Giro d'Italia > Giro d'Italia 2012

benotti69 · « **Reply #180 on:** April 28, 2012, 21:17 »

Quote from: zam on April 28, 2012, 20:42

Ivan Basso
Valerio Agnoli
Eros Capecchi
Damiano Caruso
Cristiano Salerno
Sylwester Szmyd,
Maciej Bodnar
Paolo Longo Borghini
Fabio Sabatini.

Is that the confirmed line up pending them all being crash free between now and Saturday?

Do you think Nibali prefers a crack at the TdF rather than il Giro?

ZamanAbbaticchio · « **Reply #181 on:** April 28, 2012, 21:58 »

Quote from: benotti69 on April 28, 2012, 21:17

Is that the confirmed line up pending them all being crash free between now and Saturday?

Do you think Nibali prefers a crack at the TdF rather than il Giro?

Yep, the official line up. On their website. I think this year it's a bit like the last hurrah for Ivan at another Gt win, so everyone is playing along or things are planned that way. i maybe wrong though.

benotti69 · « **Reply #182 on:** April 28, 2012, 22:39 »

http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/frank-schleck-will-lead-radioshack-nissan-trek-tour-italy-team

“My season was directed at peaking in the Tour”, said Fränk Schleck. “but when you think about it, this situation creates opportunities. For sure, I will come to the start with a different preparation than the other GC riders, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. My condition is not so bad and it can only grow the coming weeks. The Tour of Italy is one of the big monuments of cycling as well, so it is at least a big challenge for me.”

“I see a lot of opportunities for Fränk as well as for the team”, commented Team Manager Johan Bruyneel. “Fränk is a born leader and a team needs a leader. Moreover – though bad luck and circumstances did not provide the right results - he has shown in the last few weeks that his condition has already reached a high level. I am confident he can surprise us in the coming weeks. It all reminds me of the 2008 Tour of Italy when, one week before the start, we got an invitation for the race. In the end we won the Overall.”

Can CONI do a Valverde on F Schleck? :

Arb · « **Reply #183 on:** April 29, 2012, 04:33 »

Putting that aside, it's true. Basso will be aiming for a similar peak. If Frank is only in average form he still shouldn't lose much time in the first two weeks. Stage 14, the first place where serious gaps "might" open up - that is three weeks away. The race will not be won there in any case, and the Queens are still a few days later. I think you'd rather be Frank or Basso, than Evans in 2010. If you're coming off your peak by the time the race gets to Mortirolo, you're gone.

I do not think Frank will win, but for other reasons, we can't ignore him based on his preparation alone. He's had some solid race days this season so the base should be there.

AG · « **Reply #184 on:** April 29, 2012, 04:38 »

yeah I thik Frank has a genuine shot at the title here.

great back up with Klodi ... a lot will depend on how the TTT goes, but he would be a far, far better chance than Rujano

benotti69 · « **Reply #185 on:** April 29, 2012, 14:23 »

Cant see Shcleck doing anything at Il Giro. Lots of riders have underestimated this race as a GT. IT can be vicious and the Italians and Italian teams get very motivated for it.

mc_mountain · « **Reply #186 on:** April 30, 2012, 15:53 »

Colnago squad

BATTAGLIN Enrico
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
CANOLA Marco
COLBRELLI Sonny
LOCATELLI Stefano
MODOLO Sacha
PAGANI Angelo
PIRAZZI Stefano
POZZOVIVO Domenico

I hope between them they can really shine

Just Movistar and Astana, to wittle down their preselections and Garmin to reveal who else will ride...

Dr. Horrible the Mad Elephant Man · « **Reply #187 on:** April 30, 2012, 17:38 »

Quote from: mc_mountain on April 30, 2012, 15:53

Colnago squad

BATTAGLIN Enrico
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
CANOLA Marco
COLBRELLI Sonny
LOCATELLI Stefano
MODOLO Sacha
PAGANI Angelo
PIRAZZI Stefano
POZZOVIVO Domenico

I hope between them they can really shine

Just Movistar and Astana, to wittle down their preselections and Garmin to reveal who else will ride...

