2015 Tirreno Adriatico 2.WT 11/3 - 17/3

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Here are the updated routes and start lists:

Prolougue/Stage 1: Lido di Camaiore (5.4km ITT)

Stage 2: Camaiore - Cascina (153km)

 

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Stage 3: Cascina - Arezzo (203km)

Stage 4: Indicatore (Arezzo) - Castelraimondo (226 km)

 

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Stage 5: Esanatoglia - Terminillo (197km)

Stage 6: Rieti - Porto Sant'Elpidio (210km)

 

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Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto (10 Km ITT)

Start List:
TINKOFF - SAXO (TCS)
RUS
1 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ESP
2 BASSO Ivan ITA
3 BENNATI Daniele ITA
4 BODNAR Maciej POL
5 JUUL JENSEN Christopher DEN
6 KREUZIGER Roman CZE
7 SAGAN Peter SVK
8 TOSATTO Matteo ITA


AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)
FRA
11 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA
12 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto COL
13 GAUDIN Damien FRA
14 MONDORY Lloyd FRA
15 MONTAGUTI Matteo ITA
16 NOCENTINI Rinaldo ITA
17 RIBLON Christophe FRA
18 VUILLERMOZ Alexis FRA


ASTANA (AST)
KAZ
21 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA
22 CATALDO Dario ITA
23 GRIVKO Andriy UKR
24 GRUZDEV Dmitriy KAZ
25 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ
26 SCARPONI Michele ITA
27 TLEUBAYEV Ruslan KAZ
28 VANOTTI Alessandro ITA


BARDIANI CSF (BAR)
ITA
31 PIRAZZI Stefano ITA
32 ANDREETTA Simone ITA
33 BARBIN Enrico ITA
34 BATTAGLIN Enrico ITA
35 BOEM Nicola ITA
36 COLBRELLI Sonny ITA
37 RUFFONI Nicola ITA
38 STERBINI Luca ITA


BMC RACING (BMC)
USA
41 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL
42 BOOKWALTER Brent USA
43 BURGHARDT Marcus GER
44 CARUSO Damiano ITA
45 DE MARCHI Alessandro ITA
46 OSS Daniel ITA
47 QUINZIATO Manuel ITA
48 ZABEL Rick GER


BORA-ARGON 18 (BOA)
GER
51 BENNETT Sam IRL
52 DEMPSTER Zakkari AUS
53 HUZARSKI Bartosz POL
54 KONRAD Patrick AUT
55 NERZ Dominik GER
56 PIMENTA COSTA MENDES Jos? Joao POR
57 VOSS Paul GER
58 SALERNO Cristiano ITA


COLOMBIA (COL)
COL
61 RAMIREZ BOTERO Carlos Mario COL
62 QUINTERO Carlos Julian COL
63 PEDRAZA MORALES Walter Fernando COL
64 DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres COL
65 CASTIBLANCO CUBIDES Jorge Camilo COL
66 CANO ARDILA Alex COL
67 AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades COL
68 RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel COL


ETIXX - QUICK STEP (EQS)
BEL
71 VERMOTE Julien BEL
72 TERPSTRA Niki NED
73 STYBAR Zdenek CZE
74 SABATINI Fabio ITA
75 RENSHAW Mark AUS
76 CAVENDISH Mark GBR
77 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ITA
78 URAN URAN Rigoberto COL


FDJ (FDJ)
FRA
81 PINOT Thibaut FRA
82 FISCHER Murilo Antonio BRA
83 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FRA
84 LE BON Johan FRA
85 MORABITO Steve SUI
86 OFFREDO Yoann FRA
87 PINEAU C?dric FRA
88 ROY J?r?my FRA


IAM CYCLING (IAM)
SUI
91 PELUCCHI Matteo ITA
92 AREGGER Marcel SUI
93 BRANDLE Matthias AUT
94 CLEMENT Stef NED
95 HOLLENSTEIN Reto SUI
96 KLUGE Roger GER
97 REICHENBACH S?bastien SUI
98 SARAMOTINS Aleksejs LAT


LAMPRE - MERIDA (LAM)
ITA
101 POZZATO Filippo ITA
102 CATTANEO Mattia ITA
103 GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH
104 MODOLO Sacha ITA
105 MORI Manuele ITA
106 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL
107 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel ARG
108 XU Gang CHN


LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS)
BEL
111 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL
112 BROECKX Stig BEL
113 DEBUSSCHERE Jens BEL
114 LIGTHART Pim NED
115 MONFORT Maxime BEL
116 ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL
117 VANENDERT Dennis BEL
118 VANENDERT Jelle BEL


MOVISTAR (MOV)
ESP
121 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander COL
122 AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA Andrey CRC
123 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan ESP
124 HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus ESP
125 MALORI Adriano ITA
126 MORENO BAZAN Javier ESP
127 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jos? ESP
128 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA


MTN - QHUBEKA (MTN)
RSA
131 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald NOR
132 CIOLEK Gerald GER
133 FARRAR Tyler USA
134 GOSS Matthew Harley AUS
135 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt RSA
136 MEINTJES Louis RSA
137 PAUWELS Serge BEL
138 SBARAGLI Kristian ITA


