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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-05-2012 11:09
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We come to the Third UCI WorldTour event of the season and the 2012 edition of the Tirreno-Adriatico, the 47th time this race has been run. It is a race usually packed with Italians and it will probably be won by an Italian barring any mishaps.
Startlist:
Spoiler Liquigas
1. V.Nibali
2. V.Agnoli
3. S.Agostini
4. T.Dall'Antonia
5. A.Marangoni
6. D.Oss
7. P.Sagan
8. C.Salerno
Katusha
11. J.Rodríguez
12. X.Florencio
13. Ó.Freire
14. D.Galimzyanov
15. V.Gusev
16. L.Paolini
17. A.Porsev
18. Á.Vicioso
Lampre
21. M.Scarponi
22. L.Bertagnolli
23. G.Bole
24. D.Cimolai
25. D.Cunego
26. D.Kostyuk
27. A.Petacchi
28. D.Ulissi
Sky
31. B.Wiggins
32. D.Appollonio
33. J.A.Flecha
34. C.Froome
35. M.Hayman
36. D.Pate
37. R.Porte
38. G.Thomas
RadioShack
41. C.Horner
42. M.Busche
43. L.Didier
44. T.Machado
45. G.Nizzolo
46. Y.Popovych
47. G.Rast
48. O.Zaugg
BMC
51. P.Gilbert
52. A.Ballan
53. M.Burghardt
54. Y.Eijssen
55. T.Hushovd
56. M.Pinotti
57. M.Santambrogio
58. G.Van Avermaet
Garmin
61. T.Danielson
62. T.Dekker
63. T.Farrar
64. H.Haussler
65. R.Hunter
66. A.Klier
67. M.Maaskant
68. S.Vanmarcke
AG2R
71. J.Peraud
72. M.Belletti
73. B.Gastauer
74. R.Lemarchand
75. R.Nocentini
76. C.Riblon
77. N.Roche
78. B.Shpilevsky
Rabobank
81. S.Kruijswijk
82. C.Barredo
83. T.Bos
84. M.Breschel
85. M.Tjallingii
86. D.Van Winden
87. C.Vermeltfoort
88. M.Wynants
Acqua & Sapone
91. S.Garzelli
92. M.Codol
93. D.Di Luca
94. A.Donati
95. R.Marzoli
96. D.Napolitano
97. F.Reda
98. F.Taborre
Quick·Step
101. S.Chavanel
102. M.Bandiera
103. T.Boonen
104. D.Cataldo
105. F.Chicchi
106. G.Ciolek
107. N.Terpstra
108. J.Vermote
Astana
111. P.Tiralongo
112. A.Bazayev
113. B.Božic
114. J.Guarnieri
115. A.Kashechkin
116. R.Kiserlovski
117. S.Ponzi
118. E.Silin
Saxo Bank
121. C.A.Sørensen
122. M.Boaro
123. J.J.Haedo
124. J.A.Jørgensen
125. J.Marycz
126. N.Nuyens
127. S.Paulinho
128. N.Sørensen
Euskaltel
131. M.Nieve
132. I.Izaguirre
133. J.J.Oroz
134. R.Pérez
135. A.Pérez
136. A.Sáez de Arregi
137. P.Urtasun
138. I.Velasco
Vacansoleil
141. M.Carrara
142. S.Devolder
143. M.Keizer
144. S.Lagutin
145. B.Leukemans
146. M.Marcato
147. W.Mol
148. M.Pavarin
Movistar
151. J.J.Rojas
152. I.Erviti
153. J.Herrada
154. J.Iriarte
155. D.López
156. N.Quintana
157. E.Sanz
158. F.J.Ventoso
FDJ
161. P.Fédrigo
162. W.Bonnet
163. N.Bouhanni
164. A.Geslin
165. F.Mourey
166. Y.Offredo
167. A.Roux
168. G.Soupe
Lotto
171. J.Van de Walle
172. B.Bulgac
173. S.Cordeel
174. A.Greipel
175. G.Henderson
176. G.Meersman
177. M.Sieberg
178. D.Vanendert
Farnese Vini
181. L.Ascani
182. C.Benenati
183. T.Bertolini
184. P.De Negri
185. L.Giordani
186. K.Hulsmans
187. L.Mazzanti
188. F.Pozzato
Colnago
191. S.Pirazzi
192. E.Battaglin
193. C.Delle Stelle
194. A.Di Corrado
195. S.Modolo
196. A.Pagani
197. A.Pasqualon
198. F.Savini
GreenEdge
201. S.O'Grady
202. F.Beppu
203. S.Clarke
204. M.Goss
205. M.Hepburn
206. C.Meyer
207. T.Meyer
208. S.Tuft
Androni
211. F.Felline
212. A.De Marchi
213. G.Ermeti
214. R.Ferrari
215. J.Monsalve
216. F.J.Moreno
217. A.Parrinello
218. M.Ubeto
It looks to be a very strong startlist here as many of favourites came to the Tirreno this year instead of the Paris-Nice (won by Vinokourov). You have to have money on either Nibali or Scarponi winning here but look for the likes of Wiggins/Froome, Rodríguez, Horner and Cunego looking to upset the favourites. The sprint stages will likely be won by either Freire, Sagan, Appollonio, Boonen or Hushovd.
