Giro d'Italia Startlist

frenchfighter

ASA ACQUA & SAPONE ITA
1 GARZELLI Stefano ITA
2 CODOL Massimo ITA
3 CORIONI Claudio ITA
4 DONATI Alessandro ITA
5 MARZOLI Ruggero ITA
6 MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir CRO
7 NAPOLITANO Danilo ITA
8 SARMIENTO TUNARROSA Cayetano COL
9 TABORRE Fabio ITA

ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE FRA
11 NOCENTINI Rinaldo ITA
12 BERARD Julien FRA
13 CHEREL Mikael FRA
14 DESSEL Cyril FRA
15 DUPONT Hubert FRA
16 GADRET John FRA
17 GASTAUER Ben LUX
18 KRIVTSOV Yuriy FRA
19 MONTAGUTI Matteo ITA

AND ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI ITA
21 SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo COL
22 SELLA Emanuele ITA
23 RUJANO GUILLEN José VEN
24 DE MARCHI Alessandro ITA
25 ERMETI Giairo ITA
26 FERRARI Roberto ITA
27 OCHOA Carlos José VEN
28 RODRIGUEZ Jackson VEN
29 VICIOSO ARCOS Angel ESP

BMC BMC RACING TEAM USA
31 BALLAN Alessandro ITA
32 BEYER Chad USA
33 FRANK Mathias SUI
34 KOHLER Martin SUI
35 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR
36 SANTAMBROGIO Mauro ITA
37 TSCHOPP Johann SUI
38 WYSS Danilo SUI
39 ZAHNER Simon SUI

COG COLNAGO - CSF INOX IRL
41 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA
42 BELLETTI Manuel ITA
43 MODOLO Sacha ITA
44 PIRAZZI Stefano ITA
45 SAVINI Filippo ITA
46 CANUTI Federico ITA
47 STORTONI Simone ITA
48 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ITA
49 CADDEO Manuele ITA

EUS EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI ESP
51 ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor ESP
52 SESMA Daniel ESP
53 MINGUEZ AYALA Miguel ESP
54 ISASI FLORES Inaki ESP
55 CAZAUX Pierre FRA
56 ARAMENDIA LLORENTE Javier ESP
57 AZANZA SOTO Jorge ESP
58 OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose ESP
59 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP

GEO GEOX - TMC ESP
61 MENCHOV Denis RUS
62 SASTRE CANDIL Carlos ESP
63 COBO ACEBO Juan Jose ESP
64 BLANCO RODIGUEZ David ESP
65 CHEULA Giampaolo ITA
66 KOZONTCHUK Dmitry RUS
67 DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres COL
68 ARDILA CANO Mauricio Alberto COL
69 VALLS FERRI Rafael ESP

THR HTC - HIGHROAD USA
71 CAVENDISH Mark GBR
72 PINOTTI Marco ITA
73 GRETSCH Patrick GER
74 LEWIS Craig USA
75 BAK Lars Ytting DEN
76 RABON Frantisek CZE
77 RASMUSSEN Alex DEN
78 RENSHAW Mark AUS
79 SIVTSOV Kanstantsin BLR

KAT KATUSHA TEAM RUS
81 POZZATO Filippo ITA
82 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP
83 DI LUCA Danilo ITA
84 CARUSO Giampaolo ITA
85 MORENO FERNANDEZ Dan
86 PAOLINI Luca ITA
87 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto ESP
88 HORRACH RIPPOLL Juan ESP
89 KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr BLR

LAM LAMPRE - ISD ITA
91 SCARPONI Michele ITA
92 PETACCHI Alessandro ITA
93 MARZANO Marco ITA
94 ULISSI Diego ITA
95 HONDO Danilo GER
96 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL
97 MALORI Adriano ITA
98 RIGHI Daniele ITA
99 SPILAK Simon SLO

LEO TEAM LEOPARD - TREK LUX
101 BENNATI Daniele ITA
102 KLEMME Dominic GER
103 ROHREGGER Thomas AUT
104 STAMSNIJDER Tom NED
105 PIRES Bruno POR
106 VIGANO Davide ITA
107 WEGMANN Fabian GER
108 WEYLANDT Wouter BEL
109 ZAUGG Oliver SUI

LIQ LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE ITA
111 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA
112 AGNOLI Valerio ITA
113 CAPECCHI Eros ITA
114 DA DALTO Mauro ITA
115 DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano ITA
116 SABATINI Fabio ITA
117 SALERNO Cristiano ITA
118 SZMYD Sylvester POL
119 VANOTTI Alessandro ITA

