94th Giro d'Italia May 7 - 29

[dlwssonic]

I can see Seeldrayers making the top 20. (somewhere between 15th and 20th). Not everyone will deliver.



lol.
the guy has done nothing all season, can't see his fortunes changing considering the quality of the sprint field.

probably wyss too might get lucky top10s but nothing more than that. well they got tschopp, santambrogio and ballan for the breaks which should be pretty good. and ballan can ride the strade bianche. kristoff got a 7th in Schelderprijs just saying.

 

[Jamsque]

probably wyss too might get lucky top10s but nothing more than that. well they got tschopp, santambrogio and ballan for the breaks which should be pretty good. and ballan can ride the strade bianche. kristoff got a 7th in Schelderprijs just saying.

We've all got 7th in Scheldeprijs.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Also I hope Harmonn doesnt have to call the first 3 stages all by himself again. That was a nightmare.

Brian Smith for the those stages, although given the length of Sunday's coverage, even Carlton Kirby could fly solo without doing too much damage.
That's where having Rai Sport 2 pays for itself.

Even so, the gavia stage was still pretty good in relative terms to any mountain stage of any stage race.

Of course, Tschopp 1st and Evans 2nd has nothing to do with this call?

 

[dlwssonic]

We've all got 7th in Scheldeprijs.

just mentioning that kristoff has gotten a result this season. Not saying its that good either. I think he is very average

 

[maltiv]

You will all regret your words if the peloton chills at 30 km/h on a completely flat stage until the last kilometers and Kristoff is positioned decently (which is even less likely). In theory he is really fast at least, although I'm getting tired of saying it as he never seems to be able to live up to his potential.

 

[dlwssonic]

You will all regret your words if the peloton chills at 30 km/h on a completely flat stage until the last kilometers and Kristoff is positioned decently (which is even less likely). In theory he is really fast at least, although I'm getting tired of saying it as he never seems to be able to live up to his potential.

yea he is pretty fast but his postioning sucks like hell

 

[jens_attacks]

i guess we can already start with the stage 1:TTT thread haha.
the race which was made by god himself is coming fast right now.6 days and the terrible war will begin.i already can see the androni 1,60 m demons storming the TTT.so bring it onnn!

 

[Eshnar]

i guess we can already start with the stage 1:TTT thread haha.
the race which was made by god himself is coming fast right now.6 days and the terrible war will begin.i already can see the androni 1,60 m demons storming the TTT.so bring it onnn!

less than 6 days!
hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype... (infinite)

 

[Mellow Velo]

Gotta love this race. Been studying the official guide.
On the Zoncolan stage, before the Monte Crostis, there's a 5.2km climb that averages 9% and it doesn't even get rated 3rd cat!

I can't ever see that happening in Le Tour de Publicity Caravan.

 

[meandmygitane]

they should go for haedo in the tour then, he's only chance of them winning a stage. if he has a good train in pure speed jj is amazing. they don't have any other gc guys than contador

Yes, it would be a sensible thing to try JJ with decent helpers, as well as using Chris Anker S. to go for a stage in the mountains and let Larsson (if Contador doesn't get off the hook) pursue GC or TT more or less alone.

I imagine Porte will be main GC for Vuelta regardless of the Contador-situation (and therefore it makes sense that he won't ride the Tour)

But back to Giro. Gonna be epic!

 

[jaylew]

Stef Clement to replace Leezer for Rabo.

 

[aarnold517]

what does everyone think about the best young rider competition? does tiago still qualify? if so, i think he's the clear favorite. also will be interesting to see how duarte does in his first grand tour

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Pretty sure Machado can win the white jersey.

Porte was also 25 last year. BUT he turned 26 this year (Jan), so I dunno...

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

i guess we can already start with the stage 1:TTT thread haha.

Remember last year?

When Vino ripped his own team apart and then was angry at Stangeli who was the last fifth on the finish?

Good times.

 

[jens_attacks]

yeah that was good.he did like 60% of the turns himself.
see the destruction:

 

[auscyclefan94]

TTT's always shows the effieciency of a team. Generally you go quite bad or quite good. You can tell which teams have and have not practised it.

 

[Sasquatch]

HTC **** in the TTT.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

what does everyone think about the best young rider competition? does tiago still qualify? if so, i think he's the clear favorite. also will be interesting to see how duarte does in his first grand tour

No, he doesn't. Kreuziger does thugh.

 

[Lupetto]

Pretty sure Machado can win the white jersey.

Porte was also 25 last year. BUT he turned 26 this year (Jan), so I dunno...

Porte and Machado can't, because they were both born before 1986. Duarte, Ulissi, Kreuziger, Masciarelli, Kiserlovski, Seeldraeyers, Kruijswijk... will be in.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Your eligible riders:

Acqua e Sapone: Cayetano Sarmiento
Ag2r: Julien Bérard, Mickaël Cherel, Ben Gastauer
Androni: Alessandro de Marchi
BMC: Chad Beyer, Matthias Fränk, Alexander Kristoff
Colnago-CSF: Gianluca Brambilla, Manuele Caddeo, Sacha Modolo, Stefano Pirazzi
Euskaltel: Javier Aramendia, Miguel Mínguez
Geox: Fabio Duarte, Rafael Valls
HTC-High Road: Patrick Gretsch
Katyusha: none
Lampre: Simon Spilak, Diego Ulissi
Leopard: Dominic Klemme*
Liquigas: Eros Capecchi
Movistar: none*
Omega Pharma-Lotto: Jan Bakelandts, Adam Blyth, Bart De Clercq, Gert Dockx, Klaas Lodewyck
Astana: Roman Kreuziger, Robert Kiserlovski, Francesco Masciarelli
Farnese Vini: Elia Favilli, Matteo Rabottini
Quick Step: Gerald Ciolek, Davide Malacarne, Kevin Seeldraeyers
Rabobank: Steven Kruijswijk, Tom Jelte Slagter, Dennis Van Winden
Saxo Bank: none
Sky: Davide Appollonio
Garmin-Cervélo: Jack Bobridge, Cameron Meyer, Peter Stetina
Radioshack: Ben Hermans, Ivan Rovny
Vacansoleil: none


* the startlist I am working from has not updated with replacements for the injured Daniele Bennati or Andrey Amador yet.

 

[Eshnar]

In an interview of 2 days ago, Pozzovivo said that Crostis will decide the Giro.
I'm beginning to think that they are ACTUALLY gonna attack there. If so, we have the stage of the century

 

[Havetts]

In an interview of 2 days ago, Pozzovivo said that Crostis will decide the Giro.
I'm beginning to think that they are ACTUALLY gonna attack there. If so, we have the stage of the century

If that happens I'll **** my pants, honestly.

 

[Eshnar]

If that happens I'll **** my pants, honestly.

You won't be the only one, for that matter

 

[Havetts]

Oh lord, just realized that stage is on a saturday. Wouldve hated to miss it due to university (though I'd probably skip it if it were that stage)!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

TTT's always shows the effieciency of a team. Generally you go quite bad or quite good. You can tell which teams have and have not practised it.

Ah yes, because most teams generally practice a TTT??

They only do on the day the TTT is been held. They don't hold off-season meetings to practice a TTT..sorry to burst your bubble...