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==RouteLaluan anddan stagestahap==
[[File:Passo di Giau.jpg|thumb|The [[Passo Giau]], thetitik highesttertinggi pointyang reacheddicapai in the 2011di Giro d'Italia 2011|alt=Cloud-covered mountainsGunung sityang asditutupi theawan backdropmenjadi tolatar abelakang greenlembah valleyhijau belowdi bawahnya, with a serpentine roaddengan runningjalan throughserpentin itmelaluinya.]]
TheLaluan routeuntuk for theGiro 2011 Girodilancarkan was unveiled indi Turin onpada 23 OctoberOktober 2010. It was immediatelyLaluan recognizeditu asdiakui beingsebagai quiteagak difficultsukar,<ref name="reactions">{{cite web
|author=Stephen Farrand
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-2011-reactions-from-nibali-cunego-ballan-scarponi-and-petacchi
|publisher=VeloNation LLC
|accessdate=13 July 2011
}}</ref> featuringmenampilkan 40 categorizedpendakian climbsyang amongdikategorikan itsdi antara 18 massperingkat permulaan besar-start stagesbesaran, seventujuh ofdaripadanya themadalah summitpenamat finishespuncak. SeventeenTujuh ofbelas thedari 20 [[regionswilayah of ItalyItali]] weredikunjungi visiteddalam in the raceperlumbaan, asketika theperlumbaan 2011 racememperingati commemoratedulang thetahun 150th anniversary of theke-150 [[unification ofpenyatuan ItalyItali]].<ref name="main">{{cite web
|author=Stephen Farrand
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-2011-route-unveiled-in-turin-2
|title=Giro d'Italia 2011 route unveiled in Turin
|date=23 OctoberOktober 2010
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=13 JulyJulai 2011
}}</ref> AttentionPerhatian wassegera immediatelydiberikan drawnkepada totiga thetahap threesebelum stageshari preceedingrehat the second rest daykedua, stagestahap 13, 14, anddan 15, eachmasing-masing ofmenampilkan themkemuncak featuringpuncak summitdan finishesbeberapa andpendakian multiple high-rated climbstinggi, among themdi theantaranya [[Grossglockner]], [[Monte Zoncolan]] , and thedan [[Passo Giau]], this Giro's ''Cima Coppi'', itsGiro ini, tallestpendakian climbtertinggi. TheLaluan routeseperti asyang itdiumumkan waspada originallyawalnya announced wasadalah {{convert|3496|km|abbr=on}} in lengthpanjangnya, justhanya malu {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}} shypanjang ofmaksimum theyang maximumdibenarkan lengthdi allowedbawah underperaturan UCI regulations.<ref name="wilcockson">{{cite web
|author=John Wilcockson
|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/05/news/inside-cycling-with-john-wilcockson-has-this-giro-been-over-the-top_176056
|title=Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Has this Giro been over the top?
|date=27 MayMei 2011
|work=VeloNews
|publisher=Competitor Group, Inc.
|accessdate=13 JulyJulai 2011
}}</ref> ThePenamat firstpuncak summitpertama finish wasadalah [[MountGunung Etna]], whichyang thedihadapi peloton was faced withdua twicekali indi stagetahap 9.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Cycling News
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2011-giro-to-include-mount-etna
|title=2011 Giro to include Mount Etna
|date=22 OctoberOktober 2010
|work=Cyling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=13 JulyJulai 2011
}}</ref> ThePendakian finalutama majorterakhir climb was theadalah [[Colle delle Finestre]], whichyang madeberjaya itskembali returnsetelah afterkali lastterakhir featuringtampil in thedi [[2005 Giro d'Italia 2005]].<ref name="main" /> WhileWalaupun thereterdapat werelima fiveperingkat stagesyang classifieddiklasifikasikan assebagai flatrata, anddan Italianpelari sprinterpecut Itali [[Alessandro Petacchi]] claimedmendakwa hedia sawmelihat assebanyak manytujuh aspotensi seven potential sprint finishespecut,<ref name="reactions" /> consensus was overwhelming that the majority ofkata thesepakat routebahawa favoredsebahagian thebesar strongestlaluan ofmemilih thependaki climbersyang atpaling thekuat expensedengan ofmengorbankan otherpenunggang riderslain.
