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Sky 2012 || Giro'd Italia - Quest for Pink
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 11-04-2012 22:50
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Vroom, Vroome, Froome !
More details tomorrow  Stay Tuned Guys !
Edited by Alakagom on 12-04-2012 11:51
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-04-2012 22:54
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Can I post good luck?
If so, good luck 
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 11-04-2012 22:56
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All comments welcome obviously Thanks valv
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 11-04-2012 22:56
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Good luck |
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| Absintlover |
Posted on 11-04-2012 23:00
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Good luck |
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| hazzy |
Posted on 11-04-2012 23:22
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Good luck. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 12-04-2012 06:14
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Gotta love the Froome picture!
Good luck! 
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| jph27 |
Posted on 12-04-2012 09:26
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Good Luck, I'm really surprised by the team choice though. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-04-2012 12:29
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Hope you enjoy your quest for the Maglia Rosa, Good Luck |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 12-04-2012 15:26
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Thanks for all the good lucks guys, much appreciated
Sky Giro Team
Leader
Chris improved trough the season. He didn't race much as has only 15 race days coming to Giro, and already with good results in Romandie taking 3rd place overall. He's our ultimate leader who we'll hope will challenge for the maglia rosa. In reality we hope for a Top 3 at the end of the Giro, and we patiently wait for the official startlist to be released. Taking the pink after the TTT is our early goal. Trying to Defend it from there will prove the biggest challenge.
Co-Leader
Siutsou is our second most important rider in the team, he's mountain skills will help us many times, he'll be guiding Froome to the front and making the pace on the climbs until Froome gets going. We hope he can also get a nice GC place at the end of Giro.
Sprinter
Mark comes here as the fastest sprinter in the peleton at the moment, but not with the greatest of the forms. He'll start with just 87 fitness, and he may struggle in the first few stages to get to that good 90's shape. He'll be leaving us at the end of week 2 to prepare for the Tour. We hope to get a stage win and continue his good season which saw him taking 6 victories already. He's support will be rather meek here.
Mountain Domestiques
Henao, Lofkvist and Porte are essential if we want success at Giro. They will protect Froome & Siutsou many times throughout out the Giro. Occasionally on of them will also try to join the break and snatch a good result, possibly even a stage win.
Domestiques
Those 3 will be the ones pulling the strings on the flat stages and protecting our leaders there. If the occasion comes and we'll have the Maglia Rosa you'll see them throughout the stage trying to catch the constant breaks.
Zandio and Nordhaug should prove very useful pushing the early pace on the climbs, while Appollonio will have the mission of pacing up the Cav to the front of the peleton and trying to get that win for the team.
That concludes presentation our team. Later on we'll see have the official startlist looks before the racing begins Comments about the team always welcome
Edited by Alakagom on 12-04-2012 15:53
