Giro 2012 Field Discussion/Rumours

[Ryo Hazuki]

Fact is Rujano can easily lose time at random moments
In 2005 he lost 34 on stage 2 with a short uphill finish 43 similarly on stage 4 and another 19 on 5 and then 2 minutes 19 on the first mountain stage he then gained 3:30 in a breakaway and that was in his best performance. 2011 is a similar story albeit slightly improved, Rujano lost 5 minutes on the Strade Bianchi and got thrown out of the back on macugnaga for 2:30 and 23 seconds on another sprint stage

Add to the fact he will lose 30 in the prologue and a minute in the final tt to scarponi and Kreuzinger and you can only conclude that he isnt really a realistic contender, he is simply very inconsistent. In all of the flat stages Rujano rarely finished in the top 80 or 100 even which goes to show that he is always vulnerable to lose time.

He could win, but there are plenty of people more likely, he could easily end up 30th as well he is massively over hyped with regards to GC and is a slightly up market Piepoli with all due respect

I'm going to save this quote for after the giro

 

[Jan the Man]

Fact is Rujano can easily lose time at random moments
In 2005 he lost 34 on stage 2 with a short uphill finish 43 similarly on stage 4 and another 19 on 5 and then 2 minutes 19 on the first mountain stage he then gained 3:30 in a breakaway and that was in his best performance. 2011 is a similar story albeit slightly improved, Rujano lost 5 minutes on the Strade Bianchi and got thrown out of the back on macugnaga for 2:30 and 23 seconds on another sprint stage

Add to the fact he will lose 30 in the prologue and a minute in the final tt to scarponi and Kreuzinger and you can only conclude that he isnt really a realistic contender, he is simply very inconsistent. In all of the flat stages Rujano rarely finished in the top 80 or 100 even which goes to show that he is always vulnerable to lose time.

He could win, but there are plenty of people more likely, he could easily end up 30th as well he is massively over hyped with regards to GC and is a slightly up market Piepoli with all due respect

Very good observations. Rujano has never been consistent. For what its worth I agree that he will struggle to podium, although in the right circumstances it is a real possibility.

I think both he and Pozzovivo will struggle to get to the final week without losing major time on one of the early stages. If they manage to be within 3 minutes come the final week however they will be major players and one or both could podium.

 

[boomcie]

a top 15 is never a suprise

This is b0ll0cks.

 

[theyoungest]

Are you Bakelants' little brother?

 

[boomcie]

Are you Bakelants' little brother?

No idea why you guys are paying so much attention to him. Goes both ways.

 

[janraaskalt]

last year rujano's estimates where x60 and x10 for a stagewin. iglinskiy was x150 for lbl and cobo was still x30 odds midway through the vuelta last year. it's no secret I know more than they

Try it yourself for a year and then see who's right. If you are consistently better than the bookies you should make a living out of it.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

This is b0ll0cks.

You are b0llocks

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Try it yourself for a year and then see who's right. If you are consistently better than the bookies you should make a living out of it.

that's what I've been doing for the past year full time.

 

[airstream]

I'm going to save this quote for after the giro

iow, you can guarantee us that he won't lose the time intentionally on easy stages?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

iow, you can guarantee us that he won't lose the time intentionally on easy stages?

what? he wants to win the giro and nothing else he is interested in

 

[janraaskalt]

that's what I've been doing for the past year full time.

You wrote "doing" instead of "dreaming about".

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

You wrote "doing" instead of "dreaming about".

I make a living with betting on cycling. there are more like me.

 

[The Hitch]

Are you ready?

Got Kreuziger in the wrong place. Otherwise it would work as an advert for hair growth for bald men products.

Month by month improvements.

 

[airstream]

Hooray! A real cycling holiday starts!!! One of two races why I adore all that stuff! Everything before was just a warm-up! Congrats, Hitch!

Michele is very organic with Maglia Rosa.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Scarponi - showed some class in what he said today:

"I'll put [the 2011 trofeo] in the team's truck for now and I'll decide at the end of the Giro where to present it in my house", ...
"Sincerely, I don't like to become the winner in these circumstances."

and then making it clear who really won:

Last year when I started the Giro, I thought I'd be closer to Contador than I eventually was ...

Michele merits to win out right this year.

 

[cycladianpirate]

Are you ready?

Got Kreuziger in the wrong place. Otherwise it would work as an advert for hair growth for bald men products.

Month by month improvements.

The (not-so) Magnificent Seven

Looking at that - there has to be a gap in the market for designing some decent off-bike team kit.....

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

what an opposite of andy schleck. scaproni is great in all. also the way he rides

 

[The Hitch]

Congrats, Hitch!

Thanks.




But what did I do

 

[maltiv]

Are you ready?

Got Kreuziger in the wrong place. Otherwise it would work as an advert for hair growth for bald men products.

Month by month improvements.

Lol, good one.

Wonder why all these guys turn bald so early

 

[The Hitch]

Lol, good one.

Wonder why all these guys turn bald so early

Proof that Contador doesn't

 

[DominicDecoco]

What an awkward picture that is..

And why is Frank there twice?...

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

And why is Frank there twice?...

When I first saw those photos, I too thought that Kreuziger was a Schleck.

Susan

 

[hatcher]

Hunt replaces Swift for Sky. Little bit of a blow to their TTT.

 

[jens_attacks]

What an awkward picture that is..

And why is Frank there twice?...

c'mon man we're following pro cycling,everything is weird out there

can't be more awkward than this.here it is.the poster for spun 2,in cinema next year:

man they look so skinny in that trophy picture ...skinnier than ever. let's hope we'll have a superb battle for the trophy

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Why so sad?