Man, Nibali is just a monster in Giro! I think, you did a good job, no chance against that Liquigas-guys. And 3rd for Paulinho is still within reach. Good luck for ITT!
Maybe im wrong,but i have the feeling that The Shack riders(Levi & Paulinho)don´t have big support for this type of stages,they are on their own....you did good but i think maybe a little more agressive moves are missing...downhill attacks...if they do that,then i´ll do it too..
@All
Thank you I totally failed the last two stages, sorry! But I promise, we get the third place back.
@lluuiiggii/Batista15
It is probably because hilly stage finishes did not include any bonification, no time boni, no money and no points. Without that bug, it would probably really close between Freire, Nibali and Basso.
@baia
You are right. Machado is still to young and to weak to be a really help, and the other are either helper for the flat or hills (Hermans, Irizar, Rubiera) or sprinter (Impey, Lequatre).
As said, I am not a fan of downhill attacking (it was similar to cheating at the other PCMs) and it is quite unrealistic. I hoped that our guys could catch him with 99% dot or relay... Well, it did not work, so I probably had to counter his attack. Sorry, my mistake.
30. May Giro d'Italia Stage 21: Verona, 15,3km ITT The Giro is almost over! The last stage is a hilly time trial in Verona. The Torricelle (4,55km; 4,5%) is a quite hard climb, so todays stage is probably a bit too hard for the pure time trial specialists, the puncheurs have a good chance, too. But we have to remember that after three hard weeks, the recovery is also an important thing. An other interesting fact: Todays course is the same circuit as at the world championships 1999 and 2004 (only inverted), maybe a good sign for Óscar Freire?
Team goals:
- Stage win (Leipheimer)
- Gain as much time as needed to pass Basso in the overall (Paulinho)
Favourites: Bradley Wiggins, Levi Leipheimer, Marco Pinotti, Luis León Sánchez, Vincenzo Nibali. My tip: Levi is quite frustrated about the lost leader jersey, and we still have no stage win (I do not count the TTT). A stage victory would be something like a consulation prize.
Well, a 2nd and a 4th are not that bad, but after this first two weeks, we can be quite unhappy to lose our good positions at the last three stages... Congrats to Liquigas, Basso and Nibali showed, espescially at the last week, some great performances... At least, we fulfill one of the goals which the RadioShack Corp. wanted from us - a Top3 in the Giro.
FBD Ras Stage 8:
1.) Dan Craven (Rapha Condor) 3h23'00"
2.) Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
3.) Andres Pereyra (Jamis) s.t.
GC:
1.) Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare) 28h50'16"
2.) Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano) +1'52"
3.) Dan Craven (Rapha Condor) +1'58"
P: Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano)
M: James Moss (Endura Racing)
U25: Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano)
T: Skil - Shimano
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Nooo!! 1 second is the amount of time that separe Paulinho and Basso after 3 weeks!! Any other daily form for Paulinho would make him still get podium =/ That's really bad
Yes,i agree it´s a great story too,great win in ITT,at least you have made the possible to achieve a good result here,wich in my opinion,you achieved,3 weeks aren´t easy, Congrats.
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Great way to finish the Giro, even if you didn't get the win. That was really unlucky that Paulinho had such bad daily form. But the way he's developing I think he'll have more chances in the future for a podium finish in a GT.
I agree with the others, the Giro reports were great to read.
@all
Thank you Giro is over... Maybe a 2nd and a 4th are still not that bad, nontheless I want to excuse me that I totally failed the last two mountain stages.
@Porte
I agree, but probably not until 2011. His second GT 2010 will be the Tour de France, and with the Giro in the legs, he will probably only be one of the main helper for Armstrong.
@Pellizotti2
Of course you are right. I mixed up the results Sorry.
Thank you guys Glad that you like the overview and the story. lluuiiggii is right, I tried to make a table which is quite similar to the ones on wikipedia.
31. May Another great development in our squad, this time Yaroslav Popovych! Our best allrounder, strong on the mountains, against the clock and at hills, decent abilities on cobblestones and in sprints. One for sure: Vorarlberg and Palmeiras will have no chance to sign Popo, we will not let him go.
+ 2 Mountain
+ 1 Stamina
+ 1 Resistance
+ 2 Recovery
(The stat developments I write always under the rider profiles are always to see from the start of the season. So since the season starts, Popo improved +2 on Mountain, but with his improvement in April, he had only +1 improved)
Footon-Servetto has no really good rider for overalls, so they announced that they will try to sign Haimar Zubeldia.
Race results:
Spoiler:
Ronde van Belgie Stage 5:
1.) Manuele Mori (Lampre) 4h08'54"
2.) Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ) s.t.
3.) Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
GC:
1.) Gianni Meersman (FDJ) 15h11'17"
2.) Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet) +1'04"
3.) Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) +1'22"
Awards:
Rider of the month: (Who else) Vincenzo Nibali (3 Stage wins and Overall victory Giro d'Italia)
Young rider of the month: Simone Stortoni (Stage win and KOM-jersey Giro d'Italia)
GP Kranj
1.) Daniele Callegarin (CDC-Cavaliere) 4h19'32"
2.) Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
3.) Robert Kiserlovski (Liquigas) s.t.
2. June
Michele Albasini will stay with HTC-Colombia. Assured of keeping his role as leader for the hilly classics, he signed a new contract for 2-years.
3. June
Today I had a meeting with Dimitry Muravyvev. He said that his contract is up for renewal and he has to think about his future. He said that he is happy in our team and would like to stay.
We started negotiations and offered him a 2-year-contract with a monthly salary of 15.000€. Will he signs it?
Race results:
Spoiler:
Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg Stage 2:
1.) Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) 4h36'18"
2.) Nick Nuyens (Rabobank) +30"
3.) Markus Fothen (Milram) +52"
4. June
While other rider from RadioShack had some really nice improvements, a few have problems woth their age and starts to decrease, like Andreas Klöden.
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Hill
- 1 Sprint
Schwarzwald Rundfahrt
1.) Tomasz Lisowicz (CCC Polsat) 4h11'13"
2.) Florenz Knauer (Kuota-Indeland) s.t.
3.) Jean Zen (Palmans-Cras) s.t.
Memorial Marco Pantani
1.) Giovanni Visconti (ISD) 4h24'54"
2.) John Gadret (AG2R) +29"
3.) Manuele Mori (Lampre) s.t.
6. June
Dimitry Muravyev signed the contract! That are good news, knowing that Muravyev is the second best cobbler in our team and still has some potential there.
At the end of my post, I have a little question for my readers:
Daryl Impey and Ben Hermans asked for a new contract, too. I am really unsure if they still have a future in our team, whats your opinion?
The problem with Impey is that he have not much potential left and that we already signed two promising young rider (Georg Nennesson and Randolf Dreßel), which will be better sprinters than him in only a few years...
Ben Hermans was a quite good help for Levi at the Giro, and in February, he showed a great Vuelta a Andalucia (2nd overall, two stage wins). But like Impey, he has not much potential left and will never develop to a really strong rider...