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-04-2012 15:51
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Let's hope that Chris Froome has an injury free race and does Sky proud |
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| jraaijmakers |
Posted on 12-04-2012 15:55
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Good luck with this great great team! |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 12-04-2012 18:11
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sutty68 Let's hope so
jraaijmakers Glad to see you on-board the story, hope you enjoy it. It is indeed great team
Spoiler BMC
1. C.Evans
2. A.Blythe
3. S.Cummings
4. A.Moinard
5. T.Phinney
6. M.Pinotti
7. M.Santambrogio
8. J.Tschopp
9. D.Wyss
Lampre
11. M.Scarponi
12. L.Bertagnolli
13. A.Kvachuk
14. A.Malori
15. M.Marzano
16. M.Mori
17. A.Petacchi
18. D.Pietropolli
19. D.Ulissi
Liquigas
21. I.Basso
22. P.Longo Borghini
23. D.Oss
24. D.Ratto
25. F.Sabatini
26. P.Sagan
27. J.Sagan
28. A.Vanotti
29. E.Viviani
Euskaltel
31. I.Antón
32. J.Azanza
33. P.Cazaux
34. R.García
35. M.Landa
36. M.Nieve
37. R.Pérez
38. R.Sicard
39. G.Verdugo
Lotto
41. J.Van den Broeck
42. G.Bille
43. S.Cordeel
44. B.De Clercq
45. G.Dockx
46. G.Henderson
47. V.Reynès
48. J.Vanendert
49. F.Willems
Sky
51. C.Froome
52. D.Appollonio
53. M.Cavendish
54. S.Henao
55. T.Löfkvist
56. L.P.Nordhaug
57. R.Porte
58. K.Siutsou
59. X.Zandio
Androni
61. J.Rujano
62. R.Chiarini
63. R.Ferrari
64. J.Monsalve
65. C.J.Ochoa
66. J.Rodríguez
67. M.Rubiano
68. E.Sella
69. J.Serpa
Rabobank
71. L.L.Sánchez
72. T.Bos
73. G.Brown
74. S.Kruijswijk
75. M.Matthews
76. B.Mollema
77. M.Renshaw
78. B.Tankink
79. J.Van Emden
Astana
81. J.Brajkovic
82. B.Božic
83. F.Gavazzi
84. A.Grivko
85. V.Iglinskiy
86. F.Masciarelli
87. S.Ponzi
88. E.Silin
89. P.Tiralongo
Cofidis
91. R.Taaramäe
92. M.Buffaz
93. J.Demaret
94. L.Duque
95. J.Ghyselinck
96. K.Kriit
97. A.Labbe
98. A.Saramotins
99. N.Sijmens
Quick·Step
101. K.De Weert
102. M.Bandiera
103. D.Cataldo
104. F.Chicchi
105. I.Keisse
106. M.Kwiatkowski
107. N.Maes
108. J.Pineau
109. F.Rabon
Vacansoleil
111. W.Poels
112. M.Carrara
113. S.Lagutin
114. B-J.Lindeman
115. R.Ruijgh
116. M.Selvaggi
117. K.Van Hummel
118. F.Veuchelen
119. L.Westra
Garmin
121. D.Martin
122. J.Bauer
123. T.Farrar
124. K.Fernández
125. H.Haussler
126. M.Kreder
127. C.Le Mével
128. R.Navardauskas
129. P.Stetina
Acqua & Sapone
131. S.Garzelli
132. C.Betancourt
133. M.Codol
134. D.Di Luca
135. F.Ginanni
136. R.Marzoli
137. V.Miholjevic
138. D.Napolitano
139. F.Reda
RadioShack
141. Y.Popovych
142. M.Busche
143. M.Irizar
144. G.Nizzolo
145. H.Roulston
146. J.Sergent
147. R.Wagner
148. O.Zaugg
149. H.Zubeldia
Movistar
151. M.Bruseghin
152. D.Arroyo
153. I.Gutiérrez
154. V.Karpets
155. I.Konovalovas
156. D.López
157. Á.Madrazo
158. B.Samoilau
159. F.J.Ventoso
Saxo Bank
161. D.Navarro
162. M.Boaro
163. J.Cantwell
164. M.Christensen
165. K.Klostergaard
166. J.Marycz
167. T.Miyazawa
168. L.Roberts
169. T.R.Vinther
FDJ
171. J.Roy
172. S.Casar
173. P.Fédrigo
174. Y.Hutarovich
175. C.Pineau
176. G.Rasch
177. D.Rollin
178. J.Veikkanen
179. A.Vichot
Katusha
181. Á.Vicioso
182. M.Belkov
183. G.Caruso
184. X.Florencio
185. D.Galimzyanov
186. M.Haller
187. J.Horrach
188. A.Porsev
189. R.Selig
AG2R
191. C.Riblon
192. M.Belletti
193. K.Goddaert
194. S.Hinault
195. R.Lemarchand
196. L.Mondory
197. M.Montaguti
198. M.Perget
199. A.Ravard
GreenEdge
201. D.Impey
202. J.Bobridge
203. B.Cooke
204. J.Dean
205. L.Durbridge
206. L.Howard
207. R.McEwen
208. C.Meyer
209. M.Wilson
Europcar
211. D.Malacarne
212. Y.Arashiro
213. R.Chtioui
214. M.Claude
215. D.Gaudin
216. Y.Gène
217. S.Haddou
218. A.Pichot
219. S.Turgot
General Classification
Cadel Evans proved to us he's the best climber in the world winning Tour de France. This year he's coming in top shape to Giro and is again top favourite for the win. He's the best climber, puncheur and time-trialer in the Giro. Can anyone bet against him ?