(I haven't got a team screenshot for this race due to my computer problems but we have Fedrigo for the GC and Geslin on the sprints)
Edited by CLURPR on 12-05-2012 11:19
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-05-2012 11:12
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Stage 1 - San Vincenzo - Donoratico
| 1 | Sky Pro Cycling | 22'00 | | 2 | BMC Racing Team | + 18 | | 3 | Katusha Team | + 27 | | 4 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 29 | | 5 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 31 | | 6 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 33 | | 7 | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 8 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 35 | | 9 | Movistar Team | + 36 | | 10 | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | 22'00 | | 2 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Danny Pate | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2 | | 7 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | + 9 | | 8 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 17 | | 9 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
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Posted on 12-05-2012 11:16
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Stage 2 - San Vincenzo - Indicatore
| 1 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | 5h50'36 | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 27 | | 3 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'41 | | 4 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 5 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 8 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 9 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 1 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | 6h12'54 | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 35 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'23 | | 4 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'32 | | 9 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'40 | | 10 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
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Posted on 12-05-2012 11:19
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Stage 3 - Indicatore - Terni
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 4h05'13 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 5 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 6 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 8 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 9 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. |
| 1 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | 10h18'07 | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 35 | | 3 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'20 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'23 | | 5 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 1'32 | | 9 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'40 | | 10 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-05-2012 12:26
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A quiet start for the team in Italy, but hopefully things will get better  |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 13-05-2012 20:54
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sutty68 wrote:
A quiet start for the team in Italy, but hopefully things will get better
I didn't expect much from this race to be honest. We don't have a very good GC contender and Bonnet and Geslin aren't top quality sprinters. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 13-05-2012 20:56
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Tbh 10th and 4th are quite nice results at always very tough Tirreno, well done 
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Posted on 13-05-2012 20:57
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Stage 4 - Amelia - Chieti
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 6h41'06 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 25 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 56 | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | + 1'37 | | 5 | David López | Movistar Team | + 1'47 | | 6 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'11 | | 8 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'36 | | 9 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 17h00'51 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 37 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 48 | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | + 2'06 | | 5 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'08 | | 6 | David López | Movistar Team | + 2'13 | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'28 | | 8 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'21 | | 9 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'09 |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 13-05-2012 20:58
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Alakagom wrote:
Tbh 10th and 4th are quite nice results at always very tough Tirreno, well done
True  but on the 4th place no-one sprinted really |
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Posted on 13-05-2012 21:00
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Stage 5 - Martinsicuro - Prati di Tivo
