40th Giro del Trentino 19.04 - 22.04

[classicomano]

Firsanov is the new Santambrogio. What an amazing talent.

 

[yaco]

Maybe Nibali was holding back for LBL.

 

[May0maniac]

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Firsanov is the new Santambrogio. What an amazing talent.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Patrick Konrad finished 9th with the same time as the 4th rider, 14 seconds behind Landa.
He's a great talent (born in 1991, finished 3rd in the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir and 4th in the 2014 Österreich-Rundfahrt).
He turned pro in 2015 and seems to like the heat, he finished 10th on gc in the Tour of Oman and in Abu Dhabi, so he could aim for a Vuelta top 10 in 1-2 years.
In 2015 he also finished 5th in the Tour of Denmark (8th in the ITT) and 9th in the Tour de l'Ain, he's a great prospect.

Seriously, Austria finally needs a successful rider again. The hype around Kohl in 2008 was really big and in the same year Rohregger won the Österreich Rundfahrt, but since it came out that Kohl doped cycling became so incredibly unimportant (which might be because Kohl said that there are no riders who can fight for race wins and don't dope) and I always have the feeling one single result could suddenly make the whole sport popular again.
Mühlberger and Konrad (+ maybe Felix Gall who was junior WC last year) are my big hope and if they will really be able to ride for a top 10 in a gt that would be great. Todays result from Konrad was definitely a good sign

 

[staubsauger]

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Firsanov is the new Santambrogio. What an amazing talent.

Never judge someone too soon. Sergey might still become the new Sella in the Dolomites!

 

[May0maniac]

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Firsanov is the new Santambrogio. What an amazing talent.

Never judge someone too soon. Sergey might still become the new Sella in the Dolomites!

No, I want Dombrowski to go full Sella in the Dolomites.
Back to Trentino, Nibali should be better on the next two stages, if he still sucks on stage 4 I'll start worrying.

 

[May0maniac]

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Patrick Konrad finished 9th with the same time as the 4th rider, 14 seconds behind Landa.
He's a great talent (born in 1991, finished 3rd in the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir and 4th in the 2014 Österreich-Rundfahrt).
He turned pro in 2015 and seems to like the heat, he finished 10th on gc in the Tour of Oman and in Abu Dhabi, so he could aim for a Vuelta top 10 in 1-2 years.
In 2015 he also finished 5th in the Tour of Denmark (8th in the ITT) and 9th in the Tour de l'Ain, he's a great prospect.

Seriously, Austria finally needs a successful rider again. The hype around Kohl in 2008 was really big and in the same year Rohregger won the Österreich Rundfahrt, but since it came out that Kohl doped cycling became so incredibly unimportant (which might be because Kohl said that there are no riders who can fight for race wins and don't dope) and I always have the feeling one single result could suddenly make the whole sport popular again.
Mühlberger and Konrad (+ maybe Felix Gall who was junior WC last year) are my big hope and if they will really be able to ride for a top 10 in a gt that would be great. Todays result from Konrad was definitely a good sign

I have high hopes for both Konrad and Mühlberger, they are great prospects.
About Felix Gall,we're both from the Upper Puster Valley, so I almost have to cheer for him.
Gall is more of a strongman for the classics, I hope he signs with the Etixx feeder team, that would be great for him.
Simone Andreetta's 6th place is also a pleasant surprise. Hugh Carthy lost some time, but he's not really explosive and he prefers longer climbs and still finisheed 11th.

 

[jens_attacks]

Firsanov vs landa


This stuff is good.

 

[ciranda]

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Firsanov has been very stong and getting results for years and years. He deliberately chose to stay w Rusvelo to ride for himself instead of being likely used as support by Katyusha.

 

[markene2]

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Firsanov vs landa


This stuff is good.

Damn right!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Firsanov vs landa


This stuff is good.

Just wait till the Giro when Ilnur joins the party.

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

Patrick Konrad finished 9th with the same time as the 4th rider, 14 seconds behind Landa.
He's a great talent (born in 1991, finished 3rd in the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir and 4th in the 2014 Österreich-Rundfahrt).
He turned pro in 2015 and seems to like the heat, he finished 10th on gc in the Tour of Oman and in Abu Dhabi, so he could aim for a Vuelta top 10 in 1-2 years.
In 2015 he also finished 5th in the Tour of Denmark (8th in the ITT) and 9th in the Tour de l'Ain, he's a great prospect.

Seriously, Austria finally needs a successful rider again. The hype around Kohl in 2008 was really big and in the same year Rohregger won the Österreich Rundfahrt, but since it came out that Kohl doped cycling became so incredibly unimportant (which might be because Kohl said that there are no riders who can fight for race wins and don't dope) and I always have the feeling one single result could suddenly make the whole sport popular again.
Mühlberger and Konrad (+ maybe Felix Gall who was junior WC last year) are my big hope and if they will really be able to ride for a top 10 in a gt that would be great. Todays result from Konrad was definitely a good sign

I have high hopes for both Konrad and Mühlberger, they are great prospects.
About Felix Gall,we're both from the Upper Puster Valley, so I almost have to cheer for him.
Gall is more of a strongman for the classics, I hope he signs with the Etixx feeder team, that would be great for him.
Simone Andreetta's 6th place is also a pleasant surprise. Hugh Carthy lost some time, but he's not really explosive and he prefers longer climbs and still finisheed 11th.

No comments on Riccardo Zoidl or Georg Preidler?

 

[PlanZ]

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Highlights anywhere?

Bike TV - 9 pm tonight.

