Giro 2017 Field Discussion/Speculation

[Valv.Piti]

Piperwho?

 

[Eshnar]

Simon Yates will go to the Tour, only Adam to the Giro.

 

[HelloDolly]

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Simon Yates will go to the Tour, only Adam to the Giro.

That would suggest to me that they dont expect Chaves to be at the top of his game ...Simon is backup

 

[yaco]

Re: Re:

Simon Yates will go to the Tour, only Adam to the Giro.

That would suggest to me that they dont expect Chaves to be at the top of his game ...Simon is backup

100% correct - The hope is Chaves will peak for the Vuelta - The Giro was always a bigger goal for Adam, so it was easier to switch Simon to the TDF - Simon will probably have a stronger support team in the TDF, than Adam in the Giro.

 

[Escarabajo]

The Vuelta is unknown still. Nobody is talking about peaking for the Vuelta at this stage. It is still early for that.

 

[Gigs_98]

Bora brings their three young Austrians, Konrad, Mühlberger and Pöstlberger, to the Giro.
I also saw that neither Majka nor König will ride. Wasn't at least König scheduled? Is he injured?

 

[Alexandre B.]

Bora brings their three young Austrians, Konrad, Mühlberger and Pöstlberger, to the Giro.
I also saw that neither Majka nor König will ride. Wasn't at least König scheduled? Is he injured?

Knee injury kept him out of racing this season.

 

[tobydawq]

Bardiani announced their team a couple of days ago.

Interestingly, it included Albanese. I wonder when was the last time a younger rider has ridden a Grand Tour. Danny van Poppel in the Tour, maybe? (I know he was younger, but the question is if there has been a younger rider than Albanese since then).

Anyhow, 20 years is very young to get a debut in a Grand Tour but it's interesting to see what he can do - if anything.

 

[Popchu]

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Bardiani announced their team a couple of days ago.

Interestingly, it included Albanese. I wonder when was the last time a younger rider has ridden a Grand Tour. Danny van Poppel in the Tour, maybe? (I know he was younger, but the question is if there has been a younger rider than Albanese since then).

Anyhow, 20 years is very young to get a debut in a Grand Tour but it's interesting to see what he can do - if anything.

Daniel Felipe Martinez is from 1996 too (it's his birthday today, for what it's worth), he rode the Giro last year. He'll ride the Giro again this year, very interesting rider to follow. No big results yet, but I was impressed by him a few times (Route du Sud and Tour of Utah 2015).

Edit: I did the research, only Martinez was younger than Albanese to start in a GT since Van Poppel.

 

[May0maniac]

Bora brings their three young Austrians, Konrad, Mühlberger and Pöstlberger, to the Giro.
I also saw that neither Majka nor König will ride. Wasn't at least König scheduled? Is he injured?

Knee injury kept him out of racing this season.

The last that I've hear from König at the start of April he was ablle to do really long rides at lower intensity, but everytime he did intervals or other really intense his knee started hurting once again, so he had to skip the Giro.

With König still out they are sending Buchmann to the Tour to support Majka, all in all it's not a bad team for the Giro.

 

[Escarabajo]

So this is what we have. How accurate are these lists?

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_dItalia_2017_Startlist

 

[Josh Homme]

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So this is what we have. How accurate are these lists?

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_dItalia_2017_Startlist

Those 3 with a green tick (Bardiani, Bora, Lotto Soudal) are confirmed line-ups.

AFAIK only Dimension Data and Sunweb preselections are official. So the rest of the squads might be not that reliable and including unofficial (self)confirmations/rumours.

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

Bardiani announced their team a couple of days ago.

Interestingly, it included Albanese. I wonder when was the last time a younger rider has ridden a Grand Tour. Danny van Poppel in the Tour, maybe? (I know he was younger, but the question is if there has been a younger rider than Albanese since then).

Anyhow, 20 years is very young to get a debut in a Grand Tour but it's interesting to see what he can do - if anything.

Daniel Felipe Martinez is from 1996 too (it's his birthday today, for what it's worth), he rode the Giro last year. He'll ride the Giro again this year, very interesting rider to follow. No big results yet, but I was impressed by him a few times (Route du Sud and Tour of Utah 2015).

Edit: I did the research, only Martinez was younger than Albanese to start in a GT since Van Poppel.

Nice digging now that I was too lazy

I had forgotten about Martínez. And he even finished the race at barely 20 years! Now the next question would be, when is the last rider to be younger than Martínez and have finished a Grand Tour. That would probably require even more digging.

 

[Escarabajo]

Re: Re:

So this is what we have. How accurate are these lists?

