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andyp in reply to @bashthebox

I'm sure inrng did a post on this last year, but can't find it, but most Italian road surfaces are laid to cope with heat rather than rain, so are always slippy when wet.

Check out YouTube for the stage in the 98 Giro which Bartali won after all the GC favourites crashed on a wet descent. That was a cracking last half hour of a stage, very similar to today's.

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Sumo in reply to @andyp

I thought it was due to the infrequency of the rain meaning all the dust build up in the interim make it ride like on oil once wet.

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andyp in reply to @Sumo

It might be. But I'm sure I read something last year after the crash fest which led to the stage being cancelled about the difference in surfaces between southern and Northern European countries.

My google-fu is weak though, can't find it anywhere.

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