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

Patrick Konrad finished 9th with the same time as the 4th rider, 14 seconds behind Landa.
He's a great talent (born in 1991, finished 3rd in the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir and 4th in the 2014 Österreich-Rundfahrt).
He turned pro in 2015 and seems to like the heat, he finished 10th on gc in the Tour of Oman and in Abu Dhabi, so he could aim for a Vuelta top 10 in 1-2 years.
In 2015 he also finished 5th in the Tour of Denmark (8th in the ITT) and 9th in the Tour de l'Ain, he's a great prospect.

Seriously, Austria finally needs a successful rider again. The hype around Kohl in 2008 was really big and in the same year Rohregger won the Österreich Rundfahrt, but since it came out that Kohl doped cycling became so incredibly unimportant (which might be because Kohl said that there are no riders who can fight for race wins and don't dope) and I always have the feeling one single result could suddenly make the whole sport popular again.
Mühlberger and Konrad (+ maybe Felix Gall who was junior WC last year) are my big hope and if they will really be able to ride for a top 10 in a gt that would be great. Todays result from Konrad was definitely a good sign

I have high hopes for both Konrad and Mühlberger, they are great prospects.
About Felix Gall,we're both from the Upper Puster Valley, so I almost have to cheer for him.
Gall is more of a strongman for the classics, I hope he signs with the Etixx feeder team, that would be great for him.
Simone Andreetta's 6th place is also a pleasant surprise. Hugh Carthy lost some time, but he's not really explosive and he prefers longer climbs and still finisheed 11th.

No comments on Riccardo Zoidl or Georg Preidler?

Zoidl is a very good rider, but he's probably too old to be called a prospect. He was pretty strong in the 2014 Tor de Romandie and durning the 3rd week of the Giro, he could be a great climbing domestique or a stagehunter in a GT. Preidler is a good rider, Pöstlberger would be another interesting prospect.
I'm also a big Denifl fan, he's alway in the breakaway, him winning a big mountain stage from the breakaway would be really awesome.
Tomorrow should be interesting, today we had a stage for the more explosive climbers, tomorrow we'll see a proper mountain stage.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Patrick Konrad finished 9th with the same time as the 4th rider, 14 seconds behind Landa.
He's a great talent (born in 1991, finished 3rd in the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir and 4th in the 2014 Österreich-Rundfahrt).
He turned pro in 2015 and seems to like the heat, he finished 10th on gc in the Tour of Oman and in Abu Dhabi, so he could aim for a Vuelta top 10 in 1-2 years.
In 2015 he also finished 5th in the Tour of Denmark (8th in the ITT) and 9th in the Tour de l'Ain, he's a great prospect.

Seriously, Austria finally needs a successful rider again. The hype around Kohl in 2008 was really big and in the same year Rohregger won the Österreich Rundfahrt, but since it came out that Kohl doped cycling became so incredibly unimportant (which might be because Kohl said that there are no riders who can fight for race wins and don't dope) and I always have the feeling one single result could suddenly make the whole sport popular again.
Mühlberger and Konrad (+ maybe Felix Gall who was junior WC last year) are my big hope and if they will really be able to ride for a top 10 in a gt that would be great. Todays result from Konrad was definitely a good sign

I have high hopes for both Konrad and Mühlberger, they are great prospects.
About Felix Gall,we're both from the Upper Puster Valley, so I almost have to cheer for him.
Gall is more of a strongman for the classics, I hope he signs with the Etixx feeder team, that would be great for him.
Simone Andreetta's 6th place is also a pleasant surprise. Hugh Carthy lost some time, but he's not really explosive and he prefers longer climbs and still finisheed 11th.

No comments on Riccardo Zoidl or Georg Preidler?

Zoidl is too old already. He is a decent rider but for 28 years he wasnt successful enough to say that he will have a great future.
Preidler however maybe can get some prestigious wins in the next years because although he isnt as young as Konrad and Mühlberger anymore he already could have won gt stages if he wasnt so unlucky. For example in the giro 2014 he was by far the strongest rider in the break of stage 11, a stage which was expected to go to the break, but the peloton chased very hard anyway and caught Preidler.

To come back to topic, does anyone know how the descent of tomorrows stage will be?

 

[Eshnar]

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To come back to topic, does anyone know how the descent of tomorrows stage will be?

Nothing special. It shouldn't be a factor, unless the spirit of Savoldelli spawns into the peloton.

 

[Sasquatch]

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Firsanov has been very stong and getting results for years and years. He deliberately chose to stay w Rusvelo to ride for himself instead of being likely used as support by Katyusha.

Now would be a good time for him to move to Katusha for the next couple of years. He will be leader. Him and Zakarin could do monstrous things together if on the same team.

 

[jens_attacks]

Firsanov to unleash hell today.

 

[classicomano]

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Firsanov to unleash hell today.

I expect nothing less than an Ivailo Grabovski style nuclear attack.

 

[staubsauger]

Giro del Trentino might become 5 days Giro del Euregio in future with stages in Tirol, Osttirol, Südtirol & Trentino!

THAT would be fantastic news for this delicious little Giro appetizer! Potentially greater appetizer than the Dauphine for the Tour.

Please make it real!!!!

 

[Rollthedice]

Nibali attack. Antonio that is.

 

[Rollthedice]

Astana train going hard.

 

[Rollthedice]

Landani attacks all Astana. Action from the first Km.

 

[Carols]

Wow Landa is strong!

 

[Red Rick]

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Nibali attack. Antonio that is.

It's the little bro right?