| 1 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | 5h37'15 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 7 | | 3 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'02 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'12 | | 5 | Laurent Didier | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 6 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 7 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'20 | | 8 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 1'29 | | 9 | David López | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | + 1'50 |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 22h38'07 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'48 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 2'07 | | 4 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'05 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'39 | | 6 | David López | Movistar Team | + 3'41 | | 7 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | + 4'21 | | 8 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | + 5'49 | | 9 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | + 6'11 |
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Posted on 13-05-2012 21:03
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Stage 6 - Offida - Offida
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 4h45'37 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 41 | | 3 | David López | Movistar Team | + 52 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'06 | | 6 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'14 | | 7 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 8 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | s.t. |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 27h24'19 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'05 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 2'46 | | 4 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'36 | | 5 | David López | Movistar Team | + 3'54 | | 6 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4'18 | | 7 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | + 5'00 | | 8 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | + 6'28 | | 9 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | + 6'50 | | 10 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | + 7'28 |
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Posted on 13-05-2012 21:10
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Stage 7 - San Benedetto del Tronto
| 1 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | 10'15 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5 | | 3 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | + 7 | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 8 | | 5 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 9 | | 6 | Svein Tuft | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | + 10 | | 8 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | + 12 | | 10 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 14 |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 27h35'03 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'50 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 2'58 | | 4 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'24 | | 5 | David López | Movistar Team | + 3'58 | | 6 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4'04 | | 7 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | + 4'58 | | 8 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | + 6'06 | | 9 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | + 6'41 | | 10 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 7'14 | | 11 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | + 7'28 | | 12 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 8'18 | | 13 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 8'44 | | 14 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 8'50 | | 15 | Enrico Battaglin | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 11'11 | | 16 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 12'21 | | 17 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 14'46 | | 18 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 15'31 | | 19 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 16'22 | | 20 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 16'34 |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 39 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | 28 | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 27 | | 4 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | 22 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 22 |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 8 | | 2 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | 8 | | 3 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | | 4 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | 5 | | 5 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | 5 |
| 1 | Enrico Battaglin | Colnago - CSF Inox | 27h46'14 (1) | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 5'11 (2) | | 3 | Stefano Pirazzi | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 8'57 (3) | | 4 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'24 (4) | | 5 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 19'46 (5) |
| 1 | Lampre - ISD | 82h14'14 (1) | | 2 | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'08 (2) | | 3 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 16'21 (3) | | 4 | Movistar Team | + 22'20 (4) | | 5 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 24'48 (5) |
Summary:
Overall, not a great race for us as we didn't even manage a Top 20 with Fedrigo. Hopefully the fitness gained from this race can be put to good use in the MSR. Rodgriquez seemed to be like Vino in Paris-Nice, unbeatable. I am also surprised with Carrara as he showed good form to finish in 4th place here on a tough Tirreno-Adriatico. Up next anyway is the Milano-Sanremo, the first monument of the season  |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 13-05-2012 21:21
