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

[jens_attacks]

acqua e sapone kerosening the clock...hmm maybe there still is a chance for di luca.i'd love that

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

acqua e sapone kerosening the clock...hmm maybe there still is a chance for di luca.i'd love that

he can't tt worth a damn anymore. It won't be pretty.

 

[jens_attacks]

yeah i'm just lying myself.plus these netapp boys are on fire,they will win the itt by far

 

[theyoungest]

Pretty poor intermediate time from Huzarski, almost as bad as Di Luca.

The biggest talent in cycling with a respectable time at the finish, only 30 odd seconds down.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

rujano does reasonable. a lot better than last yera in itt though

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

Bart a has smashed it. On course for the overall win?

 

[theyoungest]

Barta new best time, 5 secs faster than Malori. He'll win this (and the overall too, by the looks of it).

 

[FF'Wilco]

Barta won.
Top 20 gc:

1 112 CZE BARTA JAN APP TEAM NETAPP 14:00'21
2 115 POL HUZARSKI BARTOSZ APP TEAM NETAPP 14:00'34 13
3 22 ITA ULISSI DIEGO LAM LAMPRE - ISD 14:00'42 21
4 64 ITA GARZELLI STEFANO ASA ACQUA & SAPONE 14:00'47 26
5 67 ITA REDA FRANCESCO ASA ACQUA & SAPONE 14:00'50 29
6 147 GER VOSS PAUL EDR ENDURA RACING 14:00'51 30
7 14 ITA MOSER MORENO LIQ LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE 14:00'55 34
8 3 COL SERPA PEREZ JOSE RODOLFO AND ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI VENEZUELA 14:01'00 39
9 2 VEN RUJANO GUILLEN JOSÉ AND ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI VENEZUELA 14:01'08 47
10 65 ITA DI LUCA DANILO ASA ACQUA & SAPONE 14:01'12 51
11 51 ITA POZZOVIVO DOMENICO COG COLNAGO - CSF INOX 14:01'25 1'04
12 13 ITA CARUSO DAMIANO LIQ LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE 14:01'40 1'19
13 6 COL RUBIANO CHAVEZ MIGUEL ANGEL AND ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI VENEZUELA 14:01'41 1'20
14 53 ITA BRAMBILLA GIANLUCA COG COLNAGO - CSF INOX 14:01'50 1'29
15 92 BEL SERRY PIETER TSV TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR 14:02'02 1'41
16 191 SLO NOSE TOMAZ ADR ADRIA MOBIL 14:02'04 1'43
17 197 CRO DURASEK KRISTIJAN ADR ADRIA MOBIL 14:02'05 1'44
18 46 ITA FAILLI FRANCESCO FAR FARNESE VINI SELLE ITALIA 14:02'05 1'44
19 124 AHO DE MAAR MARC UHC UNITEDHEALTHCARE PRO CYCLING TEAM 14:02'07 1'46
20 4 ITA FELLINE FABIO AND ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI VENEZUELA 14:02'27 2'06

 

[jens_attacks]

not a balanced route but congrats to netapp though
fine job

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

Overall GC:
1) Barta
2) Huszarski @ 13s
3) Ulissi @ 21s
4) Garzelli @ 26s
5) Reda @ 29s
6) Voss @ 30s

 

[JRanton]

Amazing result for NetApp. Acquarone will have a smug grin on his face.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Amazing result for NetApp. Acquarone will have a smug grin on his face.

that grin will disapear as soon as the giro is done though.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Wow, Moser! Impressive!

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Wow, Moser! Impressive!

Hugo, come over to la maglia verde-blu ..there are good youngsters.

 

[pastronef]

Amazing result for NetApp. Acquarone will have a smug grin on his face.

yes, so he was not so wrong. even if the Giro is another kind of thing compared to Settimana Coppi e Bartali

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

the giro won;t be decided in itt and ttt. besides against wt teams netapp won't win any of that either.

 

[theyoungest]

the giro won;t be decided in itt and ttt. besides against wt teams netapp won't win any of that either.

No one says they will win the Giro. There were questions whether they had the level to compete in the Giro at all, it now seems that maybe they do.

Of course we won't see Huzarski comfortably in the front group there, with Rujano struggling to keep up.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

nor will yous ee any of them in the first 25 of giro climbs, nor in sprints, nor in timetrial. so what's the point of them being in? guys like garzelli, betancourt, di luca are missed a lot more

 

[Zam_Olyas]

No one says they will win the Giro. There were questions whether they had the level to compete in the Giro at all, it now seems that maybe they do.

Of course we won't see Huzarski comfortably in the front group there, with Rujano struggling to keep up.

Nice left hook ..well done,sir.

 

[jens_attacks]

don't be so sure...
konig will come under the radar and he might make the top 5,that's my little prediction...

 

[togo95]

don't be so sure...
konig will come under the radar and he might make the top 5,that's my little prediction...

That's a big call. I hope the injury won't affect his preparation in a negative way.

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

nor will yous ee any of them in the first 25 of giro climbs, nor in sprints, nor in timetrial. so what's the point of them being in? guys like garzelli, betancourt, di luca are missed a lot more

I'd much rather see them than Di Luca. In fact, I'd have been happy of they'd picked a bunch of kids who'd never ridden a bike before than him

Anyway, since when has the main catagory for deciding who gets a widlcard been whether they'll be in the first 25 on a mountain stage? I'd rather have a team who livens up the sprint stages than the mountain ones as there's loads who can do that.

 

[Michele]

Francesco Reda (Acqua&Sapone) would have probably won as he had the best time at the intermediate point and and he mistook the last turn by losing more than the 13" he got from Barta at the end.

 

[will10]

I'd much rather see them than Di Luca. In fact, I'd have been happy of they'd picked a bunch of kids who'd never ridden a bike before than him

Anyway, since when has the main catagory for deciding who gets a widlcard been whether they'll be in the first 25 on a mountain stage? I'd rather have a team who livens up the sprint stages than the mountain ones as there's loads who can do that.

Well NetApp won't be livening up any terrain so I wouldn't worry.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

video ITT Tappa5

Part 1/3 http://youtu.be/1pJ6vCSzsHk

Part 2/3 http://youtu.be/C999oTRkEuY

Part 3/3 http://youtu.be/P_6zco9YLiA

That's all folks