March 20-24: Settimana Ciclista Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (2.1)

[nvpacchi]

Always one of my favorites

Race Website

Startlist

No live broadcasts, but delayed coverage starting at 19:00 CET on RAI Sport 2

Last year's top 10:

1. Emanuele Sella
2. Diego Ulissi
3. Stefano Pirazzi
4. Giovanni Visconti
5. Adriano Malori
6. Rory Sutherland
7. Gianni Meersman
8. Stefan Schumacher
9. Angel Vicosio
10.Domenico Pozzovivo

Last 5 editions:

2011- Emanuele Sella
2010- Ivan Santamoria
2009- Damiano Cunego
2008- Cadel Evans
2007- Michele Scarponi

Profiles:

Stage 1 (141km):

Stage 2a (100km):

Stage 2b (15km TTT):

 

[nvpacchi]

Stage 3 (151 km):

Stage 4 (159 km):

Stage 5 (14.3 km ITT):

 

[Ruudz0r]

Dont like it that there is a TT + a TTT they should not have done the TTT.

Gogo Ratto!

 

[nvpacchi]

Agreed. Though I do like this year's parcours.

It should also be noted that VINO RETURNS TO EUROPEAN SOIL!!!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I really like having both an itt and ttt, perfetc for giro

 

[Mellow Velo]

Great little stager. One of my favs, too.
Almost the complete parcour package.
Looking forward to Rai's coverage once again.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

will this be live then?

 

[will10]

Betancur and Garzelli to run riot here.


/jens attacks

 

[nvpacchi]

will this be live then?

Delayed coverage I believe. Starting at 1900

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

will be interesting to see where rujano will start his tirade of attacks in this race to entertain and train himself

 

[jens_attacks]

the startlist is insane,i'd call it even orgasmic
rujanito,sella,serpa,rubiano,vino,il killer,garzelli,JTL
oh it's showtime

 

[Mellow Velo]

will this be live then?

Never live, but always shown.

Delayed coverage I believe. Starting at 1900

Correct. Rai Sport 2. Repeated at 23-00 or there abouts. 50-55 minutes each evening.
Tough to fit all their cycling in, considering they are showing Dwars and E3 live, as well.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

No Sassuolo finish? Boo.

 

[Duartista]

Looking forward to this, especially as I recently discovered I can watch Rai Sport 2.

One disappointment - I had assumed Anacona would make his Lampre debut here, yet they only have 7 riders on the startlist.

 

[Kazistuta]

Ulissi to take the overall
Lampre to win the TTT
Androni to crazy attack almost every stage
Guardini to overcook in stage 2a
Ponzi to impress
JTL to NOT win a stage
A Liquigas youngster to surprise (Agostini, Moser or Ratto)
Battaglin to take a stage

- you heard it here first!!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Looking forward to this, especially as I recently discovered I can watch Rai Sport 2.

One disappointment - I had assumed Anacona would make his Lampre debut here, yet they only have 7 riders on the startlist.

anacona is still in colombia. he rode some races there. is he going to do the giro?

 

[Duartista]

anacona is still in colombia. he rode some races there. is he going to do the giro?

He was supposed to travel to Europe last week. Maybe he had visa issues. I don't know what his race programme is, but if he does a GT this year I would guess it would be the Vuelta rather than the Giro.

Lampre to win the TTT

Unlikely with only 7 riders.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

probably visa and I think he will do either giro or tour

 

[Kazistuta]

Unlikely with only 7 riders.

Ulissi & Malori alone should justify the "wild guess"... They were close last year, and though Androni might be favorite once more, the absence of Vicioso might be crucial. Balloni is missing from Lampre as well, but my pick stands

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

vicioso might be absent but rujano is a lot better this year in both shape and itt as he showed in langkawi itt. this race will indicate if he worked on it. because I didn't read anything about it and in recent years rujano has neglected his itt a lot.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I am still divided on who'll take this one: it could either Coppi or Bartoli

 

[Fus087]

I am still divided on who'll take this one: it could either Coppi or Bartoli

No offense, but the great champion that Gino Bartali was deserves to not have his name misspelt.

 

[taiwan]

Di Luca FTW.

 

[greenedge]

This will be a nice race. On your opinion could the stage 2a be won by a sprinter- it's short and there is 30km of no climbing.

I think one of these 3 shall win; SELLA Emanuele, RUJANO GUILLEN José and SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo.

JTL might finish top 5 but his team will suck in the TTT. Kessiakoff and Garzelli should also challenge ( no Betancur because of the DNF at M-SR ).

 

[taiwan]

Stage 1 (141km):

That's one of those profilles, isn't it? This is a stage for Guardini.