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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-01-2013 13:27
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 23-01-2013 15:13
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Yeah quite sad to have him leaving the team but I received an e-mail in-game from him saying he wasn't happy with his demotion, role in the team etc. so I just decided to let him go  On the plus side, it opens up some funds to bring in someone better for next season 
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Posted on 23-01-2013 16:28
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GIRO D'ITALIA 2012 PREVIEW
I'm not going to go into a full in-depth preview of the Giro d'Italia since Matthias isn't racing in it but I thought I'd just tell you who was racing and who the favourites are.
Chris Froome
Froome hasn't done anything of note this season yet - but that's down to the fact he has only had 14 race days so far. Is probably not quite at peak fitness but is still one of the strongest GT riders out there.
Michele Scarponi
A good performance in Romandie, where he won a stage and finished 6th overall; added to 8th overall in Tirreno-Adriatico earlier in the season means the defending champion Scarponi is in good shape to try and retain his title.
Ivan Basso
The two-time Giro winner has been largely anonymous so far this season, bar a fifth place plus stage win in Trentino. The 34 year-old veteran will be hoping to turn things round in the Giro this year
Roman Kreuziger
Our leader in the Giro, the in-form Roman Kreuziger has had an excellent season so far and stands 6th in the World Tour rankings at the moment. He dominated the Tour of Romandie, winning the GC, points classification and two stages. Add that to top 10 finishes in all the Ardennes means Kreuziger is the dangerman going in to the Giro
Jurgen van den Broeck
Van den Broeck is my outsider pick - like Froome he is most likely peaking for the Tour and so only has 15 race days under his belt with no results to speak of yet in the season. However he's the best of the rest and will present a challenge to the others.
Mark Cavendish
The Manx Missile has had a great start to the season so far - a great win at Milano - Sanremo the highlight and a dominant Tour of Oman where he won 3 stages, the points and the mountains (!!) jersey. However, he has already amassed 31 race days and one would assume he would be going for the Tour so he might not be quite up for all of the sprints.
Alessandro Petacchi
He may be 38, but Petacchi will always be a contender in the bunch sprints. A few wins in some Italian one-day Continental races means he's got some confidence and so he could challenge Cavendish for the points jersey
Tyler Farrar
With already 32 race days racked up and no results to show for it, Farrar isn't in the best of form but you can never discount the American and there is no doubt he is still a good sprinter. But can he beat Cavendish?
There's also a very strong field of Italian sprinters lining up, with Oss, Viviani, Modolo and Guardini all going to be challenging in the sprints but I doubt any of them will win consistently enough to take the points jersey, the same goes for the dangerous Belarussian Yauheni Hutarovich.
That's it from me, I won't do a preview of the KoM or the Young Jersey because they're not that important to warrant a preview I'll be back to report on the first week's action 
Oh one last thing I almost forgot: Our squad!
Leader:  Roman Kreuziger
Sprinter:  Jonathan Cantwell
Free Element:  Chris Anker Sørensen
Free Element:  Karsten Kroon
Team-mate:  Daniel Navarro Garcia
Team-mate:  Sergio Paulinho
Team-mate: Bruno Pires
Team-mate: Troels Vinther
Team-mate:  Manuele Boaro
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-01-2013 17:43
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Posted on 23-01-2013 18:15
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Lets hope that the team have a Great time at the Giro |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 26-01-2013 15:41
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WEEK 1 REPORT
Stage 1: Herning ITT 8.3kms
The first stage of the Giro d'Italia is a short prologue around the streets of the Danish town of Herning. The GC favourites would be looking to get off to a good start here and also time-trial specialists such as Geraint Thomas and David Zabriskie would be looking for a stage win.