Garmin is now listed with 9 riders on cycling fever. Stetina, Bauer and Howes added to the previous 6.
Talansky to do the Tour perhaps??? Also Millar, Le Mevel, Navardauskas and Danielson.

brassyn · « **Reply #188 on:** April 30, 2012, 22:19 »

Confirmed Movistar squad:

José Herrada
Beñat Intxausti
Pablo Lastras
Sergio Pardilla
Francisco Ventoso
Andrey Amador
Branislau Samoilau
Marzio Bruseghin
Giovanni Visconti

benotti69 · « **Reply #189 on:** April 30, 2012, 23:12 »

Garmin Squad

Farrar
Dekker
Bauer
Fischer
Hesjedal
Hunter
Rasmussen A
Stetina
Vandevelde

DS Wegelius

Dr. Horrible the Mad Elephant Man · « **Reply #190 on:** May 01, 2012, 09:33 »

Team Netapp only have 8 riders on the cyclingfever startlist so we are waiting for 1 more from them as well I guess.

Jamsque · « **Reply #191 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:29 »

Quote from: benotti69 on April 30, 2012, 23:12

Garmin Squad

Farrar
Dekker
Bauer
Fischer
Hesjedal
Hunter
Rasmussen A
Stetina
Vandevelde

DS Wegelius

Dekker is out but no word on replacement yet that I could see.

Amsterhammer · « **Reply #192 on:** May 01, 2012, 12:28 »

The Vacans squad......will not be pulling up any trees.......

Tomasz Marczynski
Thomas de Gendt
Stefan Denifl
Sergey Lagutin
Romain Feillu
Mirko Selvaggi
Matteo Carrara
Martijn Keizer
Gustav Erik Larsson

Tuart · « **Reply #193 on:** May 01, 2012, 13:17 »

How sweet it is to omit the 's' at the end when talking about the (a?) Schleck(s)

benotti69 · « **Reply #194 on:** May 01, 2012, 14:00 »

Quote from: Jamsque on May 01, 2012, 11:29

Dekker is out but no word on replacement yet that I could see.

What's wrong with Dekker?

Edit: His knee injury from LBL!

Jamsque · « **Reply #195 on:** May 01, 2012, 14:04 »

Hurt his knee at Liege.

Arb · « **Reply #196 on:** May 01, 2012, 14:05 »

Quote from: Tuart on May 01, 2012, 13:17

How sweet it is to omit the 's' at the end when talking about the (a?) Schleck(s)

I'm not sure I use Schlecks too often.

Singular entity Frandy or Brothers Schleck.

sublimit · « **Reply #197 on:** May 01, 2012, 14:16 »

Shame for Thomas Dekker, Talansky is bang on form but destined for the Tour I'd imagine. Maybe Howes can come in.

Dr. Horrible the Mad Elephant Man · « **Reply #198 on:** May 01, 2012, 16:05 »

Quote from: sublimit on May 01, 2012, 14:16

Shame for Thomas Dekker, Talansky is bang on form but destined for the Tour I'd imagine. Maybe Howes can come in.

Howes already doing the race.
I guess Dekker was going as a climbing domestique of sorts. If they want to replace him with one then Talansky or Le Mevel are obvious, but both probably Tour bound. Is Dan Martin also Tour bound
It might be Rosseler who was on the cyclingfever startlist when they only had 6 riders a couple of days ago. I wonder also about Peterson, did the Giro last year but has not raced much this year. I would like to see Haas get a go but a bit tough if he has not been preparing for it.

My guess is it will be Rosseler.

EDIT: The squad listed above in this thread has Fischer in the team while the cyclingfever startlist has Howes in the team. Not sure what is correct but if Howes is not in the team then it would be good to see him replace Dekker.

The Hitch · « **Reply #199 on:** May 02, 2012, 01:45 »

Quote from: Tuart on April 26, 2012, 12:30

Did anyone post AG2R's team? Dupont doesn't really have any helpers (Monatguti?) and they have Belletti for the sprints.

Manuel Belletti
Julien Berard
Guillaume Bonnafond
Hubert Dupont
Ben Gastauer
Gregor Gazvoda
Matteo Montaguti
Mathieu Perget

What. Is this a joke?

Where is their leader?

Dr. Horrible the Mad Elephant Man · « **Reply #200 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:00 »

Quote from: The Hitch on May 02, 2012, 01:45

What. Is this a joke?

Where is their leader?

Joke or not I don't know but Gadret is on every startlist I have seen.

As far as help for the mountains Bonnafond and Perget were reasonably strong during the Vuelta last year so could provide some support.