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The 2012 race of Milano-Sanremo brings us to the first Monument of the season and one where everyone will look to score a big win for their respective teams. The 298km race is one of the longest on the WorldTour calendar and many riders will not finish the race. It will be the 103rd edition of this prestigious race and we hope that the race will live up to expectation and be a fantastic race.
Startlist:
Spoiler Sky
1. M.Cavendish
2. E.Boasson Hagen
3. J.A.Flecha
4. C.Froome
5. R.Porte
6. G.Thomas
7. R.Urán
8. B.Wiggins
BMC
11. T.Hushovd
12. A.Ballan
13. Y.Eijssen
14. P.Gilbert
15. G.Hincapie
16. M.Quinziato
17. M.Santambrogio
18. G.Van Avermaet
Quick·Step
21. T.Boonen
22. M.Bandiera
23. D.Cataldo
24. S.Chavanel
25. G.Ciolek
26. N.Terpstra
27. M.Trentin
28. K.Vandewalle
Lotto
31. A.Greipel
32. L.Bak
33. G.Bille
34. B.Bulgac
35. B.De Clercq
36. F.De Greef
37. O.Kaisen
38. T.Van der Sande
Garmin
41. T.Farrar
42. T.Danielson
43. H.Haussler
44. R.Hesjedal
45. M.Maaskant
46. D.Millar
47. S.Vanmarcke
48. J.Vansummeren
Lampre
51. A.Petacchi
52. D.Cimolai
53. D.Cunego
54. D.Hondo
55. Y.Krivtsov
56. M.Marzano
57. M.Mori
58. D.Righi
GreenEdge
61. M.Goss
62. M.Docker
63. S.Gerrans
64. M.Hepburn
65. B.Lancaster
66. S.Langeveld
67. S.O'Grady
68. M.Wilson
Katusha
71. Ó.Freire
72. X.Florencio
73. D.Galimzyanov
74. V.Gusev
75. A.Kristoff
76. D.Menchov
77. L.Paolini
78. J.Rodríguez
Movistar
81. J.J.Rojas
82. M.Bruseghin
83. J.Castroviejo
84. J.Herrada
85. V.Kiryienka
86. E.Sanz
87. A.Valverde
88. G.Visconti
Vacansoleil
91. R.Feillu
92. M.Carrara
93. S.Devolder
94. B.Leukemans
95. P.Ligthart
96. M.Pavarin
97. M.Selvaggi
98. L.Westra
Rabobank
101. M.Breschel
102. C.Barredo
103. L.Boom
104. T.Bos
105. L.L.Sánchez
106. B.Tankink
107. M.Tjallingii
108. M.Wynants
RadioShack
111. F.Cancellara
112. J.Fuglsang
113. L.Gerdemann
114. C.Horner
115. A.Klöden
116. M.Monfort
117. G.Rast
118. J.Voigt
Liquigas
121. P.Sagan
122. D.Caruso
123. M.Da Dalto
124. T.Dall'Antonia
125. P.Longo Borghini
126. V.Nibali
127. D.Oss
128. M.Paterski
FDJ
131. A.Geslin
132. N.Bouhanni
133. S.Casar
134. P.Fédrigo
135. A.Gérard
136. Y.Offredo
137. A.Roux
138. J.Roy
AG2R
141. M.Belletti
142. M.Bouet
143. H.Dupont
144. M.Elmiger
145. M.Montaguti
146. R.Nocentini
147. J.Peraud
148. M.Perget
Astana
151. E.Gasparotto
152. F.Gavazzi
153. M.Iglinskiy
154. V.Iglinskiy
155. F.Masciarelli
156. D.Muravyev
157. P.Tiralongo
158. A.Vinokourov
Saxo Bank
161. N.Nuyens
162. M.Boaro
163. L.S.Haedo
164. M.Mørkøv
165. N.Sørensen
166. D.Tanner
167. M.Tosatto
168. T.R.Vinther
Acqua & Sapone
171. F.Ginanni
172. P.Ciavatta
173. C.Corioni
174. F.Di Paolo
175. A.Masciarelli
176. S.Masciarelli
177. V.Miholjevic
178. A.Proni
Euskaltel
181. R.Pérez
182. M.Astarloza
183. G.Izagirre
184. M.Landa
185. J.J.Oroz
186. A.Sáez de Arregi
187. P.Urtasun
188. I.Velasco
Farnese Vini
191. F.Failli
Colnago
201. S.Colbrelli
202. G.Brambilla
203. M.Canola
204. M.Coledan
205. S.Locatelli
206. P.Locatelli
207. O.Lombardi
208. A.Piechele
Androni
211. R.Chiarini
212. T.Gil
213. S.Mancuso
214. C.J.Ochoa
215. J.Rodríguez
216. A.Santoro
217. E.Sella
218. J.Serpa
An amazing startlist here with so many favourites involved. I think though that due to the strength of both the BMC and Sky squads that a winner will come from either team. Gilbert showed he was in fantastic form in the Tirreno, as did the Sky trio Froome, Porte and Wiggins. We must not forget the World Champion Mark Cavendish but I think that many will try to drop him before the Cipressa and Poggio so he has no hope of repeating his 2009 success. Outside of those select few you have Hushovd, Cunego, Gerrans, Valverde, Cancellara and after his 4th place at the Tirreno Carrara may be able to surprise a few by possibly taking the win. Either way the race is going to a tough battle and the FDJ team are going to throw themselves into the mix and we hopefully can come away with a Top 10. |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 14-05-2012 15:49
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With Casar, Fedrigo and Geslin all in decent shape here we are looking to challenge for a Top 10 here in Italy. It will be tough to achieve our aim here as the startlist looks very strong and after the way Gilbert dominated Stage 6 in the Tirreno, you can bet he will be the odds-on favourite here. Our plan is simple, we will use up Roux, Roy and Offredo on the hills/climbs and set a punishing pace to split the peloton and hopefully remove the sprinters from the equation at the end and leave ourselves with an elite group of punchers and favourites from which we may be able to spring a surprise attack on either the Cipressa or Poggio. |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 14-05-2012 15:51
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Favourites: Gilbert (BMC), Cunego (Lampre), Froome (Sky)
Things only really settled down here in Italy at around the 100km mark. A 6-man break was finally established containing Danielson (Garmin).
On the run-up to the Passo del Turchino we send Offredo to the front of the peloton to try and test some of the sprinters legs on the gradual incline.
While he dropped no-one, he actually succeeded in catching the early breakaway and did manage to string the peloton out quite nicely.
