Italian Autumn Races 2017

[Jungle Cycle]

ProCyclingStats has Sunweb conferned to Lombardia. Are they ok with Barguil or will he have a ˜total freedom˜ from the team??

 

[Jagartrott]

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So favorites in Lombardia for me are:
Nibali, Pinot, Alaphilippe, D. Martin, Uran.

Pretty difficult to gauge Martin's form. He has hardly raced since July and never for the win.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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ProCyclingStats has Sunweb conferned to Lombardia. Are they ok with Barguil or will he have a ˜total freedom˜ from the team??

Barguil has a co-leader role in all races. So yeah he is free to do as he pleases.

By the looks of Oomen, Kelderman and Dumoulin are also free to do as they please. Whoever has best legs.
For the moment, Oomen seemed strongest.

 

[Forever The Best]

Wow, Nibali looks really strong. Unfortunately I couldn't watch Emilia due to illness. I couldn't watch Tre Valli Varesine either but that was because the electric was gone for almost an hour. Then I didn't have much time to watch them later.

 

[fauniera]

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26/09 Giro di Toscana I
27/09 Giro di Toscana II
28/10 Coppa Sabatini
30/10 Giro dell´Emilia
01/10 G.P. Beghelli
03/10 Tre Valli Varesine
05/10 Milano-Torino
07/10 Giro di Lombardia

Giro di Lombardia should have its own thread, i think.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Milano-Torino tomorrow. I'm excited to see Alaphilippe in action here.

 

[fauniera]

Milano - Torino (1.HC)
05.10.2017
186 km

 

[Red Rick]

Nibali for the win #whenlilbrosgrowup

 

[Laplaz]

Uran or Pinot will win this tomorrow.

 

[Alexandre B.]

If I remember correctly, I was angry at Uran because he was easily following Bardet without relying him.

Truth be told, Woods was ahead with Lopez but his eventual defeat was inevitable, and Uran was the best of the rest just behind.

 

[DBotero]

Wout FTW!

 

[liamito]

Re:

Nibali for the win #whenlilbrosgrowup

DNS

 

[Blanco]

Re: Re:

Nibali and Pinot in top form for Lombardia. The others are meh...

Nibali
Pinot
Dan Martin

Those are my favourites

Remember Dan Martin knows how ot win this race

Considering the race route has changed dramatically since then, the last statement is irrelevant.

Martin has visibly improved his climbing skills since then as well. But yeah, it's a bit like saying Zabel knows how to win the Amstel Gold Race 10 years ago.

Martin should obviously be considered one of the favourites, but regardless of whether he has won it or not with an attack on the flat after the climb to Bergamo Alta from a group of 10, because that bears no relevance to Sunday's race.

Martin's form is a big question mark.

 

[staubsauger]

Astana fields a damn strong team for M-T. Lopez, Aru & Fuglsang if true!

 

[RedheadDane]

Quintana FTW!











Dayer

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Nibali for the win #whenlilbrosgrowup

DNS

BAHRAIN - MERIDA

31 VISCONTI Giovanni Italy
32 BOARO Manuele Italy
33 BONIFAZIO Niccolo Italy
34 BRAJKOVIC Janez Slovenia
35 GASPAROTTO Enrico Italy
36 NIBALI Antonio Italy
37 NOVAK Domen Slovenia
38 PIBERNIK Luka Slovenia

 

[Jagartrott]

I'd say the last climb is too long for Alaphilippe compared to more natural climbers, but who knows.

 

[liamito]

Re: Re:

Nibali for the win #whenlilbrosgrowup

DNS

BAHRAIN - MERIDA

31 VISCONTI Giovanni Italy
32 BOARO Manuele Italy
33 BONIFAZIO Niccolo Italy
34 BRAJKOVIC Janez Slovenia
35 GASPAROTTO Enrico Italy
36 NIBALI Antonio Italy
37 NOVAK Domen Slovenia
38 PIBERNIK Luka Slovenia

Right, forgot about him.

 

[staubsauger]

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I'd say the last climb is too long for Alaphilippe compared to more natural climbers, but who knows.

Leclercq always says with the shape you top 10 Milano-San Remo you gonna win every race in fall. That might be a massive advantage for Alafpolak who's on his absolute season peak by now.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re: Re:

Nibali for the win #whenlilbrosgrowup

DNS

BAHRAIN - MERIDA

31 VISCONTI Giovanni Italy
32 BOARO Manuele Italy
33 BONIFAZIO Niccolo Italy
34 BRAJKOVIC Janez Slovenia
35 GASPAROTTO Enrico Italy
36 NIBALI Antonio Italy
37 NOVAK Domen Slovenia
38 PIBERNIK Luka Slovenia

If A. Nibali wins thursday I will go naked through the streets of Como on saturday when they arrive there

 

[fauniera]

Milano – Torino

Astana Pro Team
1 ARU Fabio
2 BILBAO Pello
3 CATALDO Dario
4 FUGLSANG Jakob
5 GRIVKO Andrei
6 LAUK Patrick
7 SANCHEZ Luis Leon
8 ZEITS Andrey

AG2R La Mondiale
11 VUILLERMOZ Alexis
12 BIDARD François
13 CHÉREL Mickaël
14 CHEVRIER Clément
15 DUPONT Hubert
16 GENIEZ Alexandre
17 LATOUR Pierre
18 PETERS Nans

Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia
21 BERNAL Egan Arley
22 BALLERINI Davide
23 FRAPPORTI Mattia
24 MASNADA Fausto
25 RIVERA Kevin
26 SOSA Ivan
27 SPREAFICO Matteo
28 TORRES Rodolfo Andres