AG · « **Reply #201 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:03 »

Gardret is a team all on his own .... ;D

Havetts · « **Reply #202 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:07 »

No Gadret? Just Dupont I guess, go Huuuuuuub!

AG · « **Reply #203 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:18 »

there is only 8 riders listed there. I assume Gadret is the 9th.

DinZ · « **Reply #204 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:22 »

Quote from: AG on May 02, 2012, 02:18

there is only 8 riders listed there. I assume Gadret is the 9th.

yep pretty sure, unless something has happened i have not heard about, Gadret is team leader. Have seen an interview about his ambitions for the race

The Hitch · « **Reply #205 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:43 »

Quote from: benotti69 on April 28, 2012, 17:47

The Lampre-ISD squad a short bios

- Matteo Bono: born in 1983, pro since 2006, 4 victories in career. Fourth participation in Giro d’Italia. His generosity is huge as his skill in analyzing in a clear way all the race situations.

- Damiano Cunego: born in 1981, pro since 2002, 46 victories in career. Eigth participation in Giro d’Italia. The 2004 edition winner (in addition to 4 stages), this year won one stage in Giro del Trentino, obtaining also the second place in the overall standing: he approaches Giro d’Italia relying upon an increasing condition.

- Adriano Malori: born in 1988, pro since 2010, 2 victories in career. Debut in Giro d’Italia. The Italian time trial champion will be the point of reference for the team time trial in Verona and he’ll have the chance to make the assault to the time trials of Herning and Milan.

- Przemyslaw Niemiec: born in 1980, pro since 2002, 14 victories in career. Second participation in Giro d’Italia. He’s a climber that can set an irresistible pace and in 2011 he was one of the best domestiques on climbs. He trained hard in the first part of the year in order to be ready for the Giro.

- Daniele Pietropolli: born in 1980, pro since 2003, 9 victories in career. Fifth participation in Giro. Traditionally he’s very competitive in the early part of the season, but in the 2012 he showed an outstanding fit also in the Ardenne Classics. He’s very competitive on mixed courses and he’s quite fast in the sprints.

- Daniele Righi, born in 1976, pro since 2000, 2 team time trials victories in career. Fourth Giro d'Italia for him, the wisest cyclist of the team. He's very useful in order to approach every difficulties.

- Michele Scarponi, born in 1979, pro since 2002, 24 victories in career. Eight participation in Giro d’Italia. He’s the defending winner of the Corsa Rosa and he chose to accept the challenge of trying to conquer again the Giro d’Italia after that he received the 2011 title after it was stripped from Alberto Contador.

- Alessandro Spezialetti, born in 1975, pro since 1997, 1 victory in career. Fourteenth cap in Giro d’Italia. Lampre-ISD can’t renounce to the experience that Spezialetti assures to the team, in order to have a solid base for the Giro.

- Diego Ulissi, born in 1989, pro since 2010, 6 victories in career. Second participation in Giro d’Italia. As rookie in the Pink Race, he obtained immediately a stage victory. Thanks to his versatile class, he’s the surplus value of the team.

Did you write that yourself.

Also Ulissi also got his stage win by dq.

Their only non dq win at the Giro since 2008, is Pettachi last year who ironically could have been dqd but wasn't.

The Hitch · « **Reply #206 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:46 »

Quote from: DinZ on May 02, 2012, 02:22

yep pretty sure, unless something has happened i have not heard about, Gadret is team leader. Have seen an interview about his ambitions for the race

Nah, I checked. He is good and aiming high. He is basically Schleck at the Giro, his whole season is based around it, only without the fanfair. Oh and without the looking around to see where your teammate is.

Dr. Horrible the Mad Elephant Man · « **Reply #207 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:49 »

I would like to see Niemiec do a GT riding for himself sometime.

DinZ · « **Reply #208 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:50 »

Quote from: The Hitch on May 02, 2012, 02:46

Nah, I checked. He is good and aiming high. He is basically Schleck at the Giro, his whole season is based around it, only without the fanfair. Oh and without the looking around to see where your teammate is.

oh so that is why he did not see Roche.....

benotti69 · « **Reply #209 on:** May 02, 2012, 21:51 »

Quote from: The Hitch on May 02, 2012, 02:43

Did you write that yourself.

Also Ulissi also got his stage win by dq.

Their only non dq win at the Giro since 2008, is Pettachi last year who ironically could have been dqd but wasn't.

Nah it is off their website. ;D

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