has ben swift come of age?

jimycooper
jimycooper Posts: 740
edited March 2009 in Pro race
ben swift came 8th in the GP di Lugano(admitidly not the biggest of races) ahead of cunego, wegmann and knees. sign of things to come?


1 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis 4.34.46 (38.979 km/h)
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam 0.03
4 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
6 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto
7 Daniel Navarro (Ita) Astana
8 Ben Swift (GBr) Katusha 0.16
9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram
10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
12 Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Aeronautica Militare

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    A good start to his pro career. Let's hope it's the first of many good results.
  • off the back
    off the back Posts: 168
    That is renouned as a very hard race (plenty climbing) so bound to turn some heads.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Yes, a good ride. But look at the Cofidis neo pro stuffing Rebellin, that's a surprise too. How did that happen?
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Kléber wrote:
    Yes, a good ride. But look at the Cofidis neo pro stuffing Rebellin, that's a surprise too. How did that happen?

    Well he won the GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise the other week so its not as big a surprise as you may think .

    MG
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Pauriol is not a neo pro. He's been around since 2006. Seems to do well in shorter, hilly one-day races:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9mi_Pauriol

    On a completely different topic, I find it strangely cool that the Italian air force has a cycling team!

    *waits for someone to make a joke about back-pedalling*
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Swift also came tenth the day before in the first running of the Gran Premio dell´Insubria

    Como - Varese - Lugano (173,2 km)
    1 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
    2 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
    3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis
    4 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura
    5 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld
    6 Francisco José Ventoso (Esp) CarmioOro-A-Style
    7 Fabian Wegmann (GER) Team Milram
    8 Simon Clarke (Aus) Amica Chips
    9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre
    10 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha
    11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
    12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni

    full results from UCI

    Daniel Lloyd was 13th and Geraint Thomas 31st.
    @stagehopper
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Is he the only professionla bike rider ever to have come from Rotherham?

    It makes me laugh to think of Steegmans talking of Belgium, Pozzatto about Italy, and Ben Swift saying "Well, it's this small town attached to Sheffield..." !!!!
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Is he the only professionla bike rider ever to have come from Rotherham?

    It makes me laugh to think of Steegmans talking of Belgium, Pozzatto about Italy, and Ben Swift saying "Well, it's this small town attached to Sheffield..." !!!!

    What about the Downing brothers?
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  • GemmaAtkinson1
    GemmaAtkinson1 Posts: 161
    he comes from a village called north anston, im from the next village called south anston, which is inspiring! looking forward to seeing him do well with Katyusha.
    must be the northern hills :-)
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Same village as Chris Walker, winner of the Milk Race and Settimana Bergamsca Points competition in the 1990s.

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