2012 Tirreno -Adriatico, Stage 1: San Vincenzo - Donoratico, 21.7km

[auscyclefan94]

2012 Tirreno -Adriatico, Stage 1: San Vincenzo - Donoratico, 21.7km

No news on team start times yet.

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[liamito]

21.7 or 16.9 km?

 

[theyoungest]

That map and profile seem to be old, there's indeed a new one, 16.9 km in length.

 

[auscyclefan94]

official profile says 21.7km....steephill says otherwise.

 

[auscyclefan94]

all fixed now...just need a moderator to fix the title.

 

[liamito]

Garmin for the win. BMC second?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Garmin or Radioshack. BMC doesn't have an overly good team in for this race. Horner will get a good head start.

 

[theyoungest]

Sky, RadioShack, BMC, Garmin all look good on paper... and maybe finally Greenedge will show their faces. They've really been training for this one.

 

[liamito]

Garmin or Radioshack. BMC doesn't have an overly good team in for this race. Horner will get a good head start.

Alessandro Ballan, Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert, George Hincapie, Marco Pinotti, Manuel Quinziato, Michael Schär, Greg Van Avermaet.

Maybe not for the race, but for the TTT they should be fine.

 

[Leonardus]

Think the british highspeed train from sky will take the TTT. garmin and BMC look good on paper and I expect also Rabo has a good chance.

 

[TeoSheva]

Garmin is really really good as Individual Time Trialist... if they work well all togheter they should win

FARRAR
MILLAR
TALANSKY
HUNTER
NAVARDAUSKAS
RASMUSSEN
VAN SUMMEREN
WEGMANN

 

[TeoSheva]

but Radioshack has Cancellara... and that's a lot

 

[EddytheBoss]

similar length TTT from last year

16,8km:
1 Rabobank 18' 08"
2 Garmin-Cervélo + 9"
3 HTC-Highroad + 10"
4 Saxo Bank-SunGard + 11"
5 Liquigas-Cannondale + 22"
6 BMC Racing Team + 26"
7 Leopard Trek + 29"
8 Team RadioShack + 30"
9 Team Sky + 33"
10 Lampre-ISD + 37"

 

[Kvinto]

Garmin looks the strongest, RadioShack, QuickStep, BMC, Rabobank and Liqui should do well too, while i have no idea what makes Sky (Cav, EBH, Eisel, Flecha, Hayman, Lovkvist, Stannard and Sutton) big favourites all of a sudden, i see them within top-10 but not in top-5...

 

[TeoSheva]

what about Lampre and Katusha? how much Scarponi and JRO will lose from Horner and Evans?

 

[theyoungest]

Think the british highspeed train from sky will take the TTT. garmin and BMC look good on paper and I expect also Rabo has a good chance.

Nah, their win last year was a one off, the team they brought this year is weaker in almost all positions.

 

[Havetts]

They dont have Gesink the TT-machine in the Tirreno anymore .

 

[dlwssonic]

BMC will probably lose, but who cares!
BMC for the win, the team is pretty good for the TTT.

 

[Fetisoff]

what about Lampre and Katusha? how much Scarponi and JRO will lose from Horner and Evans?

Well, I've posted it in another thread.
I don't expect Katusha to lose nearly as much time as they did last year, with Freire, Ignatyev, Goose, Kuchnynski and Paolini.

 

[TeoSheva]

Well, I've posted it in another thread.
I don't expect Katusha to lose nearly as much time as they did last year, with Freire, Ignatyev, Goose, Kuchnynski and Paolini.

yes they are good, but is JRO that is a stone for them and they should care of him

 

[Fetisoff]

yes they are good, but is JRO that is a stone for them and they should care of him

He'll just do what A-S does in his TTT (who stays glued onto Fabian's wheel), and stay right on Freire's wheel without really taking any turns. I think they'll do fine.

 

[The Hitch]

As great as the rest of TA is, having twice as much ttt as itt is a disgrace.

Come to think of it Giro has about as much itt as it does ttt and thats a Grand Tour. Shame on them.

 

[Parrulo]

when does TA starts? tomorrow?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

when does TA starts? tomorrow?

Good one.

 

[Parrulo]

Good one.

i seriously don't know lol is it today? =/