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Select Giro 11th-20th place

Apr 26, 2010
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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
 
metaCYCLE said:
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.
 
Jan 30, 2010
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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)
 
crosstrain said:
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.
 
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Inner Peace said:
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.
 

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