Well actually yes. Ivan Basso had excellent preparation towards the Giro. With only 15 days raced and amazing win at Trentino he's coming to Giro with ideal shape. He's only weakness is the team, where the 2nd best climber would be Peter Sagan. That said the home bonus and his form should make him a top - dog at this year's Giro.
Scarponi is another Italian hope this year. After coming 2nd to Contador last year and then taking the win after Contador's result have been taken away, Scarponi will try to take the tile once again - this time the right way. He had very steady start to the season with good results, but nothing big. He along Basso will try to make alliance to get rid of Evans, it will be a interesting watch.
The Venezuelan is one of the best climbers in the field. His weakness are his average time-trial and puncheur skills, but we won't have many of them this year, which should suit him a lot. His recovery isn't brilliant too, so he may well suffer in the 3rd week. A definite podium candidate, but with Rujano we never know.
Jurgen Van den Broeck is the Belgian's hope at the Giro. He comes with great shape, finishing 5th in Liege - Bastogne - Leige. He's again one of the better climbers in the Giro, but he lacks the support of his team.
Anton had a miserable 2011 in terms of GC, but he took epic victory at Giro last year. This time again he comes for success, but he'll ride for GC this time as well. He's very unpredictable, but we think he'll challenge for a top spot at the end.
And here's our own Chris Froome. He's the weakest climber from all the favourites here, but he compensates having a strong team and great all-round abilities. We definitely think a podium is achievable, anything more than that ? We'll see when we begin racing
 Luis Leon Sánchez
 Janez Brajkovic
 Rein Taaramäe
 Kevin De Weert
 Wout Poels
 Daniel Martin
Sprints
Cavendish is still the fastest man on the planet and comes here us a big favourite for the sprints. He took 6 victories already in the season and will definitely want to improve that total here.
Petacchi is one of the oldest riders in the peleton, but still is one of the fastest. With added home bonus, Petacchi could prove to be an equal rival to Mark.
Farrar is another fast finisher. He is often overshadowed by Mark in the sprints, but with much better lead-out here he might have the edge.
Peter Sagan
Theo Bos
Borut Božic
 Danielo Napolitano
 Yauheni Hutarovich
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 12-04-2012 18:33
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Looks very nice there Alakgom
VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO
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| baia |
Posted on 12-04-2012 18:41
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Looking good....best of luck...
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| Csabi13 |
Posted on 12-04-2012 18:42
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Arroyo a favourite |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 12-04-2012 20:02
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Thanks guys, Arroyo is indeed dangerous but not the biggest favourite.
The next three stages are more hilly and much tougher than the opening in Denmark. Stage 6 looks like perfect one for a successful breakaway. Stage 7 at the end of the week is the first one where we expect the big GC guns will contend for victory and first bigger gaps should show who are the favourites for this year's Giro.
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| Absintlover |
Posted on 12-04-2012 20:39
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Good luck with this , looks like some hard stages |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 12-04-2012 21:17
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Very nice presentation so far, good luck
Cadel Evans proved to us he's the best climber in the world winning Tour de France.
This sounds funny since he won it in the time trial
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 12-04-2012 21:24
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Good luck, but I'm seriously disappointed in how low Nordhaug's stats are.  (jk) |
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