Not much of a fight on Rifugio Panarotta

Rifugio Panarotta
2014:15,8 km@8,0%---45:59---average speed 20.62 km/h(Fabio Aru)
                              ---48:23---average speed 19.59 km/h(Julian Arredondo)

Quintana destroys the competition on the slopes of Val Martello

Passo dello Stelvio

2014:21,3 km@7,3%---1:10:51---average speed 18.04 km/h(Robinson Chalapud)

                              ---1:12:28---average speed 17.64 km/h(Rolland-30 riders peloton)

                              ---1:12:57---average speed 17.52 km/h(Dario Cataldo)

2012:21,3 km@7,3%---1:07:35---average speed 18.91 km/h(Joaquim Rodriguez)

                              ---1:07:47---average speed 18.85 km/h(Michele Scarponi)

                              ---1:07:49---average speed 18.84 km/h(Ryder Hesjedal)

                              ---1:08:05---average speed 18.77 km/h(Thomas De Gendt)

                              ---1:08:42---average speed 18.60 km/h(John Gadret)

Val Martello
2014:22,3 km@6,4%---59:52---average speed 22.35 km/h(Nairo Quintana)
                               ---1:00:00---average speed 22.30 km/h(Ryder Hesjedal)
                               ---1:01:05---average speed 21.90 km/h(Pierre Rolland)
                               ---1:01:48---average speed 21.65 km/h(Wilco Kelderman)

Fabio Aru, super fast but still far away of Pantani

Plan di Montecampione
2014:18,7 km@7,7%---53:18---average speed 21.05 km/h(Fabio Aru)
1998:18,7 km@7,7%---49:44---average speed 22.56 km/h(Marco Pantani)
                              ---50:41---average speed 22.14 km/h(Pavel Tonkov)
                              ---53:00---average speed 21.17 km/h(Giuseppe Guerini)
                              ---53:48---average speed 20.86 km/h(Secchiari-Clavero)

Speeding up the Oropa: Top 30 fastest ever ascents

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1. 1999: 17:04 Marco Pantani 23.55 km/h
2. 1999: 17:50 Laurent Jalabert 22.54 km/h
3. 1999: 18:04 Gilberto Simoni 22.25 km/h
4. 1999: 18:07 Ivan Gotti 22.19 km/h
5. 1999: 18:07 Daniel Clavero 22.19 km/h
6. 1993: 18:12 Piotr Ugrumov 22.09 km/h
7. 2007: 18:12 Leonardo Piepoli 22.09 km/h
8. 1999: 18:13 Nicola Miceli 22.07 km/h
9. 1993: 18:16 Stephen Roche 22.01 km/h
10.1999: 18:18 Paolo Savoldelli 21.97 km/h
11.1993: 18:21 Moreno Argentin 21.91 km/h
12.1999: 18:23 Andrei Zintchenko 21.87 km/h
13.1999: 18:25 Daniele De Paoli 21.83 km/h
14.1999: 18:26 Davide Rebellin 21.81 km/h
15.1999: 18:26 Oscar Camenzind 21.81 km/h
16.1999: 18:26 Massimo Codol 21.81 km/h
17.2014: 18:30 Nairo Quintana 21.73 km/h
18.2007: 18:33 Marzio Bruseghin 21.67 km/h
19.2014: 18:34 Fabio Aru 21.65 km/h
20.2014: 18:34 Domenico Pozzovivo 21.65 km/h 
21.1999: 18:37 José Manuel Uria 21.59 km/h
22.1999: 18:37 Roberto Heras 21.59 km/h
23.2014: 18:38 Wilco Kelderman 21.57 km/h
24.2014: 18:38 Rafal Majka 21.57 km/h
25.1993: 18:42 Claudio Chiappucci 21.50 km/h
26.1993: 18:45 Pavel Tonkov 21.44 km/h
27.1993: 18:48 Miguel Indurain 21.38 km/h
28.2007: 18:50 Danilo Di Luca 21.35 km/h
29.2014: 18:50 Wouter Poels 21.35 km/h
30.2014: 18:50 Cadel Evans 21.35 km/h

Oropa, ridden at a high level by the Giro contenders

Alpe Noveis

2014:7,3 km@9,3%---28:04---average speed 15.61 km/h(Peloton led by Tinkoff)

