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

[Pentacycle]

Vorobyev currently with the fastest time with 16.28

He seems to be delivering at last. I really need it for my CQ team.

Edit: 52,1 km/h, that's pretty quick! Let's see what speed Malori turns up with.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Current top 10:

1° A. Vorobyev (Katusha) 16,28
2° A. Ovechkin (Rusvelo) 16,45
3° B. Shpilevsky (Lokosphpinx) 16,59
4° M. Ignatyev (Katusha) 16,59
5° A. Kurek (CCC Polsat) 17,07
6° Kritsky (Katusha)* 17,12
7° Marycz (CCC Polsat) 17,19
8° A. Hofer (Team Voralrberg) 17,20
9° Ershov (Rusvelo) 17,23
10° Coledan (Bardiani Valvole-Csf) 17,23

East firmly in control.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

Last year Barta won this tt with 16.46, Malori was second with 16.50. Malori looks like huge favorite this year, but Vorobyev's time is very serious

 

[CraZyCaLL]

Wow, Venter second. 16.44. Seems like weather conditions this year is much better

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Current top 10:

1° A. Vorobyev (Katusha) 16,28
2° J. Venter (Mtn-Qhubeka) 16,44
3° A. Ovechkin (Rusvelo) 16,45
4° F. Kessiakoff (Astana) 16,57
5° B. Shpilevsky (Lokosphpinx) 16,59
6° M. Ignatyev (Katusha) 16,59
7° S. Chernetski (Katusha) 16,59
8° S. Shilov (Lokosphinx) 17,00
9° B. Day (Unitedhealthcare) 17,04
10° A. Kurek (CCC Polsat) 17,07

Malori should hit the finish line shortly.

edit: Malori currently 1st: 16:14

 

[roundabout]

So Moser is almost up with the specialists. Living up to the thread about him.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Great TT by Ulissi.

 

[roundabout]

Ulissi 16.53 and extends the lead.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Ulissi 16.53 and extends the lead.

Very strong from him.

Lampre doing very well early on this season, except in the classics (so far).

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Top 10 stage (TT):

1° A. Malori (Lampre-Merida) 16,14 52,851 km/h
2° A. Vorobyev (Katusha) 16,28
3° M. Moser (Cannondale) 16,30
4° J. Venter (Mtn-Qhubeka) 16,44
5° A. Ovechkin (Rusvelo) 16,45
6° D. Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) 16,53
7° J. Barta (NetApp-Endura) 16,55
8° K. Shvesnikov (Lokosphinx) 16,56
9° F. Kessiakoff (Astana) 16,57
10° B. Shpilevsky (Lokosphpinx) 16,59

 

[SafeBet]

So Moser is almost up with the specialists. Living up to the thread about him.

Finally Not the first time he delivers in a short ITT though.

Great result by Ulissi as well. He's improving in time trialling, definately a good sign looking forward.

 

[the asian]

Ulissi 16.53 and extends the lead.

Even better than Kessiakoff. Good ride. Certainly didn't expect him to do that well.

Full results.

http://www.pelotonwatch.com/results/2013/europetour/settimanacoppiebartali/stage4.html

Old man Rebellin loses a ton of time.

Santambrogio DNS.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC after stage 4:

1 Diego ULISSI ITA LAM 11:36:06
2 Damiano CUNEGO ITA LAM +1:35
3 Miguel Angel RUBIANO CHAVEZ COL AND +1:48
4 Ivan BASSO ITA CAN +1:59
5 Riccardo ZOIDL AUT GMS +2:09
6 Leopold KONIG CZE TNE +2:14
7 Francesco Manuel BONGIORNO ITA BAR +2:36
8 Davide REBELLIN ITA CCC +2:41
9 Sergio PARDILLA BELLON ESP MTN +3:11
10 Fabio TABORRE ITA VIN +3:19

Lampre 1-2, but Basso seems to claw his way up the leaderboard.

 

[Kokoso]

Leo is slowly getting into good form, this is just start. He's gifted climber what he proved not one time... He had very few race kilometres in his legs and still is able to mix it up with the best. Shame Netapp wasn't invited to Giro, where he coulg get his chance for the GC... I think he should go to some Protour team when he had a chance - same goes for Barta.

 

[Afrank]

Great result for Vorobyev, happy to see him getting some good results so far this season. Also good to see the form Moser showed at SB isn't completely gone (we don't have to hit the panic button yet).
Rebellin slips to 9th though, that sucks. Hopefully he can at least get a good result tomorrow.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Malori: 14 km TT. 52,85 km/h average (figure lifted from somewhere).

Ain't many in the peloton who can do that kind of speed on a circular route.

Will he be a factor in the "bigger" TT's this year?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Lampre in control headed into stage 5:

There are opportunities to further reshuffle top 10, but Ulissi appears to be too strong to dent seriously. We shall see.

 

[SafeBet]

Malori: 14 km TT. 52,85 km/h average (figure lifted from somewhere).

Will he be a factor in the "bigger" TT's this year?

Still a lot to prove in the longer ITTs, but he's been nowhere near this level in past years.

There are opportunities to further reshuffle top 10, but Ulissi appears to be too strong to dent seriously. We shall see.

Ulissi firmly in control, I don't think this is the kind of stage where he could suffer.

How long is that climb?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

How long is that climb?

Sorry, don't have the details.

 

[SafeBet]

From the profile I'd guess not longer than 2kms. Seems a good stage for Moreno Moser. Trying to stay optimistic with him

 

[janraaskalt]

From the profile I'd guess not longer than 2kms.

From GS Emilia:
"la salita di Montecchio. Uno strappo piuttosto aspro di 2 km e 800 con pendenza media del 7,5 % e con punte del 12"

2.8kms @7.5%, max 12%

 

[Dazed and Confused]

From GS Emilia:
"la salita di Montecchio. Uno strappo piuttosto aspro di 2 km e 800 con pendenza media del 7,5 % e con punte del 12"

2.8kms @7.5%, max 12%

First time up data?

In any case hard enough to make a serious race.

 

[janraaskalt]

Only 2 circuit laps instead of the planned 4 because of cold and rain.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Only 2 circuit laps instead of the planned 4 because of cold and rain.

pity, still it will probably be enough to get a stage winner from a selective group.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

1° Damiano Caruso (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
2° Alessandro Mazzi (Utensilnord Ora24.eu) a 13"
3° Boris Shpilevsky (Lokosphinx) a 1'28"
4° Sergey Shilov (Lokosphinx) a 1'33"
5° Simone Ponzi (Astana) a 1'37"
6° Diego Rosa (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) a 1'44"
7° Carlos J. Quintero (Colombia) a 2'29"
8° Sergei Chernetski (Katusha) a 2'32"
9° Marco Coledan (Bardiani Valvole - Csf) a 2'40"
10° Simon Pavlin (Adria Mobil) a 3'11"

Break took the stage, Ulissi the overall.