The early pace was set by home man Lars Ytting Bak, who finished an impressive 7th, but it was our man from Saxo Bank, Manuele Boaro; who stole the show. He finished in 2nd place on the prologue, just behind Jakob Fuglsang, who took a great victory to send the home fans into a frenzy!
| 1 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack - Nissan | 9'38 | | 2 | | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | + 1 | | 3 |  | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Barracuda | + 2 | | 4 |  | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | + 4 | | 5 | | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Kreuziger finished 11th, a good start from him, and none of the GC favourites lost much time
Stage 2: Herning - Herning Flat stage 196kms
The first road stage was dead flat and it would see the commencement of the sprint competition proper. Cavendish, Petacchi and Farrar were the favourites here
It was Petacchi who stole it from a disappointed Cavendish on the line. Liquigas' Viviani rounded off the podium
| 1 | | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | 4h17'49 | | 2 | | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | 4 | | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Danilo Napolitano | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
Stage 3: Horsens - Horsens Flat stage 190kms
The last stage before we headed back to Verona for the TTT, this stage was as flat as the last one. Expect much of the same
However, a late attack from Marco Pinotti, well up in the GC, obviously surprised the peloton and he coasted home at the end as the sprinters' teams misjudged the distance horribly.
| 1 | | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | 4h02'35 | | 2 | | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'18 | | 3 | | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | 4 | | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | 5 | | Christopher Sutton | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. |
Pinotti takes over leadership of the maglia rosa from Fuglsang, but we'll have to see what happens in the TTT!
Stage 4: Verona - Verona TTT 31kms
Today was the all-important TTT - this is where you cannot win a race but you can most definitely lose it!
Garmin-Barracuda won by a narrow margin over Rabobank, but Manuele Boaro and Kreuziger collaborated to spend most of the time of the front and brought us into a 4th place finish! Great news for Kreuziger's GC ambitions!
| 1 | | Garmin - Barracuda | 32'41 | | 2 | | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4 | | 3 |  | Lotto Belisol | + 10 | | 4 | | Team Saxo Bank | + 13 | | 5 | | Radioshack - Nissan | + 25 |
With weaker teams to support them, strong climbers like Rujano, Brambilla, Garzelli and Gadret lost over two minutes today, seriously denting GC ambitions. Basso also surprisingly lost a minute and a half.
Stage 5: Modena - Fano Flat stage 198kms
Another really flat stage - Cavendish would be looking for revenge of his defeat by Petacchi in Herning.
And the Goat-Missile gets there! Petacchi is second and Cantwell has another failure, he hasn't finished inside the top 15 yet! Also Farrar is failing to show himself in the sprints, no top fives for him yet.
| 1 | | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 3h59'07 | | 2 | | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | 3 | | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Danilo Napolitano | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 5 | | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. |
Stage 6: Urbino - Porto Sant'Elpidio Hilly stage 206kms
A very steep and tough hill stage, today will separate some of the favourites out and catch out anyone who isn't in form
It looks like the breakaway triumphed here; and they were followed by other punchers. But the big revelation today was the fact that Chris Froome seems to have confirmed rumours that he is using the Giro as a warm-up for the Tour, as he lost 14 minutes here; completely ending GC ambitions at all. Unfortunately Kreuziger had a really bad day today and lost 6 minutes, finishing behind Sorensen and Paulinho.
Karsten Kroon got in the breakaway, his sort of stage this one, and collected the most KoM points, meaning he leads the KoM competition at the moment!
| 1 |  | Anthony Ravard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 5h12'28 | | 2 | | Steve Chainel | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | 3 | | José Iván Gutierrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'04 | | 5 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
Gutierrez now overtakes Pinotti at the head of the GC, with Gilbert close behind
Stage 7: Recanati - Rocca di Cambio Mountain stage 203kms
The first mountain of the Giro is encountered today, and so should shake the GC up a bit.
Basso dominated the stage here as huge time-gaps opened up on the climb to the finish. Moreno did well to stay with him until right to the very end and Kreuziger and Froome recovered from yesterday to finish 8th and 7th respectively
| 1 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | 6h09'03 | | 2 | | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 24 | | 3 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | + 1'04 | | 4 | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'13 | | 5 | | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'46 |
Bad news arrives soon after the stage concludes - John Gadret fell very awkwardly during a descent and has withdrawn from the Giro. He has a fractured vertebrate and is scheduled to return in August
Meanwhile, Basso now takes over at the top of the GC, meaning the maglia rosa has changed hands three times already!