Bielmonte 

2014:17,7 km@5,5%---45:52---average speed 23.15 km/h(Thurau-Rolland-Zoidl-Hesjedal-G.Izagirre)

                               ---46:30---average speed 22.84 km/h(Pirazzi-Zardini-Haas-Rabottini)

                               ---47:12---average speed 22.50 km/h(Peloton)

Santuario di Oropa

2014:6,7 km@8%---18:30---average speed 21.73 km/h(Nairo Quintana)
2007:6,7 km@8%---18:12---average speed 22.09 km/h(Leonardo Piepoli)
1999:6,7 km@8%---17:04---average speed 23.55 km/h(Marco Pantani)-RECORD
1993:6,7 km@8%---18:12---average speed 22.09 km/h(Piotr Ugrumov)
                          ---19:44---average speed 20.37 km/h(Massimo Ghirotto)
           

May 30th, 1999: Pantani puts on the show of the century on Oropa

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        When cycling fans think about the greatest and the most spectacular performances of Il Pirata, Oropa '99 usually comes to mind in the top 3, if not the first. The first event which brought that day straight into cycling's history books happened before hitting the difficult part of the climb, with 10 km remaining. The maglia rosa, Pantani, alone, working at his bike at the side of the road is showed from the helicopter. "Salto di catena!". This is the reason according to the quite nervous Italian commentators. Indeed, apparently the chain blocked when Marco tried to change gears.
      30 seconds are lost, not quite the scenario Mercatone Uno envisaged for this day. Soon after, Pantani's guard stopped and waited for him. Garzelli, Podenzana, Borgheresi, Zaina and Velo, in this exact order, managed to deliver their leader to the back of the front group after an extremely furious chase. None of the Giro rivals waited for Pantani though, at the front of the race it was full-gas, no looking back. Micelli, Gotti, Heras and Jalabert upped the pace to a very high speed. But Pantani went even faster, much faster. With 3 kilometers remaining to the top, he flies past all of them. Something unseen.
      Passing over the finish line, Marco doesn't celebrate, not wanting to made a fool of himself. He was afraid that someone remained up front and took the win. There was no one. He caught and dropped all of them, one by one. 49 riders, according to some sources. The performance remains known as "la rimonta del secolo"(the comeback of the century). Just like in most of the cases with Il Pirata attacking, he set the all-time record of the ascent of Santuario di Oropa. Just a little more than 17 minutes, 17 minutes of emozioni and spettacolo. Grazie Pirata!


Santuario di Oropa
1999:6,7 km@8%---17:04---average speed 23.55 km/h(Marco Pantani)-RECORD

Pozzovivo, the first Giro strike at Sestola

Sestola
2014:7,5 km@6,7%---18:57---average speed 23.75 km/h(Domenico Pozzovivo)
                            ---21:46---average speed 20.67 km/h(Weening-Malacarne)

Peaceful day in Giro's first mountains

Cippo di Carpegna

2014:6,0 km@10,2%---21:45---average speed 16.55 km/h(Vuillermoz-Pozzovivo-20 riders group)

2008:6,0 km@10,2%---23:05---average speed 15.60 km/h(Spezialetti-Di Luca-Kloden-Ricco-Contador-20 riders group)

Villaggio del Lago

2014:9,3 km@6,2%---23:37---average speed 23.63 km/h(Dupont-Pozzovivo-Vuillermoz-20 riders peloton)

Montecopiolo-Madonna del Faggio

2014:6,5 km@6,3%---16:08---average speed 24.17 km/h(Ulissi-Kiserlovski)

Rohan Dennis, the best up the Mount Diablo

Mt. Diablo
2014:18,2 km@5,4%---41:30---average speed 26.31 km/h(Rohan Dennis)
2013:18,2 km@5,4%---41:15---average speed 26.47 km/h(Leopold Konig)

Froome and Spilak, again the strongest in Romandie

La Barboleuse
2014:9,0 km@7,7%---24:50---average speed 21.74 km/h(Spilak-Froome)
                            ---25:27---average speed 21.22 km/h(Benat Intxausti)
                            ---25:36---average speed 21.09 km/h(Nibali-Frank)