Giro del Trentino **SPOILER**

frenchfighter

BMC take a win.

Stage 1 TTT results
1 BMC Racing 15:50
2 Astana 16:00 + 00:10
3 Colnago CDF Bardini 16:03 + 00:13
4 Androni-Giocattoli 16:05 + 00:15
5 Acqua e Sapone 16:06 + 00:16
6 Liquigas-Cannondale 16:09 + 00:19
7 Lampre-ISD 16:12 + 00:22
8 Team NetApp 16.13 + 00:23
9 Utensilnord Named 16:27 + 00:37
10 Spidertech 16:33 + 00:43
11 Europcar 16:37 + 00:47
12 UnitedHealthcare 16:39 + 00:49
13 Farnese Vini -Selle 16:39 + 00:49
14 Champion System 16:42 + 00:52
15 AG2R-La Mondiale 16:42 + 00:52
16 Team Idea 16:44 + 00:54
17 Colombia-Coldeportes 16:52 + 01:02

frenchfighter

Once again Androni can TTT like masters.

inkyfingers

Pretty small gaps there, considering the three tough stages to come.

Incidentally I had probably the most delicious Pizza i've ever had in Riva del Garda.

LangerDan

frenchfighter wrote:

Once again Androni can TTT like masters.

Yeah - Rujano is just what you want for a flat, 55 km/h time trial


I know Phinney is tall but, c'mon.......

LangerDan

inkyfingers wrote:

Incidentally I had probably the most delicious Pizza i've ever had in Riva del Garda.

Leon d'Oro?

LeicesterLad

The only spoiler here was looking forward to getting home from work and watching highlights of a decent mountainous race, to then realise today's stage was a crappy TTT.

frenchfighter

Check Androni's record in a TTT. Always up there in these Italian races.

And then Rujano will light them up on the mountains. My call for GC.

blazing_saddles

LangerDan wrote:

I know Phinney is tall but, c'mon.......

Mini Phinney he certainly isn't.
Yeah, he's just the type of rider to go well up this, on Thursday:




Matt Lloyd crashes out of Paris-Nice, returns today.............and promptly crashes, taking out a team mate who ends up landing on his back on a stone wall.
No wonder he once ended up eating Amstel tarmac with that other "ace of the asphalt": Frank Schleck. :oops:

MrTapir

Are SKy not racing in this race? is it a 1.2 rated race or something?

frenchfighter

Lampre crash:
http://d.yimg.com/nl/yahoo%20sports/sit ... d=28980883

afx237vi

MrTapir wrote:

Are SKy not racing in this race? is it a 1.2 rated race or something?

It's 2.HC (essentially a second tier stage race), but there are only 6 world tour teams.

Abdoujaparov

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Matt Lloyd crashes out of Paris-Nice, returns today.............and promptly crashes, taking out a team mate who ends up landing on his back on a stone wall.
No wonder he once ended up eating Amstel tarmac with that other "ace of the asphalt": Frank Schleck. :oops:

Great climb! Who's the lightest guy in the race again?

Ron Stuart

Stage 4 looks cool.



Pordoi. Maratona 2006. 8)

frenchfighter

Think Cunego has won stage 2 - anyone have info?

The Kennington Kaiser

Yep, Cunego won the stage from Bettancourt and Kreuziger. Matthias Frank in the lead overall thanks to BMC's good TTT. Not a bad stage, small group at the finish, dreadful weather and a toughish climb to finish. Weather supposed to bad next two days, it's going to be brutal.

frenchfighter

Thanks.

