Giro del Trentino 2012

[Ryo Hazuki]

I honestly agree with theyoungest on this, from the few pics we got of Basso it didn't look like he was struggling with the climb like he was supposed to be doing due to the % but was instead just cruising along getting some racing miles into his legs.

for the 100th time. basso always looks like that. he never seems to suffer and always smiles. it means nothing.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Last year he was good until the last week and then even had to fight to hold of Kruijswijk for white for crying out loud.

This also has to do with age ofcourse. He's only turning 26 this year. Not exactly everyone is a podium GT contender at that age. I think he will do better year by year.

 

[karlboss]

they will do the whole stage today, snow is no problem, it has just been confirmed:

"arrivo su un imbiancato Passo Pordoi (strada in perfette condizioni)"

best news of the day

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I do not uderstand why can somebody have doubts about RK will reach Giro´s top 10,this guy will we extremely dangerous this year,very good actual form(still not at his best) and very good team support.Being not on the Giro´s podium will be very big surprise...

Some people don´t realize how good performance he did yesterday, only couple very light „flies“ such as - Pozzovivo 53kg,Szmyd 59kg,Rujano 48kg,Cunego 58kg were in front him during this madly sharp hill,for the 66kg heavy Roman it´s excellent result and time deficit…He just doesn´t like those sharps ones like yesterday or Zoncolan,on the long hills he will be hardly beaten by anyone…

wait doesn't matter per se. it's how you are build. kreuziger is 183 and 66 kg. that is like the same as pozzovivo with 164 and 52. kreuziger is heavier so also has more power than the lightweights. maybe not per kg weight but overall more powerful because he is heavier. in the end kreuziger is overrated and hasn't improved in years not to mention how pathetic his timetrial has become.

to give you an idea he finishes 30 seconds ahead of serpa. who is 175 and also 66 kg and huzarski who is 183 and 69 kg. especially serpa is thus far more impressive than kreuziger by your logic

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Last year he was good until the last week and then even had to fight to hold of Kruijswijk for white for crying out loud.

This also has to do with age ofcourse. He's only turning 26 this year. Not exactly everyone is a podium GT contender at that age. I think he will do better year by year.

no you don't you've said a zillion times that kreuziger is at ealry physical peak and doesn't improve much anymore. you change with the wind all the time

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Last year he was good until the last week and then even had to fight to hold of Kruijswijk for white for crying out loud.

This also has to do with age ofcourse. He's only turning 26 this year. Not exactly everyone is a podium GT contender at that age. I think he will do better year by year.

Agree, he will improve. Also the number of "great" GC contenders below the age of 30 seems rather limited at this point.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

no you don't you've said a zillion times that kreuziger is at ealry physical peak and doesn't improve much anymore. you change with the wind all the time

yeah but since then he actually did get better last year

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

yeah but since then he actually did get better last year

where and how?

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Lloyd DNS today, wonder if he can feel the crash from the TTT? Would be nice to see him in the giro.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

he will be out of giro for sure now

 

[TeoSheva]

Passo Pordoi completely white but the roads are fine! so, if the weather doesn't change, the stage is confirmed!

 

[jens_attacks]

Passo Pordoi completely white but the roads are fine! so, if the weather doesn't change, the stage is confirmed!

great news...now the bad news is that i'm probably gonna miss it....i hope rujano tests himself again.

 

[spalco]

Let's hope they take it a little easier in the beginning of the stage today, so ES doesn't check in too late again.

 

[Martina]

Some feed is on twitter, in Italian only:
https://twitter.com/#!/girodeltrentino
last from about 30min into race:
Molto movimento in testa al gruppo, ma nessuno riesce a mettere margine fra sè e il gruppo
/ A lot of movement in the lead, but nobody can make the margin between himself and the group

Edit: the same on racepage in double-language version:
http://www.girodeltrentino.com/EN/

 

[spalco]

^^
Actually it appears they post all their messages in both English and Italian, they did yesterday anyway.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

first hour 50.5 km/h!! eurosport will be late again

 

[jens_attacks]

jezuz..........

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Speed is ridiculously fast again, so far.

 

[Havetts]

Im afraid I'll have to miss this stage if it goes this fast..

 

[karlboss]

Im afraid I'll have to miss this stage if it goes this fast..

everyone will

 

[barmaher]

I agree with whoever said Szmyd should lead the Liquigas Giro squad.

Szmyd Giro
Nibali Tour
Basso Vuelta if he is up for it. He looks well underdone now.

 

[spalco]

I'm not convinced Szmyd has what it takes to be a GC captain, but he should get his chance to prove me wrong.

 

[gilbertador]

I fully agree that hes unconvincing over 3 weeks, Szmyd has had a 23rd in the Giro and a 17th in the Vuelta as best results, i know he is a support rider but that is still quite poor i doubt he actually has the consistency, he could prove me wrong. However i think Basso will come good, realistically Liquigas need to podium the Giro as a major Italian team and there only options for that is Nibali and Basso, Szmyd should be given a free reign however if it becomes apparent that Basso is in shape or Nibali is there he should go back to domestiquing straight away.

Plenty of respect for him though, to beat Cunego and only drop 23 seconds to a superb Pozzovivo is an awesome performance

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Break has finally gone

Vandborg and Hollenstein have over 6 mins

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I fully agree that hes unconvincing over 3 weeks, Szmyd has had a 23rd in the Giro and a 17th in the Vuelta as best results, i know he is a support rider but that is still quite poor i doubt he actually has the consistency, he could prove me wrong. However i think Basso will come good, realistically Liquigas need to podium the Giro as a major Italian team and there only options for that is Nibali and Basso, Szmyd should be given a free reign however if it becomes apparent that Basso is in shape or Nibali is there he should go back to domestiquing straight away.

Plenty of respect for him though, to beat Cunego and only drop 23 seconds to a superb Pozzovivo is an awesome performance

this must be the stupidest post of the day

he is btw one of the most consistant riders out there