Select Giro 11th-20th place

[crosstrain]

Excluding Top Ten Favorites already mentioned in the polls, who will place 11-20 in GC Standings?

 

[krebs303]

Standings at:
end of race?
1 year after?
2 years after?

it seems the final standings are not so final anymore.

 

[metaCYCLE]

i think a 5 year margin is ok (i really think that even Balberde will not pass that limit...).
so:

11-20
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
Paolo Tiralongo
Rigoberto Uran
Xavier Tondo
Christian Vandevelde
Mirco Lorenzetto
Matteo Tosatto
Koos Moerenhout
Bradley Wiggins
Mikhail Ignatiev

 

[Moondance]

11. Xavier Tondo
12. Mazio Bruseghin
13. Jose Serpa
14. Sylvester Szmyd
15. Linus Gerdemann
16. John Gadret
17. Domenico Pozzovivo
18. Bauke Mollema
19. Dan Martin
20. Rigoberto Uran

 

[Moondance]

i think a 5 year margin is ok (i really think that even Balberde will not pass that limit...).
so:

11-20
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
Paolo Tiralongo
Rigoberto Uran
Xavier Tondo
Christian Vandevelde
Mirco Lorenzetto
Matteo Tosatto
Koos Moerenhout
Bradley Wiggins
Mikhail Ignatiev

If Lorenzetto Top-20s I think my head might explode.

Also Moerenhout is out.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

...and Tosatto, around the 100 mark is more likely, if he finishes.

 

[Delicato]

If Lorenzetto Top-20s I think my head might explode.

Also Moerenhout is out.

Same for Ignatiev

 

[jaylew]

D Moreno
Bruseghin/Arroyo (whichever doesn't squeeze into top 10)
Scarponi
Ja Rodriguez
F Masciarelli
Serpa
Simoni
Vandevelde
Gadret
Gerdemann

 

[auscyclefan94]

Moncoutie
Karpets
Szymd
Bono
pozzovivo
Simoni
Moreno
Lloyd
Gerdemann
Cuesta

 

[Inner Peace]

I'm willing to throw in Richie Porte for a top 15 (top 10 bit far off yet)

(this is not a band wagon vote - i've followed this guy for a while now)

 

[metaCYCLE]

If Lorenzetto Top-20s I think my head might explode.

Also Moerenhout is out.

hehehe agreed. i felt the need for a looooooooooong shot in that list.

 

[crosstrain]

Gadret, Mollema, Monfort, or Gasparotto

Which one has the best chance of cracking the top 20?

 

[Moondance]

Which one has the best chance of cracking the top 20?

From the ones you mention i'd say:

Gasparotto: No chance... Given his form so far I'll wager that he gets a stage, but Top 20.... No. He's just not a climber.

Monfort: Isn't riding... So I guess his chances are very small. If he was racing I'd say he'd be a pretty sure thing to Top-20 though. Good TT and can climb well.

Gadret: If he manages to hold the form he had in Romandie I'd say he's a likely Top-15... Probably closing in on the 10th spot or so. So his chances are good.

Mollema: Meh.... 50-50 I guess. Kid's got talent and is a natural climber, but has never ridden a race of this difficulty before... Therefore I imagine he will probably struggle on the longer stages. Also doesn't have a good TT. If he hits a rich vein of form he can do it, comfortably probably, but if he doesn't he'll get shelled badly on the longer multi-peak mountain stages.

So my money's on Gadret.

 

[*G*K*S*]

I'm willing to throw in Richie Porte for a top 15 (top 10 bit far off yet)

(this is not a band wagon vote - i've followed this guy for a while now)

That would make a great Giro story.