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| tsmoha |
Posted on 13-10-2011 22:58
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Nice stage, Menchov still has good chances for podium 
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| baia |
Posted on 13-10-2011 23:06
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tsmoha wrote:
Nice stage, Menchov still has good chances for podium
+1
Lets go Menchov..
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 14-10-2011 08:45
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baia wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
Nice stage, Menchov still has good chances for podium
+1
Lets go Menchov..
+2 You can do it!
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 15-10-2011 19:04
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Thanks FuglsangxTH3, tsmoha, baia and Avin. Menchov looks to end his Giro in a great form!
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 15-10-2011 19:27
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Giro d'Italia: stage 20
Verbania - Sestriere 242.2 km
The last weekend of the Giro. Another tough stage with probably the toughest mountain of the whole Giro. The colle delle Finestre is 19 km long at an average gradient of 8.5%. To make it harder, the last 9 km are gravel roads. After a small descent, the riders will climb again towards Sestriere. The combination of these climbs made up for a spectacular ending 6 years ago, let's hope we see the same today and that it ends good for Menchov.
Spoiler BMC
1. C.Evans
5. A.Moinard
6. S.Morabito
7. M.Santambrogio
8. I.Santaromita
9. S.Zahner
Euskaltel
11. S.Sánchez
12. I.Antón
13. J.Castroviejo
14. K.Fernández
15. M.Landa
16. J.J.Oroz
17. R.Pérez
19. G.Verdugo
Lampre
21. M.Scarponi
23. M.Bono
26. A.Petacchi
28. B.Szeghalmi
29. D.Ulissi
Liquigas
31. I.Basso
37. M.Paterski
38. S.Szmyd
Katusha
41. J.Rodríguez
42. G.Caruso
43. D.Di Luca
48. E.Silin
49. E.Vorganov
Geox
51. D.Menchov
52. M.Ardila
53. M.Brändle
54. F.Duarte
55. A.Durán
56. D.Kozontchuk
57. C.Sastre
58. R.Valls
59. M.Wyss
Androni
61. J.Rujano
62. A.Bertolini
63. R.Chiarini
64. R.Ferrari
65. F.Ginanni
66. J.Rodríguez
67. E.Sella
68. J.Serpa
69. L.Solari
Garmin
71. C.Vande Velde
73. T.Farrar
75. M.Kreder
76. C.Le Mével
77. D.Lloyd
79. D.Zabriskie
AG2R
81. N.Roche
82. G.Bonnafond
83. D.Champion
86. D.Le Lay
87. S.Minard
88. R.Nocentini
89. J.Peraud
Rabobank
91. B.Mollema
92. S.Kruijswijk
93. P.Martens
95. G.Niermann
96. T.Slagter
97. B.Tankink
98. L.Ten Dam
HTC
101. K.Siutsou
102. M.Goss
103. B.Grabsch
104. D.Pate
105. M.Pinotti
106. F.Rabon
109. P.Velits
Movistar
111. R.Plaza
112. M.Bruseghin
113. R.Costa
114. I.Erviti
116. D.López
117. Á.Madrazo
119. J.J.Rojas
Saxo Bank
121. C.A.Sørensen
122. M.Christensen
125. J.Hernández
127. G.Larsson
Acqua & Sapone
131. S.Garzelli
132. C.Betancourt
133. M.Codol
135. A.Masciarelli
136. V.Miholjevic
138. A.Proni
139. C.Sarmiento
Omega Pharma
141. J.Vanendert
143. B.De Clercq
144. F.De Greef
Astana
151. P.Tiralongo
152. A.Bazayev
154. A.Grivko
157. A.Mizourov
158. G.Stangelj
Sky
161. T.Löfkvist
163. M.Barry
164. S.Cummings
165. R.Downing
166. M.Possoni
168. B.Swift
169. X.Zandio
Quick·Step
171. D.Cataldo
173. M.De Maar
175. D.Malacarne
176. J.Pineau
The Shack
181. H.Zubeldia
183. M.Cardoso
184. P.Deignan
187. J.McCartney
189. Y.Popovych
Vacansoleil
192. S.Anza
194. S.Lagutin
197. R.Pidgornyy
198. M.Selvaggi
Leopard
201. S.Denifl
203. A.Lund
206. M.Pedersen
207. J.Posthuma
209. F.Wegmann
Farnese Vini
211. A.Bisolti
213. F.Failli
214. O.Gatto
216. L.Mazzanti
218. A.Noè
219. E.Vona
It took almost 100 km to form a break of the day. Finally, 9 riders could get away. Most notable are Cummings, Sioutsou, De Clerq and Ulissi. They will start the Finestre with an advantage of 6' to the peloton. They don't stand a chance.
Sastre and Menchov were both feeling very strong so the first immediately made a hard pace when the pack started the Finestre. A small favourites group got formed almost immediately on the narrow roads. Evans, Anton, Kruiswijk, Scarponi are with the two Geox-riders. Race leader Basso is again missing. He tries to come back together with Rujano.