We had the first crash of the day and it was Nibali (Liquigas), he wasn't exactly a favourite here but his team will miss him if he fails to make it back. Meanwhile a 3-man break went away containing Boom (Rabobank).
We hit the bottom of Le Manie and it had become a 5-man group with Visconti (Movistar) and Rast (RadioShack) bridging the gap. Vanmarcke (Garmin) wasn't too far behind and they all had around 5 mins on the peloton.
We sent Offredo to the front up the climb and this time he succeeded in splitting the peloton! 77 riders were left behind including Rodriguez (Katusha), Fuglsang (RadioShack), Carrara (Vacansoleil), Gerrans (GreenEDGE), Valverde (Movistar) and Sagan (Liquigas). We still hadn't managed to lose most of the sprinters for some reason and Cavendish was sitting pretty in the front half of the peloton.
With 77km still to go, Cancellara (RadioShack) tried his luck with a strong attack but it was met with a huge increased of pace from BMC and Sky!
Fortunately, he was brought back with 50km to go and we had Tosatto (Saxo Bank), Visconti, Boom and Rast out front with a 2 min advantage.
Cancellara attacked again with 38km to go but this time he brought some danger men with him in the form of Chavanel (OmegaPharma) and Haussler (Garmin). This could prove to be a strong attack!
But still BMC and Sky would not let anyone go and it was all back together with the break being caught at the foot of the Cipressa. 72 riders remained in the front group.
We used up our last helper, Roy on the Cipressa to try and drop the sprinters that remained and any other favourites out of form and we got the peloton down to 63 riders but still both Boonen (OmegaPharma) and Cavendish remained!
Attacks were coming thick and fast in the final 15km with Nuyens (Saxo Bank), Chavanel and Voigt (RadioShack) going off the front and TDU winner, Ballan (BMC) and Vansummeren (Garmin) following a few metres behind.
At the foot of the Poggio they still had 30 seconds on the peloton. We had sent Casar and Fedrigo up to the front to try and bridge but it wasn't having much effect!
Flecha (Sky), Leukemans (Vacansoleil) and Paris-Nice victor Vinokourov (Astana) managed to bridge on the Poggio and on the descent they still had a 30 secs gap.
BMC could not pull back any time on the descent and with 2.5km to go it looked as if the 9 rider front group would decide the MSR!
Breschel lead out the sprint with 1km to go and looked to have got the jump on some of the other riders...
But no! Flecha, Nuyens and Vino were coming back at him with 500m to go!
Oh my God! Flecha came with an incredible turn of speed and looked the favourite to win the sprint and the 2012 MSR with only 300m left to go!
The Spaniard wins it! I don't believe it! What a brilliant strategy Flecha had there, the Sky man simply sat in Breschel's wheel and launched himself with 500m to go! Amazing! What a victory! Breschel was 2nd for Rabobank with Nuyens 3rd for Saxo Bank.
| 1 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | 7h15'01 | | 2 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 4 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 9 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Barracuda | + 34 | | 10 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 1'04 | | 11 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 12 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 13 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 16 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 17 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 18 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 20 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 22 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 23 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 24 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 25 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. |
Summary:
A fantastic race in the end and it gave us a very surprising winner! BMC and Gilbert must be kicking themselves after losing out on the winning move on the Poggio. But well done to the Top 9 riders who played it perfectly and managed to get away at the crucial moment. We had 2 in the Top 25 which isn't too bad but I would have liked a Top 20 result. Either way it was a fantastic race to be part of and I only wish we had managed to repay the hard work put in by Roy, Roux and Offredo earlier in the race. Well done to Flecha and the Sky team!
Edited by CLURPR on 15-05-2012 19:07
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-05-2012 19:33
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Good Luck in Italy |
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Posted on 15-05-2012 19:06
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Milano-Sanremo race report has now been updated! Enjoy! |
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| tyriion |
Posted on 15-05-2012 19:25
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Too bad you couldn't join the decisive move. Now the sprinters took away any chance for you getting a good result.
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 15-05-2012 19:31
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Unlucky at Milan San Remo, tough race tactical wise but I did like your tactic 
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 15-05-2012 22:19
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@ tyriion: Yeah my riders were slightly back a bit going up the Poggio and couldn't make the jump that Vino and co. did 
@ Ste117: I know but pleased we managed to stick with the favourites like Gilbert etc. Glad you liked my tactic didn't exactly remove the sprinters in the end but got rid of some of the better riders in the race |
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