Giro del Emillia, GP Beghelli and Pantini memorial

[Moondance]

1m47
Liquigas chasing. For who ?

Capecchi ? Sabatini ?

Judging by their efforts all season long I have the feeling Liquigas always chase, regardless of whether they have a man for the win, or (when applicable) a GC interest to protect. Chasing down breaks is their raison d'être

 

[hatcher]

Looks like it might well stick.

1'13 lead, 14k to go.

edit: down to 50 seconds now.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Looks like it might well stick.

1'13 lead, 14k to go.

edit: down to 50 seconds now.

34 nnooooooooooow

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

I thought Pozzato had retired?

 

[hatcher]

Looks like it may well not stick. My inability to read a race is strong.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I thought Pozzato had retired?

haha 10char

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Looks like it may well not stick. My inability to read a race is strong.

I'm going off the 'live' text - 16 seconds with presumably 3 or 4 km left?



8 secs with 2 km to go, seems unlikely.


But he makes it.

 

[Kensuke]

Pozzato wins

 

[hatcher]

It stuck! Pozzato wins.

 

[Lupetto]

He did it.

 

[hrotha]

Pozzato wins

Good one.

Okay, anyone knows who won for real?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Good one.

Okay, anyone knows who won for real?

its true.

 

[Gloin22]

Great win for Pozzato, should lift him mentally after disastrous season.

 

[Lupetto]

1) Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) 4h39'08" alla media di 43,83 km/h
2) Manuel Belletti (Colnago Csf Inox)
3) Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Vini Neri Sottoli)
4) Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (D'Angelo & Antenucci Nippo)
5) Grischa Niermann (Rabobank)
6) Fabio Taborre (Acqua & Sapone)
7) Maxime Monfort (Leopard Trek)
8) Oliver Zaugg (Leopard Trek)
9) Daniel Moreno (Katusha)
10) Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone)

 

[Nielsa]

Good on you Pippo!

 

[trevim]

I don't like Pozatto but it's great to see him winning something after a season filled with disasters. Good job to him, should help him focus in the next season.

 

[Christian]

Also good for Belleti bringing over some more points to AG2R

 

[Parrulo]

great to see pippo winning again

i don't know why people hate him so much, we all know he wheel sucks a lot but is he any different then all other cobble classics riders not named tom boonen or fabian cancellara?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

brajkovic finished 1st just like mollema today

guess who is the guy next to him,jesus this might be a curse

look at that body, disgusting

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

i have hust seen the on italian tv the final part of the race.
carlos betancourt wasvery impressive in the last climb to san luca.
he did not lost time to the favourites. very impressive.

he has increbible big and muscle legs, like a sprinter or a little like henao or the first cunego.
on the podium his legs looked the double of uran' s legs...

he is not very thin.
in spring at acqua e sapone were worried about him, they thought he was fat.
imho, he started the giro a little overweight., lloking better at the end.

he can easily loose 3 or 4 kgs and still improve in the mountains.
but he has a different morphology than a pure climber: he has these enormous legs, sprinter thighs: he has the power necessary for doing well in the ardennes classics

betancourt is known for not having greatest training ethtics hut he's so filled with talent. that's also why I think he can still improve so much and he is build like a tracksprinter

 

[jens_attacks]

pippo was also the strongest on coppa sabatini so no surprise here.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Pozzato couldn't follow any wheels? There you go! Nice to see him doing something I guess.

@parrulo, the reason why people hate him is firstly because of those hideous sidi ads, he is too worried about his hair and makeup all the time and because of the way he rides.

 

[hrotha]

I don't hate him, I just think it's hilarious he does so poorly given that he's easily one of the most talented riders out there.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Not Grischa Niermann but TGBM turns out to be 5th.

More logical result now.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

great to see pippo winning again

i don't know why people hate him so much, we all know he wheel sucks a lot but is he any different then all other cobble classics riders not named tom boonen or fabian cancellara?

yeah.

I don't believe it's the adds, people hate him a lot before that.
Anyway riders like flecha, nuyens etc all do the same in the cobbles.