Tour de San Luis 2012, 1ª Etapa: San Luis - Villa Mercedes (189 km)

[Lupetto]

Tour de San Luis 2012, 1ª Etapa: San Luis - Villa Mercedes (189 km)

23.01.2012

Start: 13:00 (GMT 16:00)
Finish: ~ 17:30 (GMT 20:30)

Meta Montaña
3ª Categoria - La Cumbre (1033m)

Initial Thread for the race

Stage Profile

Last 3 km

Time Table

2011 stage finishing in Villa Mercedes

1 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni-Giocattoli 3:19:49
2 Marco Crespo (Arg) Funvic-Pindamonhangaba
3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) D'Angelo & Antenucci
4 Hector Aguilar (Uru) Funvic-Pindamonhangaba
5 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Chile
7 Walter Perez (Arg) Argentina
8 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) D'Angelo & Antenucci
9 Martin Garrido (Arg) Argentina
10 Arnold Alcolea (Cub) Cuba

 

[craig1985]

Nice if Haedo wins.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

What is up with those steam locomotives on the profile? There's a railroad crossing 2.5 km from the finish line?

 

[Lupetto]

What is up with those steam locomotives on the profile? There's a railroad crossing 2.5 km from the finish line?

These are the points, where Andrea "locomotiva" Tafi will attack.

You are right, these are railroad crossings and they seem to be unguarded.

 

[Magnus]

Clearly they will take the train from 148 km until 2.6 km to go

 

[LaFlorecita]

Clearly they will take the train from 148 km until 2.6 km to go

Yeah, that's pretty obvious!

Btw, I think this deserves to be a sticky.

 

[TeoSheva]

Ferrari or Ventoso ftw

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Go Haedo and Colbrelli!

Hopefully they will do well. I have a feeling that Viviani is too fast though.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

The sprinters in the field:

Haedo brothers
Förster
Keough
Viviani
Casper
Ferrari
Ventoso
Boonen
Chicchi
Max Richeze
Janorschke
Furlan
Colbrelli
delle Stelle

A shame that a lot of the Argentinian fastmen aren't able to ride this. Over the last years "Frösi" usually had a good start into the season so I'd love to see him taking at least one of the flat stages. This here may be one for Chicchi or Richeze, I would say. Richeze is the only one with some race km in his legs (Chile), that may suit him.

 

[pastronef]

would be nice if a Radio-Nissan-Trek guy won in Villa MERCEDES

 

[Sofía_]

Depart in San Luis "city"

Sprint #1: Fraga (in winter)

Sprint #2: Justo Daract

Finish in Villa Mercedes

 

[Jamsque]

I bet Boonen really enjoys his trips to South America.

 

[Sofía_]

this is for La Florecita

Berto arriving

 

[auscyclefan94]

This looks like a Tour de France type stage.

 

[El Pistolero]

A Boonen and Contador victory would make my week.

 

[LaFlorecita]

this is for La Florecita

Berto arriving

I like this one too:

And just look at this video. N'awww!!! Berto + baby is possibly one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Equals the cuteness of baby chipmunks and baby pandas put together.

 

[benpounder]

Sprint #1: Fraga (in winter)

If you are local, post early and often. Love to have some local insight. Seems to be a fairly impressive start list and a good looking parcourse.


Sprint #1 looks like where I live - Tree lined streets covered in snow that is.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Sofía is from Mar del Plata, so not the most local part of Argentina for this race more local than the rest of us, mind.

 

[will10]

Ideal top 3 stage 1:

Guardini
Boonen
Pozzato (leadout)

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Ideal would be:

Frösi
Janorschke
Colbrelli

 

[LaFlorecita]

Ideal would be

Alberto
Jesus
Random Saxoboy

But of course that won't happen.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Viviani ftw.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Ideal top 3 stage 1:

Guardini
Boonen
Pozzato (leadout)

Guardini will probably be outside the time limit considering the climb early on! Though I would love to see him win

Optimal top 3:

1. Colbrelli
2. Haedo
3. Guardini

 

[Forunculo]

My bet is Haedo first Viviani 2nd and a latinamerican as 3rd.

It's nice to have some type of stage race at this point and the starlist is superb.
I hope local riders give a good show.

 

[Lupetto]

I hope local riders give a good show.

Will be nice with the echelons there. Europeans will have a hard time, they really suffered there in the last years.