Coppi e Bartali 2013 *SPOILERS*

frenchfighter

Just under 600km long, spread over 6 days, including a split road/TTT day, a TT and a mountain stage.

Normally throws up some good racing as these smaller Italian racers usually do.

Startlist is your typical average field with some good names and many smaller teams.

Last year was won by Barta from NetApp which was a pleasant surprise. Sella won the year before and Evans won in 2009.

Stage 1a is in progess:

frenchfighter

Felline from Androni attacked in the last km and held off the bunch by 1 sec, led home by Gavazzi, also Androni.

iainf72

8.7/10 for that hair

frenchfighter

frenchfighter

Stage 1b TTT results
1 Katusha A 13:15
2 Cannondale Pro Cycling B + 5
3 Team Netapp Endura A + 8
4 Lampre Merida A + 11
5 Astana A
6 Lokosphinx A
7 Rusvelo A + 17
8 ASC Dukla Praha A + 22
9 Vini Fantini-Selle Italia B + 23
10 CCC Polsat Polkowice A + 26

frenchfighter

RichN95.

frenchfighter wrote:

Stage 1b TTT results
1 Katusha A 13:15
2 Cannondale Pro Cycling B + 5
3 Team Netapp Endura A + 8
4 Lampre Merida A + 11
5 Astana A
6 Lokosphinx A
7 Rusvelo A + 17
8 ASC Dukla Praha A + 22
9 Vini Fantini-Selle Italia B + 23
10 CCC Polsat Polkowice A + 26

What do the As and Bs mean?

deejay

RichN95 wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Stage 1b TTT results
1 Katusha A 13:15
2 Cannondale Pro Cycling B + 5
3 Team Netapp Endura A + 8
4 Lampre Merida A + 11
5 Astana A
6 Lokosphinx A
7 Rusvelo A + 17
8 ASC Dukla Praha A + 22
9 Vini Fantini-Selle Italia B + 23
10 CCC Polsat Polkowice A + 26

What do the As and Bs mean?

Thanks for that.
From other forums I learnt that the teams of 8 were split into two teams of 4 .
The speculation being how to define the team times and winners.

EDIT
50 teams rode and the slowest foursome finished 1min 36 secs down from Accent.jobs a Belgian team.
The times stand for the GC, it would seem.

frenchfighter

It's quite interesting - they split the teams of 8 into two and they race like that. Never heard of it before.

RichN95.

frenchfighter wrote:

It's quite interesting - they split the teams of 8 into two and they race like that. Never heard of it before.

Yeah, an interesting idea. I like new formats.

afx237vi

RichN95 wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

It's quite interesting - they split the teams of 8 into two and they race like that. Never heard of it before.

Yeah, an interesting idea. I like new formats.

How is the team split? Does the team decide which 4 riders go in each team or is it done by GC standing or something?

blazing_saddles

afx237vi wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

It's quite interesting - they split the teams of 8 into two and they race like that. Never heard of it before.

Yeah, an interesting idea. I like new formats.

How is the team split? Does the team decide which 4 riders go in each team or is it done by GC standing or something?

Looked that way, otherwise certain teams were extremely fortunate with the draw.
Seemed to work OK, although the Astana half with Kessiakoff finished with just the minimum 2 riders.
Wet weather, too, which made me ponder the impact of a puncture on a 3 or 4 man squad.

Certainly extended the event for the viewing public.

frenchfighter

Would recommend reading the ticker. Great racing today.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u ... 1&ie=UTF-8

frenchfighter

Very happy to see Ulissi do well. He has proven to be a great talent and continues to attack and enliven races. I am sure he will get better and better and be competitive at the highest levels.

frenchfighter

Check out the time gaps.

Stage 2 Results
ITA 1 ULISSI, Diego (LAMPRE-MERIDA) 4:33:23
COL 2 RUBIANO CHAVEZ, Miguel Angel (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 34
ITA 3 CUNEGO, Damiano (LAMPRE-MERIDA) + 1:11
CRO 4 ROGINA, Radoslav (ADRIA MOBIL)
AUT 5 ZOIDL, Riccardo (TEAM GOURMETFEIN SIMPLON) + 1:15
ITA 6 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE)
ITA 7 BONGIORNO, Francesco Manuel (BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX)
CZE 8 KONIG, Leopold (TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA) + 1:16
ESP 9 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (MTN - QHUBEKA) + 1:20
ITA 10 BASSO, Ivan (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) + 1:38

General Classification after Stage 2
ITA 1 ULISSI, Diego (LAMPRE-MERIDA) 7:09:06
COL 2 RUBIANO CHAVEZ, Miguel Angel (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 58
ITA 3 CUNEGO, Damiano (LAMPRE-MERIDA) + 1:17
ITA 4 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 1:40
CZE 5 KONIG, Leopold (TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA) + 1:42
ITA 6 BASSO, Ivan (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING)
ITA 7 BONGIORNO, Francesco Manuel (BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX) + 1:46
AUT 8 ZOIDL, Riccardo (TEAM GOURMETFEIN SIMPLON) + 1:52
ESP 9 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (MTN - QHUBEKA) + 2:06
IRL 10 DEIGNAN, Philip (UNITEDHEALTHCARE PRO CYCLING TEAM) + 2:12

dave_1

Rebellin still not too bad.

inkyfingers

Any footage of this? These italian chippers always seem to produce some fun racing.

blazing_saddles

Just watched Stage 2 on Rai Sport 2. Took place under under clear blue skies. Excellent stuff. Riders everywhere. Diego Ulissi a class apart. Moser right out of sorts and in trouble early on the final climb, after Basso had done a lot of the donkey work. Still ended up the only Cannondale rider in the top 10.
Awful day for Vini Fantini.
First, Rabottini had a nasty downhill crash, while leading, then, Fabio Taborre had a mechanical 250 metres from the finish.
Not so bad, except the profile map doesn't show that it was 17% uphill!
Ended up losing over a minute in those few metres.

frenchfighter

Blazing Saddles wrote:

First, Rabottini had a nasty downhill crash, while leading

Dave_1 wrote:

Rebellin still not too bad.

blazing_saddles

inkyfingers wrote:

Any footage of this? These italian chippers always seem to produce some fun racing.

15 minutes of the fun finish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... X6LmyofxMc

frenchfighter

Pross

Very British looking scenery in those photos, they could be racing on country lanes in any hilly areas over here (especially the shot with the gravelly corner that the rider crashed on!).

inkyfingers

frenchfighter wrote:

That photo makes me want to go home and go cycling.

frenchfighter

Ticker:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u ... 1&ie=UTF-8

frenchfighter

Cunego takes the stage.

frenchfighter

Crozza

inkyfingers wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

That photo makes me want to go home and go cycling.

lol yes there should be a watershed on these - they only appear after 5pm during the week

blazing_saddles

Lovely stage to watch, all the highlights above the snowline.
A pretty narrow, technical descent, with snow melt on the roads.
Lucas Euser, so near and yet, so far.
Ulissi right up there until the final km, then seemed to drop back,
only holding the final place in the small group.
Another 5 metres and Santambroggio would have taken Cunego.
Basso seems to be edging towards required Giro form.



ITT today, where I expect young Diego to take more time from his
nearest rivals.
Maybe Konig being the exception.

LutherB

Love the sunlight in this pic; looks like a dawn finish in Summer, far away from the falling snow outside now.

iainf72

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Basso seems to be edging towards required Giro form.

I think if he manages to avoid injury he'll be there or there abouts in May.

blazing_saddles

You can see Basso's improving form here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... qXMB9tyNXI

Final 15 minutes of the sunny, snowy ride in the wilds.