WhileWalaupun thelaluan routeitu didmendapat getkritikan some positive critiquespositif,<ref name="reactions" /> thereada wasjuga alsopendapat criticalkritikal opinionbahawa thatterlalu it was simply too difficultsukar. ThisIni wasterutama particularlydibandingkan indengan comparisonlaluan withyang the likewise difficultsukar, yetnamun nottidak ''asse''sukar difficult, route for theuntuk [[2011 Tour 2011 de France]] revealedyang diungkapkan beberapa dayshari earliersebelumnya.<ref>{{cite journal
| author = John Wilcockson
| year = 2011
| month = JanuaryJanuari
| title = Tough Tour, Too Tough Giro?
| journal = VeloNews, The Journal of Competitive Cycling
|publisher=BSkyB
|accessdate=13 July 2011
}}</ref> anddan saidmengatakan thatbahawa seriouspesaing Tour de France contendersyang wouldserius nottidak botherakan comingbersusah topayah thedatang raceke sinceperlumbaan itkerana wasbegitu so difficultsukar. ThisIni wasdilihat seensebagai aspetunjuk anawal earlybahawa indicationketua that his team's leaderpasukannya [[Bradley Wiggins]] would skipakan themelewatkan Giro.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Barry Ryan
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/yates-says-tour-contenders-will-skip-2011-giro-ditalia
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=13 July 2011
}}</ref> AdditionalAnalisis criticalkritikal analysistambahan concurredmenyatakan thatbahawa thelaluan routeitu wasterlalu excessively difficultsukar, forkerana itsjumlah incrediblependakian amountmenegaknya ofyang verticalluar climbingbiasa ({{convert|409|km|abbr=on}} indi thelaluan routeseperti asyang originallydiumumkan announcedawalnya),<ref name="409km" /> number of summit finishes<ref>{{cite web
|author=Samuel Morrison
|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6174/The-Giro-dItalia-is-too-hard.aspx
}}</ref>
Dua peringkat di babak kedua Giro telah mengubah kursus mereka tidak lama sebelum dijalankan. Yang lebih terkenal ialah pentas 14, yang dianggap sebagai debut [[Monte Crostis]] di Giro d'Italia. Komisaris dari UCI mewajibkannya dikeluarkan pada malam sebelum pentas 14 dijalankan. Crostis bukan hantaran yang baik, dan pegawai Giro telah menetapkan protokol terperinci di mana kereta berpasukan tidak akan mengikuti perlumbaan di atas atau ke bawah gunung, dan hanya motosikal yang menawarkan perubahan roda yang akan hadir bersama para penunggangnya. Pengurus pasukan menyatakan kebimbangan bahawa mereka tidak akan dapat memenuhi tugas mereka sepenuhnya jika tidak hadir dengan penunggang seperti biasa, dan ini diberikan sebagai dasar keputusan UCI. Mereka berpendapat bahawa penganjur Giro telah cukup memastikan keselamatan penunggang di lapangan, tetapi protokol yang diperlukan tidak melindungi aspek sukan dalam perlumbaan. Oleh itu, Crostis disingkirkan, dan tahapnya dikurangkan panjangnya dari panjang yang dirancang awalnya {{convert|210|km|abbr=on}}. Pendakian Tualis kategori kedua ditambahkan ke laluan untuk hari ini untuk mengimbangi kehilangan Crostis. Namun, protes dari penonton yang kecewa dengan penyingkiran bahagian Crostis dari laluan tersebut, termasuk banyak yang telah menawarkan diri untuk membuat kerja-kerja membuat bahagian jalan itu selamat, menyebabkan pembatalan pendakian Tualis.<ref>{{cite web
Two stages in the second half of the Giro had their courses altered shortly before they were run. The more notable was stage 14, which had been hyped as the debut of the [[Monte Crostis]] in the Giro d'Italia. Commissaires from the UCI mandated it be removed the night before stage 14 was run. The Crostis is not a well-maintained pass, and Giro officials had set out a detailed protocol wherein team cars would not follow the race up or down the mountain, and only motorbikes offering wheel changes would be present with the riders. Team managers expressed concern that they would not fully be able to fulfill their duties if not present with the riders like normal, and this was given as the basis of the UCI's decision. They held that Giro organizers had sufficiently ensured rider safety on the course, but the necessary protocols did not protect the sporting aspect of the race. Thus, the Crostis was eliminated, and the stage was reduced in length from its originally planned length of {{convert|210|km|abbr=on}}. The second-category Tualis climb was added to the route for the day to offset the loss of the Crostis. However, protests from spectators disappointed by the removal of the Crostis part of the route, including many who had volunteered for works to make parts of that road safe, led to the cancellation of the Tualis climb.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Stephen Farrand
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/crostis-climb-cut-from-giro-ditalia
| 