MOV MOVISTAR TEAM ESP
121 ARROYO DURAN David ESP
122 BRUSEGHIN Marzio ITA
123 AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA Andrey CRC
124 KIRYIENKA Vasili BLR
125 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo ESP
126 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio ESP
127 PASAMONTES RODRIGUEZ Luis ESP
128 SAMOILAU Branislau BLR
129 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco J. ESP

OLO OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO BEL
131 BAKELANDTS Jan BEL
132 BLYTH Adam GBR
133 DE GREEF Francis BEL
134 DE CLERCQ Bart BEL
135 DOCKX Gert BEL
136 KAISEN Olivier BEL
137 LANG Sebastian GER
138 VEIKKANEN Jussi FIN
139 LODEWYCK Klaas BEL

AST PRO TEAM ASTANA KAZ
141 KREUZIGER Roman CZE
142 TIRALONGO Paolo ITA
143 MASCIARELLI Francesco ITA
144 KISERLOVSKI Robert CRO
145 GOUROV Maxim KAZ
146 JUFRE POU Josep ESP
147 KESSIAKOFF Fredrik SWE
148 PETROV Evgeni RUS
149 STANGELJ Gorazd SLO

FAR FARNESE VINI - NERI SOTTOLI ITA
150 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA (being the 150th anniversary he has #150)
151 FAILLI Francesco ITA
152 GIORDANI Leonardo ITA
153 GATTO Oscar ITA
154 RABOTTINI Matteo ITA
155 MAZZANTI Luca ITA
156 CACCIA Diego ITA
157 NOE' Andrea ITA
158 RICCI BITTI Davide I

QST QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM BEL
161 BANDIERA Marco ITA
162 CATALDO Dario ITA
163 CIOLEK Gerald GER
164 DE MAAR Marc NED
165 ENGELS Addy NED
166 MALACARNE Davide ITA
167 PINEAU Jérome FRA
168 SEELDRAYERS Kevin BEL
169 VANDEWALLE Kristof BEL

RAB RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM NED
171 BOS Theo NED
172 FLENS Rick NED
173 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED
174 LEEZER Tom NED
175 SLAGTER Tom Jelte NED
176 TANKINK Bram NED
177 VAN EMDEN Jos NED
178 VAN WINDEN Dennis NED
179 WEENING Pieter NED

SBS SAXO BANK SUNGARD DEN
181 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ESP
182 DIDIER Laurent LUX
183 GUSTOV Volodymir UKR
184 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus ESP
185 KLOSTERGAARD LARSEN Kasper DEN
186 LARSSON Gustav Erik SWE
187 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel ESP
188 TOSATTO Matteo ITA
189 NOVAL GONZALEZ Benjamin ESP

SKY SKY PROCYCLING GBR
191 LÖVKVIST Thomas SWE
192 BARRY Michael CAN
193 CARLSTRÖM Kjell FIN
194 CIONI Dario David ITA
195 DOWNING Russel GBR
196 APPOLLONIO Davide ITA
197 NORDHAUG Lars Petter NOR
198 PAUWELS Serge BEL
199 POSSONI Morris ITA

GRM TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO USA
201 FARRAR Tyler USA
202 DEAN Julian NZL
203 BOBRIDGE Jack AUS
204 FISCHER Murilo Antonio BRA
205 LE MEVEL Christophe FRA
206 MEYER Cameron AUS
207 MILLAR David GBR
208 STETINA Peter USA
209 WILSON Matthew AUS

RSH TEAM RADIOSHACK USA
211 POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR
212 MCEWEN Robert AUS
213 MACHADO Tiago POR
214 BEPPU Fumiyuki JPN
215 CARDOSO Manuel Antonio Leal POR
216 DEIGNAN Philip IRL
217 HERMANS Ben BEL
218 HUNTER Robert RSA
219 ROVNY Ivan RUS

VCD VACANSOLEIL - DCM PRO C.TEAM NED
221 CARRARA Matteo ITA
222 BOZIC Borut SLO
223 BELKOV Maxim RUS
224 GOLAS Michal POL
225 HOOGERLAND Johnny NED
226 LAGUTIN Sergey UZB
227 ONGARATO Alberto ITA
228 SELVAGGI Mirko ITA
229 VEUCHELEN Frederik BEL

rebs

so HTC only init for the sprint stages? Cant be that many though?

calvjones

Lots of teams there with no hope of or pretentions to GC. Nibs v Mench v Bertie? Not much for the 150th...

frenchfighter

calvjones wrote:

Lots of teams there with no hope of or pretentions to GC. Nibs v Mench v Bertie? Not much for the 150th...

