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Giro d'Italia 2013 - Week 1
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| Nin1388 |
Posted on 26-04-2013 10:05
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
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With Sky announcing all climber line up for Giro, Wiggins looks like overwhelming favorite now. I can only see Nibali Chasing him all the way. As usual Sky will set high tempo to get Wiggins over last climb and he will deliver it in Time Trial. Cant see Hesjedal, Sacarponi, Evans being big threat. Moreno is in good form may be top 5.
Well, Sky team is insane again, but Astana has super climbing team too. Likes of Brajko, Kesiakoff, Tiralongo, Aru and Agnoli are not bad either. I think we can see like 3-4 men from both Sky and Astana in last 25 men groups or so. But probably rather five from Sky (wiggo, henao, uran, cataldo and Siutsou) in last ten riders left. 
Problem for Nibali is even though he can stick with Wiggins in mountains, but he will be left behind in Time Trial that too approximately 80kms of TT in Giro this year. May be he can try his luck on some descent like Tirreno-Adriatico this year.
Edited by Nin1388 on 26-04-2013 10:06
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 26-04-2013 11:59
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Nin1388 wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Nin1388 wrote:
With Sky announcing all climber line up for Giro, Wiggins looks like overwhelming favorite now. I can only see Nibali Chasing him all the way. As usual Sky will set high tempo to get Wiggins over last climb and he will deliver it in Time Trial. Cant see Hesjedal, Sacarponi, Evans being big threat. Moreno is in good form may be top 5.
Well, Sky team is insane again, but Astana has super climbing team too. Likes of Brajko, Kesiakoff, Tiralongo, Aru and Agnoli are not bad either. I think we can see like 3-4 men from both Sky and Astana in last 25 men groups or so. But probably rather five from Sky (wiggo, henao, uran, cataldo and Siutsou) in last ten riders left.
Problem for Nibali is even though he can stick with Wiggins in mountains, but he will be left behind in Time Trial that too approximately 80kms of TT in Giro this year. May be he can try his luck on some descent like Tirreno-Adriatico this year.
Nibali will have to attack Wiggo for sure (descents especially, that is his style in the end). Key matchups could be between Astana and Sky domestiques, who will have to put the other team under pressure and get rid off their helpers. Unfortunately for my liking, Sky team is the strongest on paper. So i worry that scenario like Nibali attacking against pack led by Cataldo and Henao will happen and that leads to nothing against Wiggo.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 26-04-2013 13:47
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It should be all against Sky. Otherwise I can see no way that Sky will be beaten. |
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| titleist82 |
Posted on 26-04-2013 14:58
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Danilo Di Luca (37) has signed with Fantini Vini and will ride the Giro. His season will start at GP Larciano tomorrow. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 26-04-2013 19:27
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Bak, Bellemakers, De Greef, De Haes, Dockx, Hansen, Kaisen, Wellens en Willems.
Bak is a decent option in breaks. If De Haes survives until the end of Giro, he might be one of the better sprinters left to challenge for few stages there. Wellens debut GT as well. Other than that, not great team here.
Edited by Alakagom on 26-04-2013 19:29
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 26-04-2013 19:29
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Don't see a safe bet for the GC. De Greef might do well to grab a top 20 finish, while DeHaes might try to sneek into sprint finishe's and Bak and Wellens to win from breakaways? |
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| Maxvir |
Posted on 26-04-2013 19:44
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titleist82 wrote:
Danilo Di Luca (37) has signed with Fantini Vini and will ride the Giro. His season will start at GP Larciano tomorrow.
So, first they signed Poljanski, but they didn`t register him ( "lack of money" ) but now they sign Di Luca...that`s nice...
Edited by Maxvir on 26-04-2013 19:44
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| fickman |
Posted on 26-04-2013 20:04
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Update: Roster for Lotto-Belisol and Euskaltel-Euskadi. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 26-04-2013 20:06
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Maxvir wrote:
titleist82 wrote:
Danilo Di Luca (37) has signed with Fantini Vini and will ride the Giro. His season will start at GP Larciano tomorrow.
So, first they signed Poljanski, but they didn`t register him ( "lack of money" ) but now they sign Di Luca...that`s nice...
Di Luca was signed back in december, but there's been a fight between the team and the sponsor over whether he could ride, so only now it's finally official
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| Faca |
Posted on 26-04-2013 22:35
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Saxo-Tinkoff for Giro, according to https://teamsaxotinkoff.com/races.asp?...id=3015#nu
Bennati, Boaro, Breschel, Christensen, Kroon, Majka, Petrov, Pires, Sutherland. |
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| alex344 |
Posted on 27-04-2013 05:04
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Saxo going all for Bennati then? Though I am curious to see how Sutherland fares in his first GT (if I recall?) |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 27-04-2013 06:17
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alex344 wrote:
Saxo going all for Bennati then? Though I am curious to see how Sutherland fares in his first GT (if I recall?)
Sutherland rode the Giro once before when he was with Rabbobank
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 27-04-2013 10:22
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From the best climbers out there, Majka is out of shape, Pires is an incognita. I'd like the Portuguese to have a bit of freedom of his own, get on a right break or so, however, he hasn't been getting the results.
Edited by FreitasPCM on 27-04-2013 10:23
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 28-04-2013 08:34
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Boaro seems to be in good form at Romandie, so maybe he can get some nice result in TT for Saxo if this will last. They can join many breaks too.
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 28-04-2013 08:35
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-04-2013 11:21
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I just hope Bakelants finally gets that stage win  |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 28-04-2013 11:22
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Ian Butler wrote:
I just hope Bakelants finally gets that stage win
You know he's going to crash inside the final kilomtere.
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| krisa |
Posted on 28-04-2013 11:22
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Tim wellens won't ride the giro due to knee problems
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-04-2013 11:26
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That's too bad for Wellens, missing his debut... |
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| fickman |
Posted on 28-04-2013 11:54
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Update: Roster for Colombia, Katusha and RadioShack-Leopard. |
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| alex344 |
Posted on 28-04-2013 12:29
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RadioShack-Leopard
Tiago Machado
George Bennet
Danilo Hondo
Robert Kiserlovski
Giacomo Nizzolo
Nelson Oliveira
Yaroslav Popovych
Hayden Roulston
Jesse Sergent
I am not sure of this. Co-Leadership between Kiserlovski and Machado for Radioshack? |
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