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
31 VISCONTI Giovanni
32 BOARO Manuele
33 BONIFAZIO Niccolo
34 BRAJKOVIČ Janez
35 GASPAROTTO Enrico
36 NIBALI Antonio
37 NOVAK Domen
38 PIBERNIK Luka

Bardiani – CSF
41 ANDREETTA Simone
42 ORSINI Umberto
43 CICCONE Giulio
44 ROTA Lorenzo
45 STERBINI Simone
46 TONELLI Alessandro
47 VELASCO Simone
48 ZARDINI Edoardo

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
51 URAN Rigoberto
52 CANTY Brendan
53 CARTHY Hugh
54 CRADDOCK Lawson
55 FORMOLO Davide
56 LANGEVELD Sebastian
57 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte
58 VANMARCKE Sep

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
61 BAGOT Yoann
62 BONNAFOND Guillaume
63 EDET Nicolas
64 LE TURNIER Matthias
65 MATÉ Luis Ángel
66 PEREZ Anthony
67 ROSSETTO Stephane
68 SIMON Julien

FDJ
71 PINOT Thibaut
72 GAUDU David
73 MAISON Jérémy
74 MOLARD Rudy
75 MORABITO Steve
76 LADAGNOUS Mattheu
77 ROUX Anthony
78 ROY Jérémy

Movistar Team
81 QUINTANA Nairo
82 ANACONA Winner
83 SOLER Marc
84 CARRETERO Hector
85 DE LA PARTE VICTOR
86 DOWSETT Alex
87 HERRADA José
88 QUINTANA Dayer

Nippo – Vini Fantini
91 CUNEGO Damiano
92 BAGIOLI Nicola
93 BERLATO Giacomo
94 BISOLTI Alessandro
95 CANOLA Marco
96 DE NEGRI Pier Paolo
97 KOBAYASHI Marino
98 SANTAROMITA Ivan

ORICA-Scott
101 HOWSON Damien
102 HAIG Jack
103 JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
104 KEUKELEIRE Jens
105 KREUZIGER Roman
106 PLAZA Rubén
107 POWER Robert
108 YATES Adam

Quick-Step Floors
111 ALAPHILIPPE Julian
112 BRAMBILLA Gianluca
113 MARTINELLI Davide
114 DE PLUS Laurens
115 DEVENYNS Dries
116 GILBERT Philippe
117 JUNGELS Bob
118 MARTIN Daniel

Team Katusha – Alpecin
121 BELKOV Maxim
122 GONÇALVES José
123 KIŠERLOVSKI Robert
124 LAMMERTINK Maurits
125 LOSADA Alberto
126 RESTREPO Jhonatan
127 TAARAMÄE Rein
128 VICIOSO Ángel

Team LottoNL-Jumbo
131 KRUIJSWIJK Steven
132 BATTAGLIN Enrico
133 BOUWMAN Koen
134 CLEMENT Stef
135 OLIVIER Daan
136 ROGLIC Primoz
137 DE TIER Floris
138 TOLHOEK Antwan

Team Sky
141 ROSA Diego
142 HENAO Sergio Luis
143 KWIATKOWSKI Michal
144 LANDA Mikel
145 MOSCON Gianni
146 POELS Wout
147 NIEVE Mikel
148 ELISSONDE Kenny

Team Sunweb
151 DUMOULIN Tom
152 BARGUIL Warren
153 GESCHKE Simon
154 HAMILTON Chris
155 HOFSTEDE Lennard
156 KELDERMAN Wilco
157 OOMEN Sam
158 TEN DAM Laurens

Trek – Segafredo
161 ALAFACI Eugenio
162 BEPPU Fumiyuki
163 COLEDAN Marco
164 DANIEL Gregory
165 STETINA Peter
166 MOLLEMA Bauke
167 RAST Gregory
168 REIJNEN Kiel

UAE Team Emirates
171 ATAPUMA John Darwin
172 BONO Matteo
173 CONSONNI Simone
174 GANNA Filippo
175 LAENGEN Vegard Stake
176 MORI Manuele
177 POLANC Jan
178 TROIA Oliviero

Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
181 BUSATO Matteo
182 FLOREZ Miguel Eduardo
183 GODOY Yonder
184 KOSHEVOY Ilia
185 MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe
186 MOSCA Jacopo
187 RODRÍGUEZ Cristian
188 TURRIN Alex

http://cyclingpro.net/spaziociclismo/startlist/milano-torino-2017-la-startlist-definitiva/

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

Martin's form is a big question mark.

Agreed. In top form, Martin should be perhaps the very top favourite. He's the number 2 puncheur in the world, as well as being an excellent climber, and the number 1 isn't riding. But Lombardia is different from the Ardennes in that top form is not the norm across the field. And Martin has shown relatively little since breaking his back.

 

[shalgo]

So I guess Woods ended his season after the Vuelta? Understandable, but it still would have been nice to see him in some of these Italian races, as they suit him very well.

 

[Gigs_98]

Sunweb's team is pretty incredible for such a "small" race. Dumoulin, Kelderman, Barguil and Oomen all on the start list

 

[HelloDolly]

When I said Martin knows how to win Lombardia ...I didnt mean the parcours...which is neither here nor there as he can win on most hilly terraine.. .I mean he knows how to target form for this race

He was in the top group at the Worlds even though he had not ridden in a while ...so I would say he will be up there at Lombardia and has a great finish