Rodriguez, Anton and Scarponi are all potential top 5s I'd say. Not the best TT riders but fortunately this is a climber's Giro. A fair handful of 2nd level GT riders: Di Luca, Garzelli, Pozzovivo, Kreuziger.

Maybe some riders are put off by its difficultly and / or hoping Contador isn't riding the Tour so focusing all their hopes on that.

blazing_saddles

calvjones wrote:

Lots of teams there with no hope of or pretentions to GC. Nibs v Mench v Bertie? Not much for the 150th...

Thats like saying the Tour has only Andy v Frank!

As ff has kindly pointed out, there are a few strong teams, including the two under the police spotlight. Both have very strong squads.
I'll bet Gianni's boys will stir the pot, too. The Venezuelan Dwarf and Souper Sella will be in the mix.
Plus, Colnago have 3 guys who are flying up the Dolomites, as we type. :P

lucybears

KAT KATUSHA TEAM RUS
81 POZZATO Filippo ITA

Filippo Pozzato s'alignera au départ de la 57e édition des Quatre Jours qui se tiendront du 4 au 8 mai
http://www.lavoixdessports.com/Cyclisme ... s-de.shtml

Tom BB

Nice to see Russ Downing getting a ride in a GT......I'm not a huge fan (although I have a huge amount of respect for him as a rider) but I'd definitely say that he's earned it.

jerry3571

I haven't seen the route but it is rumoured to be murderously mountainous. So why is Cav there?? I guess he could pull out before it gets too bad. :?


-Jerry

RichN95.

rebs wrote:

so HTC only init for the sprint stages? Cant be that many though?

Pinotti was top ten last year. While the parcours doesn't really suit his talents, he's worthy of their backing as a GC guy.

Cav will go home after two weeks at the most. He'd be stupid not to. Although, he may have the problem of wearing the points jersey and not being able to quit until someone takes it off him.

cal_stewart

think its going to be better than last year. looks like there will be more in the mix. maybe cav plans to ride the whole thing and thats why hes kept the weight on.

TheYorkshireMan

"The Giro d'Italia sent out its official list of 207 riders yesterday, Possoni was listed alongside Sky's other eight riders and Scarponi at the top of Lampre's team list. Their participation may be in doubt, given a possible link to Ferrari."

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... rrari.html

frenchfighter

Pozzato and Paolini dropped from Katusha squad. Rodriguez overall favoured over stage wins. Pippo not going to be happy at not getting a ride in his home GT.

inkyfingers

frenchfighter wrote:

Pozzato and Paolini dropped from Katusha squad. Rodriguez overall favoured over stage wins. Pippo not going to be happy at not getting a ride in his home GT.

Especially after the crap spring he's had. His Giro stage win last year was his only win of note last year, can see why the team are getting frustrated with him.

rebs

I cant really work out who they can really replace him with. Pozzato has had it rough for awhile. Does seem strange to leave him out all together though.

calvjones

rebs wrote:

I cant really work out who they can really replace him with. Pozzato has had it rough for awhile. Does seem strange to leave him out all together though.

Yes, can't imagine why Katusha might not want one (two!) of their top Italians racing a hight profile GT at the mo.


[thinks...]


Unless...

RichN95.

calvjones wrote:

Yes, can't imagine why Katusha might not want one (two!) of their top Italians racing a hight profile GT at the mo.


[thinks...]


Unless...

Pozzato's had a massive falling out with his team (Tchmil, in particular).

mr_goo

Gonna stick my neck out. Sky will not get a podium finish.

bigmat

Great to see Russ Downing get a grand tour start, but pretty poor that Britain's Pro team has only one British rider in a grand tour.

Also good to see Adam Blyth in there.

inkyfingers

BigMat wrote:

Great to see Russ Downing get a grand tour start, but pretty poor that Britain's Pro team has only one British rider in a grand tour.

Also good to see Adam Blyth in there.

I really hope that Sky try and get Russ into some breaks as I think he'd stand a good chance of getting a stage win if he got into the right break. It would probably be Sky's best shot at a victory as Lofkvist is never going to be anywhere near the podium with that parcours.

RichN95.

BigMat wrote:

Great to see Russ Downing get a grand tour start, but pretty poor that Britain's Pro team has only one British rider in a grand tour.

Yeah, but personally, I think that anyone who finishes this particular Giro is going to be no good for the Tour, which is the big deal for British audiences (so that takes out Wiggins, Thomas and possibly Cummings*). There's not much in the race for Swift or Hunt to go for with a decent Italian as their main sprinter. Stannard is a classics specialist and Dowsett is too young, which leaves Froome and Kennaugh, both of which need to show some form. As Sky have Italian interests, the Vuelta is a better GT training ground.


