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

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The time is taken on the second riders across the finish line. That's as much as I know.

Is this first time we have TTTT? Never heard of it before.

 

[TeoSheva]

but for the GC, the whole team will get the same time of the slower group in the TTTT?

 

[SafeBet]

but for the GC, the whole team will get the same time of the slower group in the TTTT?

Yeah that's interesting. Or the average time between the two groups?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

but for the GC, the whole team will get the same time of the slower group in the TTTT?

don't think so. Just view them as two separate "teams" within the team.

(I am guessing)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 1 update:

27km to go, gap 3:18

Alessandro Mazzi still going strong.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 1a result:

1° Fabio Felline (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) 99,5 km in 2h22'15"
2° Mattia Gavazzi (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) a 1"
3° Alessandro Bazzana (Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling)
4° Filippo Baggio (Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest)
5° Thomas Sprengers (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
6° Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team)
7° Kiel Reijnen (Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling)
8° Bartolomieij Martysiak (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
9° Marco Zamparella (Utensilnord Ora24.eu)
10° Sergey Shilov (Lokosphinx)

edit: expanded to top 10

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Nice tactics from Androni. Felline attacked in the last kilometre.

Start order for the (T)TTT - http://goo.gl/H3384

 

[SafeBet]

Stage 1a result:

1° Fabio Felline (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) 99,5 km in 2h22'15"
2° Mattia Gavazzi (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) a 1"
3° Alessandro Bazzana (Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling)
4° Filippo Baggio (Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest)
5° Thomas Sprengers (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
6° Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team)
7° Kiel Reijnen (Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling)
8° Bartolomieij Martysiak (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
9° Marco Zamparella (Utensilnord Ora24.eu)
10° Sergey Shilov (Lokosphinx)

edit: expanded to top 10

Very happy for Felline and yep excellent tactics by Androni.
Looking forward this TTTT.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Yeah, Felline! I really hope he has a good season. Great rider.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nice tactics from Androni. Felline attacked in the last kilometre.

Start order for the (T)TTT - http://goo.gl/H3384

Thanks.

Perhaps Lampre's A team will take this.

 

[Kazistuta]

Not perhaps... it's a given Maybe a small contest from Adria Mobil and the two Katusha teams.

Ulissi will take the overall, Kessiakoff, Rogina and perhaps Barta will be contenders. I think the time trials will decide the overall, despite the fact that many decent climbers/puncheurs line up.

Full results from first stage:
http://www.gsemilia.it/gare/coppibartali/2013/pdf/cb2013_arrivo_1_1.pdf

Most prominent names out of contention now: Duarte, Wackermann (and Moser)

 

[Big Gear]

Astana A should win this. Unless Kessiakoff has hay fever...

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Cannondale B fastest so far.

Ticker - http://www.gsemilia.it/

 

[SafeBet]

Cannondale B still leading.
Netapp A 3 seconds behind, then Astana A at 6.

 

[SafeBet]

Katusha A takes the lead. 5 seconds better than Cannondale.

 

[SafeBet]

Lampre A with the 4th best time, 11 seconds behind.
Katusha A should nail this.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Damn saw the result and thought not a bad result for Duarte, but then I saw he lost 4 minutes in stage 1A :S

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 1b result:

1° KATUSHA A (Belkov, Chernetski, Porsev, Vorobyev) 13,15
2° CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING B (Basso, Caruso, Moser, Longo Borghini) 13,20
3° TEAM NETAPP ENDURA A(Barta, Camano, Huzarsky, Pimenta) 13,23
4° LAMPRE MERIDA A (Malori, Ulissi, Cunego, Pietropolli) 13,26
5° LOKOSPHINX A (Arguleyes, Sokolov, Shilov, Shpilevsky) 13,26
6° RUSVELO A (Firsanov, Solomennikov, Zakarin, Ovechkin) 13,32
7° ASTANA A (Huffman, Kangert, Kessiakoff) 13,36
8° ASC DUKLA PRAHA A (Blaha, Hochmann, Kadlec, Kankovsky) 13,37
9° VINI FANTINI-SELLE ITALIA B (Garzelli, Rabottini, Santambrogio, Taborre) 13,38
10° CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE A (Rebellin, Morajko, Rutkiewicz, Taciak) 13,41

Should set the stage for some exciting racing moving forward.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC after 1b (just for completion):

1 Maxim BELKOV RUS KAT 2:35:43
2 Sergei CHERNETSKI RUS KAT +2
3 Damiano CARUSO ITA CAN +5
4 Ivan BASSO ITA CAN +5
5 Moreno MOSER ITA CAN +5
6 Paolo LONGO BORGHINI ITA CAN +6
7 Jan BARTA CZE TNE +8
8 Bartosz HUZARSKI POL TNE +8
9 Sergey SHILOV RUS LOK +11
10 Damiano CUNEGO ITA LAM +11

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 2 profile reminder:

There will be action and not just the last 1 km.

