Giro del Trentino - 19th to 22rd of April, 2.HC

[auscyclefan94]

Ballan is riding Trentino, interesting.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Carlos Betancur (or Betancourt) is in! Nice

he was sent home by acqua en sapone who were unhappy about him for all the wrong reasons. I'm sure he will do well here. in colombia he won a mountain itt 1 week ago against some other antioquian u23 talents like jaramillo.

 

[theyoungest]

Haha

Should be a a good week. I'm excited to see the Giro contenders stretch their legs on these hills. I also like seeing Ben King's name on there; The young Americans have lived up to all the hype this year (which was none, to be sure), but I'm very ready to welcome a new generation of American riders.

No hype? If Phinney wasn't hyped, I don't know who was.

But that kid Talansky, he's good. He should be hyped.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

talansky defenitely. most others are overrated also tejay van garderen.

 

[hrotha]

talansky defenitely. most others are overrated also tejay van garderen.

No, he isn't. Nobody here talks about TJVG winning everything in the future. When people talk about American prospects for the GTs, people say TJVG looks like their best hope (now together with Talansky), but that's all. You equate "talking about someone" to "hyping someone", which is fairly ironical coming from you.

 

[luckyboy]

So CN's preview fails to mention Androni whatsoever.

Or Colombia + Garzelli

Also, Sastre has a cross by his name on cyclingstartlists.com ?

 

[Lupetto]

Does anybody know why Monsalve didn't compete since february? He was supposed to be in Andronis Trentino and Giro d'Italia team. Now he is out of Trentino.

 

[Jamsque]

http://twitter.com/girodeltrentino

Official twitter with race updates in English and Italian.

 

[dlwssonic]

Ballan is riding Trentino, interesting.

It must mean he is riding the Giro. I believe him, mauro and ivan will all be riding their home races.

 

[jaylew]

talansky defenitely. most others are overrated also tejay van garderen.

No, he isn't. Nobody here talks about TJVG winning everything in the future. When people talk about American prospects for the GTs, people say TJVG looks like their best hope (now together with Talansky), but that's all. You equate "talking about someone" to "hyping someone", which is fairly ironical coming from you.

Have to agree with Hrotha. Sure, Phinney, but who else is really hyped?

Too bad there's no live video of this one.

 

[Kazistuta]

http://twitter.com/girodeltrentino

Official twitter with race updates in English and Italian.

Strangely enough there's no news there currently. More on the official page:

http://www.girodeltrentino.com/live/

 

[jens_attacks]

radioshack boys will own this itt

 

[iZnoGouD]

19 Apr 2011, 15:24:41: Miglior tempo per Machado (RadioShack) , 15'32", otto secondi meglio di De Marchi. La media di Machado è 51,743

 

[Jamsque]

Shack Attack is on the cards.

 

[boomcie]

Malori in the lead now.

 

[jens_attacks]

klodi has it in the bag

 

[Kazistuta]

Shack Attack is on the cards.

And even the race's own live update notice it:

"Kloden primo, Machado terzo, Popovych decimo: tutti e tre i leader della RadioShack nei primi dieci!!!"

 

[jaylew]

Klodi wins. Shocker.
2 - Malori
3 - Machado
4 - Nibali

 

[hrotha]

Seriously, if Popo starts performing too I don't know what I'll do.

 

[Jamsque]

Ahahahahahha. Fantastic.

 

[dlwssonic]

The shack have come back from their retirement in 2010!

 

[Ferminal]

The phantom strikes again!

Seriously, if Popo starts performing too I don't know what I'll do.

If he wants a job after this season he better start performing. But for a whole raft of Clinic reasons I don't think we will see it.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

popovych doesn't have it mentally, nothing to do with clinic stuff. he was full grown physically as an u23 rider which is why he dominated so hard there. same thing for peter sagan who hasn't improved anything this year either. but his base is very strong mentality we will have to see.

 

[boomcie]

popovych doesn't have it mentally, nothing to do with clin stuff. he was full grown physically as an u23 rider which is why he dominated so hard there. same thing for peter sagan who hasn't improved anything this year either. but his base is very strong mentality we will have to see.

He also got 12th, 3th and 5th at the Giro at young age. He was not racing u23 riders there. Or do you mean he reached his best level at a young age and then deteriorated, because of the physical toll this took on his body? Because I do notice a significant deterioration rather than a stagnation.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

He also got 12th, 3th and 5th at the Giro at young age. He was not racing u23 riders there. Or do you mean he reached his best level at a young age and then deteriorated, because of the physical toll this took on his body? Because I do notice a significant deterioration rather than a stagnation.

I mean he reached his physical peak at young age (23), perhaps even younger then that and after that only got more experiences which resulted in ebtter results until he lost motivation when he saw he didn;'t get better. many east european examples of this are karpets, petrov, ignatief