*I think the Sky Tour team will be: Wiggins, Thomas, Uran, Flecha, Lofkvist, EBH, Zandio or Cummings and two Aussies (Rogers, Gerrans or Hayman)

rebs

I imagine sky may drop Uran for the tour and use him in the grio and vualta.
Can imagine sky putting a strong team for the TT. Whether it wins will be another. Wiggins, Cummings, Rogers, Flecha, EBH, Lofvist, Hayman, Thomas & Zandio. Be intereting whether they may throw Dowsett into the door just to help power the TTT along. Then hope Wiggo sucks some helps to get a top 10 if things pan out well.

For the Grio looks like stage wins and a hopeful top 10 target for Lovkist which is a massive ask. Seems brave they are putting Apponio in. Have they jsut given up on Henderson. Since his nightmare in the Tour Down Under (which did give Swift his chance) his has not been involved with much. Surpraised he wasn't put in for Roubaix consider he always seemed o have a decent engine and power for it.

RichN95.

rebs wrote:

I imagine sky may drop Uran for the tour and use him in the grio and vualta.
Can imagine sky putting a strong team for the TT. Whether it wins will be another. Wiggins, Cummings, Rogers, Flecha, EBH, Lofvist, Hayman, Thomas & Zandio. Be intereting whether they may throw Dowsett into the door just to help power the TTT along. Then hope Wiggo sucks some helps to get a top 10 if things pan out well.

I think Uran will do both the Tour and Vuelta. The former as no.2, the latter as leader. I don't imagine they'll pick Zandio without Uran.

Dowsett's too young - full stop. As for the TTT, for 20km TTTs you need riders who can repeatedly do 300-400m bursts, so sprinters and lead-out men (Sutton, Hendo) are as good as TT specialists.

cornoyemade

Looks like HTC left their best sprinter at home so as not to set Cavy off on another crying fit. I wonder if the two of them will race together again, or will we see a re-run of last year when Greipel was left of the bus. I can't wait to see how this heats up.

cal_stewart

this happened last year cav will come good when has he not been good in the tour?

frenchfighter

Bennati really has no luck. Out of Giro due to a crash in Romandie causing: a broken collarbone, which had multiple fractures, as well as four broken ribs and a contusion to his lung.

paggnr

Myer for GC

RichN95.

paggnr wrote:

Myer for GC

Do you mean Meyer? I'll wear my pants on my head for a week if he wins the Giro.

frenchfighter

Besides Michael Mørkøv and Alberto Contador, the Saxo Bank-SunGard team for the Giro includes Laurent Didier, Volodymir Gustov, Jesús Hernández, Kasper Klostergaard, Gustav Larsson, Daniel Navarro and Matteo Tosatto. The focus is solely to lead Contador to the overall victory, and here Mørkøv knows his own role well.

“We’re taking a lot of riders to help for the mountains, so it’s not my role to deliver Alberto there. I can deliver a really good effort for the TTT, and I expect to have to work a lot in the front if Alberto takes the leader’s jersey.

“I know it sounds weird to say, but it’s always been my dream to ride for a very good captain. Not since Lance Armstrong has there been as good a stage race rider as Alberto is today, so it will be very special for sure to help and look after him.”

If Alberto rides himself into the pink leader jersey, it won’t be the first time Mørkøv has tried to defend it. He tried that already last year when Richie rode in it. According to Mørkøv, it’s a completely different task that awaits him and his teammates this year.

“It was different with Richie last year when we knew that he couldn’t keep it to Milan. In addition, we were fortunate that both Caisse and Cervelo took on a lot of the work to control the field. When we start with Alberto this year, we risk riding in the front from the first day to the last, if the other teams say that we have the biggest favorite. In addition, we may risk that Alberto takes the Pink jersey early on, and that means hard work at the front. But that is also precisely what I’m good at.”

Not all teams have finalized rosters yet, but Michael Mørkøv can already identify the toughest competitors.

“Scarponi has been riding very strongly this year, so I see him as our biggest challenger. In addition, Nibali. The Giro is a very big goal for him and for his team, so those are the ones we should watch out for.”

blazing_saddles

Richie Porte to ride the Giro as Contador's bottle boy:
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8281/ ... nt=Twitter

The new Italian sprint sensation, Andrea Guardini makes the Farnese cut, one presumes, by getting the required double stage victory in Turkey.

frenchfighter

Guardini not riding:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8283/ ... r-all.aspx

jimycooper

was just about to say about Guardini - why would the team leave him out, surely he's the best shot for stage wins after visconti?

hmm :roll: