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2010 Coppa Sabatini

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Too bad there's only 2 PT teams and Cervelo. Giro dell'Emilia and GP Beghelli will be more interesting IMO but this is a good kick-off!
 
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1. Riccardo Ricco' (Vacansoleil) Km 199, in 4,50’, media Km 41,876
2. Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil)
3. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Androni Diquigiovanni)
4. Giovanni Visconti (Isd Neri)
5. Staf Scheirlinkx (Omega Pharma Lotto)
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF)
7. Davide Appollonio (Cervelo)
8. Alexandre Botcharov (Katusha)
9 Simone Stortoni (Colnago CSF)
10 Alessandro Bertolini (Androni Diquigiovanni)

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Rai Sport shows 30 minutes of the race at 8 pm (CEST).
 
Congratulations, Marco Marcato - you've just achieved your 25th top-10 placing this season (excluding points and mountains classifications)!

But still no win - this guy sure could use one by now. He's been in top-10 at least once every month since February, damn impressive.
 
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mortand said:
Congratulations, Marco Marcato - you've just achieved your 25th top-10 placing this season (excluding points and mountains classifications)!

But still no win - this guy sure could use one by now. He's been in top-10 at least once every month since February, damn impressive.

Yeah I feel the same way about Marcato...he's always up there attacking or sprinting for the win but at best he ends up 2nd behind a teammate. Leukemans or Ricco should give it to him next time because he deserves it more than anyone else.
 
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insideout leadout said:
Yeah I feel the same way about Marcato...

Heard by a common friend that he doesn't like the presence of Riccò in the team and would have liked to change next year but he still has a 1 year contract.
 
jens_attacks said:
that's why they brought riccardo,to get in il giro.zomegnan will be ok with that this time.
Yes they did. But they got themselves a time bomb. I don't care though, even without Ricco they have a really nice team for the Giro. Don't know what Zomegnan thinks about it though.
 
Michele said:
Heard by a common friend that he doesn't like the presence of Riccò in the team and would have liked to change next year but he still has a 1 year contract.
Is any Vacansoleil rider happy to have Riccò in the team? Doesn't sound like it. And Riccò's probably not doing much to make some friends.
 
theyoungest said:
Yes they did. But they got themselves a time bomb. I don't care though, even without Ricco they have a really nice team for the Giro. Don't know what Zomegnan thinks about it though.

They didn't get into Lombardy, despite the fact that Vacansoleil's classics team is even more impressive than the 9 men they'd line up for a GT. There's just something about that team that turns everyone off.... I wonder what it is? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
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hrotha said:
Is any Vacansoleil rider happy to have Riccò in the team? Doesn't sound like it. And Riccò's probably not doing much to make some friends.

Just heard from Marcato but not from others.
Wouldnt surprise me if other guys are on same feeling.

By the way, seen Rai coverage for the race and Marcato was already working for Riccò with 1 lap to go and still managed to get 2nd.
 
Moondance said:
They didn't get into Lombardy, despite the fact that Vacansoleil's classics team is even more impressive than the 9 men they'd line up for a GT. There's just something about that team that turns everyone off.... I wonder what it is? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Hilaire Vds who has no moral whatsoever and is the devil himself.
 
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As I mentioned above, he said something that if he could have changed team (since the arrive of Riccò), he would have opted for it (as he got some offerts) but choosed to stick at the last year with Vacansoleil.