Giro del Trentino 2012

[Havetts]

Probably cause theyve been hyped up extremely on this forum and now theyre not performing so people wonder what the hype was all about.

 

[El Pistolero]

A lot of people seem very hostile to the Columbian team. Why is this? Do they habitually run over kittens or something?

Nope, even worse, rabbits.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Matthias Frank leader

I have a feeling I know why you are embarrassed about Frank.

Stage 9 2011 Tour de Suisse

10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:04
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:01:09
12 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:16
13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:01:24
14 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:25
15 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:27
16 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:01:29
17 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:33
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:36
19 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:38
20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 0:01:40
21 Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad 0:01:44
22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 0:01:49
23 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:52
24 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:57
25 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:02:01
26 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
27 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:03
28 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 0:02:04
29 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:06

Nice by Frank! He deserves the leaders jersey, he performed better than I would have expected. I would like to see how he would go on the hard climbs.
Cunego looks good too!
Even BMC riders and de maar are climbing better than Rujano

Really? Did you not watch the Tour de Suisse last year and listen to ACF?

Frank reminds me of Thomas Frei (BMC) in 2010 in Trentino.

Frei 1985 born, Frank 1986, both Swiss, both BMC.

Let´s hope history won´t repeat.

Frei didn't show a hell of a lot at Trentino that year and Frank has shown some potential in last years Tour de Suisse.

 

[greenedge]

Congrats to Cunego. Betancur did well and so did Kreuziger.

I hope Kreuziger can podium.
Pozzovivo screwed up all his teams hard work from the TTT.

 

[theyoungest]

I have a feeling I know why you are embarrassed about Frank.

Stage 9 2011 Tour de Suisse

10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:04
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:01:09
12 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:16
13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:01:24
14 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:25
15 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:27
16 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:01:29
17 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:33
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:36
19 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:38
20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 0:01:40
21 Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad 0:01:44
22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 0:01:49
23 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:52
24 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:57
25 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:02:01
26 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
27 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:03
28 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 0:02:04
29 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:06

Tour de Suisse 2012, overall:

1. [USA] LEIPHEIMER Levi RSH 31h45'02" 240
2. [ITA] CUNEGO Damiano LAM 04" 180
3. [NED] KRUIJSWIJK Steven RAB 01'02" 145
4. [DEN] FUGLSANG Jakob LEO 01'10" 132
5. [NED] MOLLEMA Bauke RAB 02'05" 120
6. [SUI] FRANK Mathias BMC 02'24" 108



But Frank was indeed impressive, not so much in the TT but in the Liechtenstein stage, where he crashed at the bottom of the climb, and came from way back to pass almost everyone and finish 7th. He doesn't seem to hold top form very long though, he was nowhere the rest of the year.

 

[jens_attacks]

frank is very inconsistent but when he's good,he really does well.let's see what he can do today

di luca had a flat tire on the descent yesterday.pretty much an armstrong like comeback,remembers me of his very true quote:
"Some times you're the hammer and sometimes you're the nail. Today I was the nail, but I had plenty of days where I was the hammer."

still acqua e sapone has betancur and reda in good position.today they can impress on this freaking beast:

a video with the punta veleno and the escarabajos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BouVgryU6Z8#t=55s

 

[airstream]

are there any live streams today?

 

[theyoungest]

a video with the punta veleno and the escarabajos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BouVgryU6Z8#t=55s

It's indeed the ideal climb for an early February (!) training...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

how is thart final downhil part? corners?

 

[spalco]

are there any live streams today?

It's on Eurosport starting from 14:30CET and I suppose on RAI also, so the answer is certainly a yes.

 

[search]

how is thart final downhil part? corners?

nope, no corners at all

Edit: but the roads are very narrow

Edit 2: and after having a second look at google maps, due to the narrow roads and bad sight the descent is far more difficult than I expected from looking at the map

 

[Zam_Olyas]

nope, no corners at all

Edit: but the roads are very narrow

Edit 2: and after having a second look at google maps, due to the narrow roads and bad sight the descent is far more difficult than I expected from looking at the map

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XsYqtVUk3w&feature=related

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

@ACF: silly boy. Why do you think I have Frank in my CQ team on another site? It's just funny to see him as classification leader in a race like trentino with so many big names. Besides, funny you come with that result when you know the end of that Tour

 

[jens_attacks]

if it's raining it will be a hell i guess on such steep ramps.the mechanics have a terrible hard job today with the gears,let's see how many of the riders will complain

acqua e sapone is using 34x28...6 km @15% pfff....

First break: Montaguti (A2R), Felline (And), Barta (Net), Vila (Utn), Frapporti (Ide). 1.43 at km 20

gotta say after i heard a felline interview,the way he talks made me a fan.

cloudy but it doesn't rain for now.

 

[jens_attacks]

rujano promises a big battle and hopes the weather will be fine

he saw the climb from the car.he will go with 36-28 or a 36-29

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?page=news&cod=48371&tp=n#

can't wait for the legend to attack when the road goes uphill.grande rujanoooo

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

any news about the weatjer?

 

[jens_attacks]

it doesn't rain.

another interesting fact,punta veleno is a real biitch

Dal km 2 al km 8 presenta un dislivello di 912 mt e una pendenza media del 15%. Più dello Zoncolan (2-8 km > 894 mt), del Mortirolo (3-9 km > 841 mt), dell'Angliru (6-12 km > 816 mt), del Mont Ventoux (7-13 > 575 mt), del Tourmalet (7-13 > 542 m), del Galibier (12-18 > 516 m), dell'Alpe d'Huez (1-7 > 522 mt) e del Puy de Dome (8-14 > 666 m).

so that 6 km ramp is harder than that of angliru,mortirolo and even zoncolan....sweet god.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

 

[Parrulo]

can't wait for this.

my boy domenico, coolest name ever btw, will climb like an angel today.

cunego's glory day is reserved for next sunday

 

[theyoungest]

can't wait for this.

my boy domenico, coolest name ever btw, will climb like an angel today.

cunego's glory day is reserved for next sunday

Didn't he change his name though? Oh wait, that was his last name. Originally it was Pile of Sh.t.

 

[Parrulo]

Didn't he change his name though? Oh wait, that was his last name. Originally it was Pile of Sh.t.

ya i think the change was for his surname.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

puzzovivo doesn't mean pile of ****, I think meant, I smell like ****

 

[theyoungest]

Yeah, I was just kidding, AFAIK "puzzo vivo" means "living stench".

 

[hrotha]

Haha, someone's ancestors weren't very popular in town.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

while we are waiting ..

dutch pm, i think.