2014 Giro Del Trentino, 22/04 - 25/04, 2.HC

[Lupi33]

no TV coverage is disappointing

 

[movingtarget]

A long tough TT rarely lies imo. Here from PV this year:

1 MARTIN Tony [www.procyclingstats.com] Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 6 50 38:33 40.311
2 CONTADOR Alberto Tinkoff-Saxo 4 30 0:07 40.190
3 KWIATKOWSKI Michal Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 2 18 0:15 40.052
4 SPILAK Simon Team Katusha 1 13 0:16 40.034
5 PERAUD Jean-Christophe [www.procyclingstats.com] AG2R La Mondiale 1 10 0:35 39.710
6 DUMOULIN Tom Team Giant-Shimano 7 0:38 39.660
7 IZAGIRRE Ion Movistar Team 4 0:41 39.609
8 VALVERDE Alejandro Movistar Team 3 1:02 39.259
9 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC Racing Team 2 1:05 39.209
10 PINOT Thibaut [www.procyclingstats.com] FDJ.fr 1 1:25 38.882
11 EVANS Cadel BMC Racing Team 1:27 38.850

He could be in the mix at the Giro, but lets see if he has improved in Trentino.

Most of those riders ahead of him are not riding the Giro but by his standards it was a convincing beating. I remember Moreau saying that as he aged into his mid to late thirties it was the TT he found much harder but the climbing was pretty much maintained at the same level. Evans has not done a really good TT since he won the 2011 Tour so maybe some truth in that. Evans admitted in last year's Giro that he found the shorter explosive TT's harder now. He did well in the first Giro TT but terrible in the second shorter one.

 

[naffets]

I see sky are second favourites for this ttt surely only having six riders will hinder their chances.

 

[CycloAndy]

Only just looked at the line-ups, is this the seniors race?? All of the main leaders seem to be over 30 (Evans, Basso, Scarponi, Wiggins, Pelizotti, Niemiec, Anton, Pozzovivo) apart from Machado. Hopefully, Cataldo will be allowed to go for GC to give him practice before the Giro D'Italia.

 

[Wallenquist]

What happened to Sebastian Henao ? He was suppose to ride here but vanished from the Sky website in last minute.

 

[SafeBet]

Only just looked at the line-ups, is this the seniors race?? All of the main leaders seem to be over 30 (Evans, Basso, Scarponi, Wiggins, Pelizotti, Niemiec, Anton, Pozzovivo) apart from Machado. Hopefully, Cataldo will be allowed to go for GC to give him practice before the Giro D'Italia.

You're forgetting plenty of italian young riders.

 

[hughmoore]

Is this event normally televised?

Was looking forward to it as fan of Cadel, but no coverage?



Hugh

 

[SafeBet]

Is this event normally televised?

Was looking forward to it as fan of Cadel, but no coverage?



Hugh

It was on RAI in past years but there won't be live coverage this year.
Just one hour of highlights at 6PM local time.

 

[Avoriaz]

Gutted. This is one of my favourite races and was looking forward to this all weekend (more so than Fleche Wallonne, which to be fair should only be televised for the last five minutes).

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Cannondale's team:
41.BASSO Ivan
42.BENNETT George
43.CARUSO Damiano
44.MOSER Moreno
45.SABATINI Fabio
46.SALERNO Cristiano
48.FORMOLO Davide
48.VIVIANI Elia

Damn strong on paper for GC and the team usually performs very well in TTTs.

And then Viviani to go for some of the flat stages. lol.

Looking forward to it.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I understand this is the same TTT as in '12 where BMC won:

Pic from steephill.tv

Team back then:
41 BALLAN Alessandro ITA
42 FRANK Mathias SUI
43 PHINNEY Taylor USA
44 PINOTTI Marco ITA
45 EIJSSEN Yannick BEL
46 SANTAROMITA Ivan ITA
47 ROE Thimothy AUS
48 WYSS Danilo SUI

Today's team lacks a bit of firepower methinks.

And check out the surroundings on the picture. Trentino is a marvelous area.

 

[Angliru]

Only just looked at the line-ups, is this the seniors race?? All of the main leaders seem to be over 30 (Evans, Basso, Scarponi, Wiggins, Pelizotti, Niemiec, Anton, Pozzovivo) apart from Machado. Hopefully, Cataldo will be allowed to go for GC to give him practice before the Giro D'Italia.

It's hard for me to believe that Anton is over 30. Seems like just yesterday that he was one of the young lions of stage racing soon to be winning big races. Time flies!

 

[search]

I understand this is the same TTT as in '12 where BMC won

no, not at all, today's course is way more technical. It's the same one as in 2011, when it was an ITT and Klöden won

 

[Sykhrzon]

Only just looked at the line-ups, is this the seniors race?? All of the main leaders seem to be over 30 (Evans, Basso, Scarponi, Wiggins, Pelizotti, Niemiec, Anton, Pozzovivo) apart from Machado. Hopefully, Cataldo will be allowed to go for GC to give him practice before the Giro D'Italia.

Based on the start list, Wiggo may have a chance to win this one. If he wins the race, he might consider giving the Giro another shot.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Based on the start list, Wiggo may have a chance to win this one. If he wins the race, he might consider giving the Giro another shot.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

no, not at all, today's course is way more technical. It's the same one as in 2011, when it was an ITT and Klöden won

ok, "forced" to dig deeper.

'12 (14,3km, winning time:15:50 ):

'14 (14,3km):

Details, details....clearly not my strength. Thanks.

Anyway it will be interesting to see the difference in the winning time.

 

[SKSemtex]

Cannondale's team:
41.BASSO Ivan
42.BENNETT George
43.CARUSO Damiano
44.MOSER Moreno
45.SABATINI Fabio
46.SALERNO Cristiano
48.FORMOLO Davide
48.VIVIANI Elia

Damn strong on paper for GC and the team usually performs very well in TTTs.

And then Viviani to go for some of the flat stages. lol.

Looking forward to it.

Yes. It looks like really good team to support Basso. It has been a while since we saw him on podium. I hope he will make it this time. I wish we can see also Moser finding back the form after the injury. Go green power!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Start times per Team

1 neri sottoli 15:15
2 team sky 15:18
3 lampre-merida 15:21
4 rusvelo 15:24
5 mtn-qhubeka 15:27
6 team netapp-endura 15:30
7 cannondale 15:33
8 bardiani csf 15:36
9 ccc polsat polkowice 15:39
10 caja rural-seguros rga 15:42
11 colombia 15:45
12 androni giocattoli venezuela 15:48
13 bmc racing team 15:51
14 movistar team 15:54
15 astana pro team 15:57
16 ag2r la mondiale 16:00

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

any liveticker or live timing anywhere?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Ticker: http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/?page=news&cod=67455&tp=n

 

[dlwssonic]

rusvelo beats sky at the intermediate by 2 seconds....

 

[dlwssonic]

Just follow @pelotonwatch on twitter. its the best to get race updates etc..

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Current situation:
Team Sky 14'21"

RusVelo 14'33"

Lampre Merida 14'35"

MTN Qhubeka 14'42"

Neri Sottoli Yellow Fluo 14'40"

 

[TommyPlus]

NetApp fastest. 14"17

 

[TommyPlus]

14"25 for Cannondale