General Classification at end of 1st week:
| 1 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | 24h28'42 | | 2 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 29 | | 3 | | Michele Scarponi | Lampre-ISD | + 1'03 | | 4 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 1'05 | | 5 | | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 1'08 | | 6 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | + 1'10 | | 7 | | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'56 | | 8 | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 2'34 | | 9 | | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 3'51 | | 10 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack - Nissan | + 4'04 |
Great performances inside the top 10 of the hilly stage and mountain stage, coupled with the TTT success, means Chris Anker Sørensen is in 7th place in the GC! Kreuziger meanwhile is in 13th
Mark Cavendish, with 69 points, leads the points competition by two points over Petacchi, who is 21 points ahead of third-placed Viviani.
Kroon has 16 points in the mountains, with Cameron Meyer the next best-placed rider with 8.
Hope you like my review of the Giro so far, I know it's quite wordy but I thought you might like to know what's going on
Edited by Stromeon on 26-01-2013 17:47
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Posted on 26-01-2013 17:22
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Posted on 26-01-2013 17:53
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Posted on 26-01-2013 21:35
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So far pretty balanced out between the top sprinters! |
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@Freitas: he's somehow managed to hold on after doing well in the hilly stage, not sure if he'll still be in second after week 2 though
@sutty: He's having a great Giro so far! Kreuziger is disappointing at the moment but we'll see what happens as the race progresses
@Ian: It's a pretty close battle between Cavendish and Petacchi isn't it! Farrar not living up to expectations though
Thanks for the continued support from all three of you, it's been great and has kept me motivated
Week 2 up shortly
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WEEK 2 REPORT
Stage 8: Sulmona - Lago Laceno Mountain stage 230kms
A difficult mountain stage starts the second week before the stages get a bit flatter.
Ivan Basso attacks on the final climb and draws out a good gap to Scarponi with Gilbert alongside him having a fantastic ride! Both Chris Anker and Roman had disappointing rides today, losing 3 minutes
| 1 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | 7h20'15 | | 2 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 31 | | 3 | | Michele Scarponi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | 4 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | + 58 | | 5 | | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. |
Today's stage was run at an incredibly slow pace wasn't it!
Basso extends his lead at the top of the GC meanwhile
Stage 9: San Giorgio del Sannio - Frosinone Flat stage 176kms
A very flat day today - the Petacchi-Cavendish battle resumes!
Cavendish pips Petacchi to the win! The usual suspects take the minor placings and Cantwell finally finds a decent wheel and puts in a good performance to finish 10th!
| 1 | | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 3h59'58 | | 2 | | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | 3 | | Danilo Nepolitano | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 4 | | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. |
Stage 10: Civitavecchia - Assisi Hilly stage 191kms
A flat stage with an incline at the finish - could be another stage for Gilbert to do well in!
It's Emanuele Sella who takes the win and Gilbert does indeed do well, finishing 2nd. Another shocking day from Froome here, he loses 6 minutes.
Kreuziger finishes a disappointing 40th, overshadowing a great performance from Troels Vinther - he finished 26th!
| 1 | | Emanuele Sella | Androni-Giocattoli Venezuela | 4h50'58 | | 2 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 50 | | 3 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 58 | | 4 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | +1'10 | | 5 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
With that effort Gilbert retakes the lead over Basso in the GC!
Stage 11: Assisi - Montecatini Terme Flat stage 243kms
A flat stage with a small hill just near the end that could mess up the trains a bit
Petacchi gets his own back on Cavendish - it's 2-2 now!
| 1 | | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | 5h21'32 | | 2 | | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Tyler Farrar | Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | 5 | | Daniel Oss | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. |
Stage 12: Serevezza - Sestri Levante Hilly stage 152kms
A hilly stage with several big long category 2 mountains to negotiate. An ideal stage for the breakaway
No luck for the breakaway as Stefano Garzelli powers away to win and claim the overall race lead as Basso finally loses some time, finishing 2 and a half minutes down. Gilbert gets yet another second place as the pseudo-favourites gained some time. Kreuziger finished 10th, a good performance.
| 1 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | 3h49'33 | | 2 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 47 | | 3 | | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 4 | | Domenico Pozzovivio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 5 | | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
Stage 13: Savona - Cervere Flat stage 122kms
A flat stage, so inevitably a battle between Cavendish and Petacchi - who would take the crucial 3-2 lead?
