normally estimate how long the stage take and start the race accordingly so that it finishes around 4-4:30PM GMT.

    Could be different this year tho.

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