ORICA GreenEDGE (OGE)
AUS
141 NIELSEN Magnus Cort DEN
142 DURBRIDGE Luke AUS
143 HAYMAN Mathew AUS
144 HEPBURN Michael AUS
145 MOURIS Jens NED
146 SANTAROMITA Ivan ITA
147 TUFT Svein CAN
148 YATES Adam GBR


CANNONDALE - GARMIN (TCG)
USA
151 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN
152 FORMOLO Davide ITA
153 HAAS Nathan AUS
154 KOREN Kristijan SLO
155 MARTIN Daniel IRL
156 MOSER Moreno ITA
157 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas LTU
158 VILLELLA Davide ITA


EUROPCAR (EUC)
FRA
161 ROLLAND Pierre FRA
162 ARASHIRO Yukiya JPN
163 BERNAUDEAU Giovanni FRA
164 DUCHESNE Antoine CAN
165 GUILLEMOIS Romain FRA
166 HUREL Tony FRA
167 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice FRA
168 JEROME Vincent FRA


GIANT - ALPECIN (TGA)
GER
171 KITTEL Marcel GER (Withdrawn sighting illness)
172 ARNDT Nikias GER
173 DE BACKER Bert BEL
174 GESCHKE Simon GER
175 LUDVIGSSON Tobias SWE
176 MEZGEC Luka SLO
177 TIMMER Albert NED
178 VEELERS Tom NED


KATUSHA (KAT)
RUS
181 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP
182 BELKOV Maxim RUS
183 CARUSO Giampaolo ITA
184 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto ESP
185 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel ESP
186 PAOLINI Luca ITA
187 TCATEVICH Aleksei RUS
188 VICIOSO ARCOS Angel ESP


LOTTO NL - JUMBO (TLJ)
NED
191 GESINK Robert NED
192 DE WEERT Kevin BEL
193 FLENS Rick NED
194 LEEZER Thomas NED
195 MARTENS Paul GER
196 TJALLINGII Maarten NED
197 VANMARCKE Sep BEL
198 WAGNER Robert GER


SKY (SKY)
GBR
201 FROOME Christopher GBR (Withdrawn sighting illness)
202 KENNAUGH Peter GBR
203 KONIG Leopold CZE
204 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP
205 POELS Wouter NED
206 PUCCIO Salvatore ITA
207 STANNARD Ian GBR
208 VIVIANI Elia ITA


TREK FACTORY RACING (TFR)
USA
211 CANCELLARA Fabian SUI
212 ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David COL
213 DEVOLDER Stijn BEL
214 IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel ESP
215 MOLLEMA Bauke NED
216 POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR
217 SERGENT Jesse NZL
218 STUYVEN Jasper BEL

 

[PremierAndrew]

Froome and Kittel out... Just ruined Contador v Froome and Kittel v Cavendish - the two main attractions of Tirenno this year...

 

[Miburo]

Froome and Kittel out... Just ruined Contador v Froome and Kittel v Cavendish - the two main attractions of Tirenno this year...

Yea right......

 

[Red Rick]

Conti vs Nibs vs Quintana vs Uran for the title. Contador to win

 

[Jspear]

Yea right......

I sure was looking forward to them competing.
AC for the win. Anyone know how Jrod is doing form wise?

 

[ILovecycling]

I read somewhere that Kennaugh won't start either,can anybody confirm this?

 

[jens_attacks]

nieve maybe could do something i hope.

 

[rune1107]

Where did the TTT go?

 

[Sasquatch]

Where did the TTT go?

Bad weather so they had to change it to a short TT.

 

[S_cycling]

Sagan to get his first win of the season in the prologue...

 

[Coat-O]

I don't think Nibali is where is should be, so I hope he will attack on stage 3. Perfect stage for some unorthodox GC action like in 2013.

Edit: It was stage 4 I meant.

 

[rhubroma]

This about sums up the class of Brailsford and Froome.

From la Gazzetta dello Sport:

It's not the first time Froome's pulled out last minute...last year at TA as well, and Lombardia 2013 and Leige 2014.

Mauro Vegni director of RCI Sport says: "I wrote to Dave Brailsford...I didn't like the fact that I learned about Froome's withdrawl only on the internet. He could have at least made a phone call. We have certainly shown Sky more consideration these past years, than Sky has shown us. Unfortunately our relationship does not coincide with what I thought it was.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Nice to see the TTT going out the window. A prologue is way better even though we now have two short, flat ITT's.

 

[Netserk]

Nice to see the TTT going out the window. A prologue is way better even though we now have two short, flat ITT's.

In this race I'd much rather have a TTT. With the epilogue a prologue is redundant. Would have been interesting to see how well the different teams would do in the TTT when it's important in the Tour.

 

[Arredondo]

I sure was looking forward to them competing.
AC for the win. Anyone know how Jrod is doing form wise?

Better, but nowhere good enough to fight for a top-5 place. Or top-10 imo.

 

[manafana]

Actually would like this if Contador dropped out too, make for nice open race, Im half thinking froome wanted to avoid another clash as they push each other so hard.

 

[jens_attacks]

not gonna watch tomorrow damn.

bennati ftw!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

will we get live timing at this prologue today like we had in p-n?