It's the Goat-Missile's turn today!
| 1 | | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 2h50'37 | | 2 | | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | 3 | | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | 4 | | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
Stage 14: Cherasco - Cervinia Mountain stage 202kms
The last stage of the second week is a tough and crucial mountain stage. Let's see if Roman or Chris Anker can put in a good performance here.
Chris finishes 5th! Kreuziger again doesn't impress with a 20th place. Pozzovivo takes a great mountain-top win with Basso gaining the seconds needed to overhaul Garzelli at the top.
| 1 | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | 6h04'48 | | 2 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 32 | | 4 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | + 44 | | 5 | | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
Soo... after two-thirds of the Giro done and dusted, how does the GC stack up?
General Classification:
| 1 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | 58h49'10 | | 2 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 30 | | 3 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | + 2'38 | | 4 | | Michele Scarponi | Lampre-ISD | + 2'43 | | 5 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 2'56 | | 6 | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 4'53 | | 7 | | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 7'03 | | 8 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack-Nissan | + 7'36 | | 9 |  | Jose Rujano | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | + 8'00 | | 10 | | Jurgen van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 8'14 | | ... | | 11 | | Roman Kreuziger | Team Saxo Bank | + 9'43 | | ... | | 28 | | Sergio Paulinho | Team Saxo Bank | + 27'10 | | ... | | 29 | | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 27'32 |
Well, it's a close battle between Basso and Garzelli, surprisingly, at the top, and the rest are a ways behind. Michele Scarponi is sitting pretty in fourth, but 5 seconds behind his team-mate! Gilbert's still hanging on in there and Chris Anker is 7th with a huge margin to 6th but he's having an excellent Giro so far, no doubt about it! Kreuziger not quite where we want him at the moment, but week 3 is a killer and a good 4 or 5 of those minutes can easily be recovered if he's going a bit better.
See you soon for a report on the third week and a special report on the queen stage!
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Sorensen still holding that top ten on the GC |
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@Ian: I really have no idea - the 'realism' of Quick Sim working its magic here
@sutty: Yep he's doing great! He'll have to watch out in week 3 though as there are some great climbers behind him
Sorry for slight delay in proceedings, am quite busy at the moment with a few exams etc but they're nearly over and week 3 summary plus the special report on the Stelvio stage should be up today or tomorrow
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WEEK 3 REPORT
Stage 15: Busto Arsizio - Lecco Pian dei Resinelli Mountain stage 170kms
A really tough mountain stage kicks off the last week of the Giro, with 3 difficult categorized climbs before another tough one to the finish at Lecco Pian dei Resinelli. A real opportunity for big gaps to open up amongst the favourites.
Pozzovivo takes a second consecutive stage win just ahead of Basso again! He's having a great Giro so far - two stage wins and now up to 5th in the GC! Chris Anker manages tenth, continuing his great run of results; and Kreuziger is 17th, once again behind Sørensen.
| 1 | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | 4h47'27 | | 2 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 | | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 12 | | 4 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 5 | | Jose Rujano | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | s.t. |
Stage 16: Limone sul Garda - Falzes Hilly stage 174kms
Today's stage sees a steady climb up to the finish where it suddenly steepens rather. Probably a good day for the punchers - can Gilbert grab another win?