 

[Jancouver]

Stage 1b result:

1° KATUSHA A (Belkov, Chernetski, Porsev, Vorobyev) 13,15
2° CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING B (Basso, Caruso, Moser, Longo Borghini) 13,20
3° TEAM NETAPP ENDURA A(Barta, Camano, Huzarsky, Pimenta) 13,23
4° LAMPRE MERIDA A (Malori, Ulissi, Cunego, Pietropolli) 13,26
5° LOKOSPHINX A (Arguleyes, Sokolov, Shilov, Shpilevsky) 13,26
6° RUSVELO A (Firsanov, Solomennikov, Zakarin, Ovechkin) 13,32
7° ASTANA A (Huffman, Kangert, Kessiakoff) 13,36
8° ASC DUKLA PRAHA A (Blaha, Hochmann, Kadlec, Kankovsky) 13,37
9° VINI FANTINI-SELLE ITALIA B (Garzelli, Rabottini, Santambrogio, Taborre) 13,38
10° CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE A (Rebellin, Morajko, Rutkiewicz, Taciak) 13,41

Should set the stage for some exciting racing moving forward.

Eastern block took over this race. 7 teams from eastern block in top 10. Yes, I do count NetApp as eastern block as Barta and Huzarsky are from the east.

Its pretty much Eastern Europe VS Italy. So far the score is 7:3

 

[Gloin22]

Katusha future superstarts doing well here. Wondering how Vorobyev & Chernetski will develop.

 

[Afrank]

Stage 1b result:

1° KATUSHA A (Belkov, Chernetski, Porsev, Vorobyev) 13,15
2° CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING B (Basso, Caruso, Moser, Longo Borghini) 13,20
3° TEAM NETAPP ENDURA A(Barta, Camano, Huzarsky, Pimenta) 13,23
4° LAMPRE MERIDA A (Malori, Ulissi, Cunego, Pietropolli) 13,26
5° LOKOSPHINX A (Arguleyes, Sokolov, Shilov, Shpilevsky) 13,26
6° RUSVELO A (Firsanov, Solomennikov, Zakarin, Ovechkin) 13,32
7° ASTANA A (Huffman, Kangert, Kessiakoff) 13,36
8° ASC DUKLA PRAHA A (Blaha, Hochmann, Kadlec, Kankovsky) 13,37
9° VINI FANTINI-SELLE ITALIA B (Garzelli, Rabottini, Santambrogio, Taborre) 13,38
10° CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE A (Rebellin, Morajko, Rutkiewicz, Taciak) 13,41

Should set the stage for some exciting racing moving forward.

Very good result for Vorobyev, I was hoping he would show himself here. Hope he can get a good placing in stage 4 as well.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Eastern block took over this race. 7 teams from eastern block in top 10. Yes, I do count NetApp as eastern block as Barta and Huzarsky are from the east.

Its pretty much Eastern Europe VS Italy. So far the score is 7:3

lol, almost like the good old days.

Caruso to smash the wall down if not Friday, then later in the weekend.

and sorry, NetApp is definitely halfway through checkpoint charlie,

 

[SafeBet]

GC after 1b (just for completion):

1 Maxim BELKOV RUS KAT 2:35:43
2 Sergei CHERNETSKI RUS KAT +2
3 Damiano CARUSO ITA CAN +5
4 Ivan BASSO ITA CAN +5
5 Moreno MOSER ITA CAN +5
6 Paolo LONGO BORGHINI ITA CAN +6
7 Jan BARTA CZE TNE +8
8 Bartosz HUZARSKI POL TNE +8
9 Sergey SHILOV RUS LOK +11
10 Damiano CUNEGO ITA LAM +11

This looks strange. Moser reportedly lost some time earlier today.
Profile looks very good for him tomorrow.