2012 Coppi e Bartali **SPOILERS**

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    No summit finish for JTL, possible showing in a breakaway but doubtful.

    Tomorrow's stage should hopefully cause some carnage. Been used several times in various forms and always the peloton is split up and many gaps.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    50minutes or so of all the stages so far:
    http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/se ... Bar+-+12/1
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    JTL withdraws from race, been heaving up all night. Come on Mr Voss!
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Brian Smith says Stomach Bug has struck in Bartali, so i'll put JTL's time loss down to that..

    Watched it on tv last night and Rai's Andrea di Luca interviewed JTL.
    JTL said he had almost peak form and was expecting to challenge for the GC.
    So it does seem like he's had some form of problem.

    He also said he expected a group sprint of half peloton size: it was even bigger.

    A final, 90 degree bend, very close to the finish.
    Ulissi got into it on the outside, much quicker than the rest, so he got out much quicker and won with ease.
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    JTL withdraws from race, been heaving up all night. Come on Mr Voss!

    Ah, there we go.
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  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Terrible shame JTL won't take start today. I see Vuelta Castilla Leon is April 15th so not long to wait
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Dave_1 wrote:
    Terrible shame JTL won't take start today. I see Vuelta Castilla Leon is April 15th so not long to wait

    Yep, shame its been cut from 5 days to 3 days, but at least its still going ahead! The route for Route du Sud hasn't been announced yet, but last years had a proper summit finish! Not till June but excited about this one also...
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  • BrianS
    BrianS Posts: 112
    Lets not forget the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2.1 and Tour of Norway which is 2.1 this year with many World Tour teams....
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ulissi does it again : )

    Stage 4 results
    1 Diego Ulissi (Lampre Isd) 159 km in 4h 06' 15" (38,9 km/h)
    2 Danilo Di Luca (Acqua e Sapone)
    3 Bartosz Huzarski (Team NetApp)
    4 Josè Serpa Perez (Androni Giocattoli)
    5 Josè Rujano (Androni Giocattoli)
    6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago Csf) + 01"
    7 Paul Voss (Endura Racing) + 07"
    8 Damiano Caruso (Liquigas Cannondale)
    9 Kristijan Durasek (Adria Mobil)
    10 Gianluca Brambilla (Colnago Csf)

    General Classification after Stage 4
    1 Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp)
    2 Danilo Di Luca (Acqua e Sapone) + 10"
    3 Diego Ulissi (Lampre Isd) + 11"
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    NetApp rider wins the GC after ITT.

    Not very good race.

    Stage 5 results
    1 Barta Team NetApp 16:46
    2 Malori Lampre 16:50 + :04
    3 Garzelli Acqua e Sapone 16:56 + :10
    4 Moser Liquigas-Cannondale 16:58 + :12
    5 Reda Acqua e Sapone 16:59 + :13
    6 De Marchi Androni Giocattoli 17:07 + :21
    7 Kangert Astana 17:08 + :22
    8 Voss Endura Racing 17:08
    9 Ulissi Lampre 17:09 + :23
    10 Rabottini Farnese - Selle Italia 17:12 + :26
    Huzarski Team NetApp 17:12
    Di Luca Acqua e Sapone 17:40

    Final General Classification
    1 Jan Barta (NetApp)
    2 Bartosx Huzarski (NetApp) + 13"
    3 Diego Ulissi (Lampre Isd) + 21"
    4 Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone) + 26"
    5 Francesco Reda (Acqua e Sapone) + 29"

    Yday was good tho, Ulissi attacking a small group, Di Luca dragging some riders up, then Di Luca, Rujano (yes), Ulissi, Huzarski (NetApp) and Serpa sprinting for the win:
    http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/me ... 05.html#p=
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