Giro Di Sardegna 22nd to 26th Feb

[Ryo Hazuki]

1 Franco Pellizotti- Divorced
2 Emanuele Sella - Beheaded
3 Gilberto Simoni - Died
4 Alberto Contador - Divorced
5 Riccardo Ricco - Beheaded
6 Jose Rujano Guillen - Survived

few weeks later he did this in switzerland and he was in bad shape that whole year:
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.00.22.82 (24,848 km/h)
2 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 0.15.73
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.17.25
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.53.29
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.26.20
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.34.96
7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.48.46
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.08.06
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.19.53
10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2.49.74

he also did pretty ok in tour of germany that year where he finished 6th in final gc
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 4.42.54 (37.75 km/h)
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 0.16
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.50
5 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 1.13
8 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
9 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
10 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
11 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47
12 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
13 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef 1.58
14 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
15 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef 2.31


this was 2008, he returned to venezuela for an increidble amount of money to ride for gobernacion del zulia and truly changed his ways there. 2009 was the best rujano I've ever seen. 2010 started well but when isd didn't get invited for giro rujano soon left uninspired but returned strong in colombia only to face sergio luis henao...

 

[taiwan]

Er,

Cunego in a break with six and a half minutes? How did that happen? unless I'm totally misunderstanding the Italian ticker, he's out there with a Spidertech guy and a neo-pro from Katusha. It could be very difficult to hold off the Liqui boys until the end.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Quarta tappa

Day 4

km127 Arguelyes (again!) & Mc Carty at 2min 40 from the main group

http://www.ilgirodisardegna.it/frontend/ilgirodisardegna/ilgiro_liverace.aspx?idrace=1&idtappa=4

 

[sublimit]

I wonder what happened to the Ora Hotel team. Most of their team went home during the race!

Nice to see Ed Clancy road racing - Does he have any potential?

A lot of untapped potential i reckon, He's got the track ability and raw speed, it depends if he wants to stay on the track with the depleted endurance events or have a proper go at road racing.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

25 km to go The gap down to 1'13"

 

[jaylew]

Day 4

km127 Arguelyes (again!) & Mc Carty at 2min 40 from the main group

http://www.ilgirodisardegna.it/frontend/ilgirodisardegna/ilgiro_liverace.aspx?idrace=1&idtappa=4

McCarty, nice! He's been living in Austin and often turns up at the local races and rides. I've actually raced with him in the weekly crit series.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

21km left - Arguelyes & Mc Carty at 46 secs ...

Soon a bunch sprint in downtown Oristano - where they'll have La Sartiglia man on horse competition during Carnival

 

[Jamsque]

Sagan AGAIN what the eff the guy just cannot STOP

 

[boomcie]

What a beast. I hope he'll get some competition soon.

 

[roundabout]

Wow, and i thought that the finish was too flat for him.

 

[Jamsque]

Wow, and i thought that the finish was too flat for him.

Same, when it was down to 2km to go I was thinking 'Surely Sagan has no chance in a mass sprint'.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Wot no ale-jet?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It's the Slovakian Valverde... jesus christ the guy just keeps winning

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

1) Peter Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale)
2) Manuel Belletti (Colnago Csf Inox)
3) Roberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli)
4) Francesco Masciarelli (Astana)
5) Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre Isd)
6) Alexander Porsev (Katusha Team)
7) Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas Cannondale)
8) Luca Fioretti (Ora Hotels Carrera)
9) Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone)
10) Thomas Geraint (Great Britain)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Man, he wins regular mass sprints now. There is no end to his awesomeness. Next thing he is going to dominate are time trials and mountain stages

 

[Martin]

ok, i knew he is talented, but wtf???

 

[Jamsque]

Well it's not the deepest field of sprinting talent, and I expect he got a good lead-out from his very strong Liquigas squad, but still, what the hell!

 

[hrotha]

1) Peter Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale)
2) Manuel Belletti (Colnago Csf Inox)
3) Roberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli)
4) Francesco Masciarelli (Astana)
5) Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre Isd)
6) Alexander Porsev (Katusha Team)
7) Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas Cannondale)
8) Luca Fioretti (Ora Hotels Carrera)
9) Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone)
10) Thomas Geraint (Great Britain)

I was thinking "Maybe some sprinters were dropped or there were gaps and it was a chaotic sprint". And yet, look at that. All them sprinters in there.

 

[roundabout]

I suppose Masciarelli in 4th is also a bit of a surprise, but 4th is not 1st.

 

[ingsve]

No. surprise at all really. We already knew from last year that Sagan was very fast and in that race I don't see anyone except Ale-Jet that could possibly beat him consistently. It's only like the top 5-6 sprinters in the world that are consistently faster than Sagan I think and perhaps a few more that can at times beat him.

 

[sublimit]

Nice to see Thomas Geraint getting up there, His season has been slightly disrupted up till now with the track.

 

[boomcie]

No. surprise at all really. We already knew from last year that Sagan was very fast and in that race I don't see anyone except Ale-Jet that could possibly beat him consistently. It's only like the top 5-6 sprinters in the world that are consistently faster than Sagan I think and perhaps a few more that can at times beat him.

I also had him written down. Don't see how he could not have been top 3 for today.

 

[The Hitch]

Sigh, not again

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Well it's not the deepest field of sprinting talent, and I expect he got a good lead-out from his very strong Liquigas squad, but still, what the hell!

A field with Petacchi always counts.

Then again, the 4th place by Masciarelli does question if the finish was entirely flat.

 

[jens_attacks]

prediction for tomorrow?