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_dItalia_2017_Startlist

Those 3 with a green tick (Bardiani, Bora, Lotto Soudal) are confirmed line-ups.

AFAIK only Dimension Data and Sunweb preselections are official. So the rest of the squads might be not that reliable and including unofficial (self)confirmations/rumours.

Thanks. I missed the green checks!!

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

So this is what we have. How accurate are these lists?

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_dItalia_2017_Startlist

Those 3 with a green tick (Bardiani, Bora, Lotto Soudal) are confirmed line-ups.

AFAIK only Dimension Data and Sunweb preselections are official. So the rest of the squads might be not that reliable and including unofficial (self)confirmations/rumours.

i hope that Sunweb won't send Walscheid to the Giro, racing the Giro as your first gt would be a bit too hard for a young, 90kg heavy sprinter, just let him ride the Vuelta (against a 3rd rate sprinters field).

 

[May0maniac]

The official roadbook:
http://static2.giroditalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Garibaldi_2017.pdf
The Lotto Soudal team for the Giro:
HANSEN Adam
MONFORT Maxime
GREIPEL André
MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
HOFLAND Moreno
BAK Lars Ytting
DE BIE Sean
DE BUYST Jasper
DE CLERCQ Bart
Monfort will somehow end up in the top 15 on gc, but Greipel will probably leave the Giro once again (at least this time there's not a single real sprint stage in the 3rd week, so the sprinter have a good excuse).

 

[Akuryo]

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The official roadbook:
http://static2.giroditalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Garibaldi_2017.pdf
The Lotto Soudal team for the Giro:
HANSEN Adam
MONFORT Maxime
GREIPEL André
MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
HOFLAND Moreno
BAK Lars Ytting
DE BIE Sean
DE BUYST Jasper
DE CLERCQ Bart
Monfort will somehow end up in the top 15 on gc, but Greipel will probably leave the Giro once again (at least this time there's not a single real sprint stage in the 3rd week, so the sprinter have a good excuse).

Usually I would agree but the field in incredibly strong this year. Probably even stronger than the Tour(maybe not the top contenders but the depth of favorites). So a 15th place for Monfort would actually be a really good result in comparison to recent years

 

[Valv.Piti]

Adam Hansen to anonymously ride in the bunch apart from leading the chase on a few occasions where posters will argue he has done his job and more than justified a spot once again

 

[Anderis]

CCC preselection:
Jan Hirt, Felix Grosschartner, Maciej Paterski, Marcin Białobłocki, Michał Paluta, Jan Tratnik, Michal Schlegel, Adrian Kurek, Łukasz Owsian, Leszek Pluciński, Branislau Samoilau, Simone Ponzi.

 

[yaco]

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Adam Hansen to anonymously ride in the bunch apart from leading the chase on a few occasions where posters will argue he has done his job and more than justified a spot once again

You need to speak to the Sports Director's at Lotto Soudal - They've obviously got it wrong the last 17 times.

 

[HelloDolly]

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Adam Hansen to anonymously ride in the bunch apart from leading the chase on a few occasions where posters will argue he has done his job and more than justified a spot once again

What you want him to do ???

He has won stages and continues to break the record ....more than can be said for alot of riders

 

[MatParker117]

Apparently this is Sky:

Landa, G, Seb Henao, Rosa, Deignan, Lopez, Ellisonde, Puccio, Viviani


Strong team if true.

 

[Ricco']

UAE Team Emirates:

Costa, Rui
Conti, Valerio
Ferrari, Roberto
Marcato, Marco
Modolo, Sacha
Mohoric, Matej
Petilli, Simone
Polanc, Jan
Ravasi, Edward

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Apparently this is Sky:

Landa, G, Seb Henao, Rosa, Deignan, Lopez, Ellisonde, Puccio, Viviani


Strong team if true.

Indeed, I think Seb Henao is money, I really like him as a rider. After his Giro in 2014, many I think have been disappointed in him, but he has been great this year.

The team lacks rouleurs tho. I don't agree with picking all of Deignan, Lopez and Elissonde, they basically only have Puccio to do the dirty work.

 

[May0maniac]

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UAE Team Emirates:

Costa, Rui
Conti, Valerio
Ferrari, Roberto
Marcato, Marco
Modolo, Sacha
Mohoric, Matej
Petilli, Simone
Polanc, Jan
Ravasi, Edward

A sprint train, Rui Costa and many young guys who could do something. Conti and Petilli could surprise people. Ravasi is already riding his first gt, but he'll be 23 in june, so he should be ready, it's gonna be a good learning experience for him.