Eros up there, nice. Don't see Rujano there - hope he wasnt too far back.

tage 2 Results
1 CUNEGO, Damiano (LAMPRE - ISD) 3:59:30
2 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos Alberto (ACQUA & SAPONE)
3 KREUZIGER, Roman (ASTANA)
4 CAPECCHI, Eros (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 0:03
5 REDA, Francesco (ACQUA & SAPONE)
6 DUPONT, Hubert (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
7 FRANK, Mathias (BMC RACING)
8 DE MAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) + 0:09
9 BISOLTI, Alessandro (IDEA)
10 HUZARSKI, Bartosz (NETAPP)

General Classification after Stage 2
1 FRANK, Mathias (BMC RACING) 4:15:20
2 KREUZIGER, Roman (ASTANA) + 0:03
3 Alberto BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos (ACQUA & SAPONE) + 0:07
4 PINOTTI, Marco (BMC RACING) + 0:09
5 CUNEGO, Damiano (LAMPRE - ISD) + 0:10
6 REDA, Francesco (ACQUA & SAPONE) + 0:16
7 CAPECCHI, Eros (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 0:19
8 Angel RUBIANO CHAVEZ, Miguel (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 0:27
9 HUZARSKI, Bartosz (NETAPP) + 0:29
10 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE - ISD) + 0:34

frenchfighter

Some serious damage in this stage. Snowy descent is where a gap was opened before Scarponi and Niemiec drilled it for Cunego.

1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3:59:30
11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:12
12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:00:14
15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:21
18 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:00:53
19 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:09
20 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
21 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
22 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
23 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes
28 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD 0:01:41
30 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:50
31 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
35 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
44 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:03:43
51 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:04:13
111 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD 0:17:42
115 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:22:32

"Tomorrow is going to be super hard," Max Sciandri explained. "The final climb averages 15 percent grade, with some points at 19 percent. We did it in the 80s in the Giro d'Italia and haven't done it since. It's so steep, the mechanics are going to go up it on motorbikes."

:shock:

andyp

Final 20 minutes here;

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xq7rc8 ... 12-2_sport

frenchfighter

Thanks.

andyp

It looks like Basso is on track to ride the Giro (he said in an interview he wouldn't ride if he wasn't in good enough shape to contend for the win).

frenchfighter

Interesting as he didn't exactly do a good job here and in fact Pozzivivo was in the same group as him that got distanced then attacked and gained 1min on Basso by the end. Big seller of Basso 85% of the year.

Di Luca must have bonked big time as he was with Pozzivivo when he attacked them came in well down on Basso even.

andyp

He's not raced since abandoning Catalunya nearly a month ago due to injury, so it's going to take him a few days to get the rhythm of racing but from today's performance his underlying form is good.

iainf72

I agree. He posted something odd on twitter that sounded positive.

He lost a minute downhill, which is normal for St Ivan

Scarponi looks good

Abdoujaparov

Pozzovivo has got to be kicking himself. He rode that last climb 10-20 seconds faster than anyone else and on his own.

Still got a chance of the overall, but might have blown a great chance to take the the GC. Depends on who was conserving energy for tomorrow.

frenchfighter

http://www.girodeltrentino.com/EN/1/13/ ... %80%9D.htm

Not the Zoncolan nor Plan de Corones can live up with it

iainf72

Hopefully the racing will be a bit better than what we usually see on the Zoncolan. I like the steeps climbs but the stupidly steep climbs tend to nullify the racing somewhat.

rick_chasey

Basso's fat.

Ron Stuart

Abdoujaparov wrote:

Pozzovivo has got to be kicking himself. He rode that last climb 10-20 seconds faster than anyone else and on his own.

Still got a chance of the overall, but might have blown a great chance to take the the GC. Depends on who was conserving energy for tomorrow.

Might be something to do with this:-

In-race communications
2.2.024 1) The use of radio links or other remote means of communication by or with the riders, as well as
the possession of any equipment that can be used in this manner, during an event is prohibited
except in the following two cases:
• during 2012:
a. UCI WorldTour events
b. Women’s World Cup events

Pross

What was Bettancourt moaning about at the end of yesterday's stage? Cunego didn't even come close to impeding him!

Any decent feeds for this race?

rick_chasey

Pross wrote:

What was Bettancourt moaning about at the end of yesterday's stage? Cunego didn't even come close to impeding him!

Any decent feeds for this race?

Loads.

On eurosport, innit.

iainf72

C'mon Sly!

Pozzovivo lopped off the front, Szymd chasing.