You guessed it! Gilbert wins comfortably with seconds to spare and Chris Anker finishes an impressive 4th and gains a few seconds on people further up the GC like Scarponi.
| 1 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 4h05'22 | | 2 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | + 13 | | 3 |  | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 5 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. |
Stage 17: Falzes - Cortina D'Ampezzo Mountain stage 184kms
Another tough day in the mountains, similar to Stage 15 but with a brutal ascent of the Passo Giau before a tough descent down to Cortina D'Ampezzo
It's another stage win for Pozzovivo, who takes his stage win count to three in the Giro by taking this stage in style! Basso cements his position at the top of the GC with a strong rider, but both Sørensen and Kreuziger lose two minutes today
| 1 | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | 5h38'33 | | 2 | | Michele Scarponi | Lampre-ISD | + 36 | | 3 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 49 | | 4 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 1'06 | | 5 | | Jurgen van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. |
Stage 18: San Vito di Cadore - Vedelago Flat stage 137kms
One of the easiest stages of the Giro, it's the last chance for Petacchi and Cavendish to lock horns and see if Petacchi can level the victory tally up to 3-3 or if the Goat-Missile can take an outright victory!
Petacchi puts in a great performance and wins the stage! And the Petacchi-Cavendish 1-2 is finally broken as Hutarovich sprints really well to get past Cavendish on the line. Another disappointing sprint for Cantwell, he's probably best suited as a lead-out man
| 1 | | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | 2h46'30 | | 2 |  | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | 3 | | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Tyler Farrar | Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. |
Stage 19: Treviso - Alpe di Pampeago Val di Fiemme Mountain stage 194kms
The second-hardest stage of the Giro, this shark-toothed route sees the riders cross two Cat.1 climbs and then two Cat.2 climbs, with the second one being the finish at the Alpe di Pampeago. Can Pozzovivo extend his recent dominance? Or will Basso extend his lead at the top by winning again?
Pozzovivo! Another stage win for the in-form Italian - that's his fourth so far and it means he climbs to a lofty 3rd position in the GC. Once again, only Basso can follow him to the top; but it's disaster for Michele Scarponi - he loses four minutes to Pozzovivo and drops to 7th overall! Chris Anker - 4th again - great riding from him!
| 1 | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | 5h24'59 | | 2 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | + 19 | | 4 | | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 5 | | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 58 |
With just the Stelvio and the final time-trial to go, here's what it looks like at the top:
| 1 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas-Cannondale | 81h32'31 | | 2 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 3'08 | | 3 | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 3'49 | | 4 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | + 4'47 | | 5 | | Michele Scarponi | Lampre-ISD | + 7'06 | | 6 | | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 10'32 | | 7 | | Jurgen van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 12'06 | | 8 | | Jose Rujano | Androni Giocattoli-Venezula | + 13'17 | | 9 | | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 16'33 | | 10 | | Roman Kreuziger | Team Saxo Bank | + 17'00 | | ... | | 17 | | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 32'00 | | ... | | 19 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 38'36 | | ... | | 28 | | Sergio Paulinho | Team Saxo Bank | + 57'57 |
So Basso looks pretty unstoppable unless he crashes or another mishap occurs on the last stage. Garzelli is somehow retaining that second place and Pozzovivo is in third! Rather unexpected podium that. Meanwhile Chris Anker is doing great, but is unlikely to move up the GC due to the 3 and a half minute gap up to Scarponi. And Gilbert, after an extremely strong first two weeks, has lost significant time in the mountainous stage and drops down. Kreuziger isn't out of it yet, and could easily overtake Dupont to claim 9th place in the GC.
In the points, Cavendish has 175, closely followed by Petacchi who has 167, and then by Basso who has 159.
In the mountains, it's a close three-way battle between current leader Cunego, who has 52 points, Liquigas' Eros Capecchi who has 48, and Pozzovivo who has 47 - all up for grabs tomorrow!
Stelvio up soon, hopefully tomorrow
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-02-2013 19:38
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Wow, Pozzovivo is doing great 
Gilbert finally dropping down! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 01-02-2013 21:32
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Great Giro for CAS so far! |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 01-02-2013 21:36
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two guys in the top 10 of a GT
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-02-2013 22:43
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Chris Anker is the first Non Italian on the GC |
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