The group kept a high pace and passed the escapees right before the start of the 'sterrato'. Menchov, Anton, Evans, Scarponi and Kruiswijk are still in front. Basso and Rujano are a bit behind trying to pass the escapees.
Menchov kept a steady pace at the front but Rujano and Basso came closer. When they almost connected with the group, Menchov upped the pace a bit and nobody wanted to follow him. He was alone in front at the top of the Finestre. Basso reached the others and that group is 20" behind at the top.
Menchov made a good pace in the descent and at the start of the last climb, his advantage had grown to 1'30". Nobody wanted to chase the Russian in the back. Is this the Russian's glory day? He is very tired but keeps pushing himself.
When with 5 km to go, Menchov's gap was still over a minute, Basso upped the pace in the back and it looked like Anton and Evans couldn't follow. They would make a counter attack a little later though but only the Aussie would reach Basso. That duo started to dwindle down Menchov's advantage as the Russian was really suffering.
The Italian and Australian could keep up their good pace and have almost connected to the Russian under the 1 km banner. Menchov gives everyting to stay away but they come closer.
And they pass him with 500 metres to go. It's a close sprint between Evans and Basso for the stage win. Menchov can't even follow the two anymore.
The Pink Jersey Ivan Basso could just edge out Evans for the stage win. The two were clearly the strongest riders this Giro sharing almost all the stage wins in mountain top finishes.
Menchov could pass the finish line a quarter of a minute later. A very good stage by the Russian as he rode very strong but timed his escape just not perfect. Menchov's opponent Anton crosses the line 45" after the finish meaning Menchov took back 45" seconds today. He is now 1' behind the Spaniard with 30 km of TT coming up, he has a good chance for the podium.
Results:
| 1 |  Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | 6h19'19 | | 2 |  Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 |  Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | + 15 | | 4 |  Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 48 | | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'26 | | 6 |  José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 7 |  Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'22 | | 8 |  Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'35 | | 9 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 4'24 | | 10 | Marco Pinotti | HTC - Highroad | + 4'51 |
Spoiler | 11 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'01 | | 12 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 6'21 | | 13 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 14 | Peter Velits | HTC - Highroad | + 6'28 | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 8'12 | | 16 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 8'16 | | 17 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 8'35 | | 18 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team RadioShack | + 9'12 | | 19 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 10'02 | | 20 | David López | Movistar Team | + 10'07 | | 21 | Paolo Tiralongo | Pro Team Astana | + 10'33 | | 22 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 11'33 | | 23 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | + 12'52 | | 24 | Carlos Sastre | Geox - TMC | + 12'58 | | 25 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 13'02 | | 27 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 13'09 | | 28 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 14'03 | | 29 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 30 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 14'35 | | 31 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 16'47 | | 32 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 17'02 | | 33 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 17'12 | | 34 | Danilo Di Luca | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 35 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 17'16 | | 36 | Alessandro Bisolti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 37 | Andrea Noè | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 17'26 | | 38 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | + 19'05 | | 39 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 19'14 | | 40 | Xabier Zandio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 41 | Marc De Maar | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 19'47 | | 43 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | + 19'51 | | 44 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 20'28 | | 45 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 20'47 | | 46 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | + 22'21 | | 47 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 48 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 49 | Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 50 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 22'47 | | 51 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 23'09 | | 52 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 23'53 | | 53 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 54 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | HTC - Highroad | + 24'01 | | 55 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 24'06 | | 56 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | + 25'02 | | 57 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 25'35 | | 58 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 26'24 | | 59 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 60 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 26'50 | | 61 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 62 | Morris Possoni | Sky ProCycling | + 27'09 | | 63 | Manuel Cardoso | Team RadioShack | + 28'04 | | 64 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 28'18 | | 65 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | + 28'33 | | 66 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 28'39 | | 67 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | + 29'00 | | 68 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 29'10 | | 69 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 29'15 | | 70 | Jérôme Pineau | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 29'21 | | 71 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 29'27 | | 72 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | + 29'55 | | 73 | Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 74 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | + 30'07 | | 75 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 30'17 | | 76 | Danny Pate | HTC - Highroad | + 30'25 | | 77 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | + 30'55 | | 78 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 79 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 31'08 | | 80 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 31'37 | | 81 | Philip Deignan | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 82 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 83 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 84 | Matthew Goss | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 85 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | + 31'51 | | 86 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - Highroad | + 31'55 | | 87 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | + 32'14 | | 88 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 32'39 | | 89 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | + 32'44 | | 90 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | + 32'48 | | 91 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | + 32'55 | | 92 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 33'09 | | 93 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 33'53 | | 94 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 33'57 | | 95 | Martin Pedersen | Leopard Trek | + 34'09 | | 96 | Luca Solari | Androni Giocattoli | + 34'52 | | 97 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 34'56 | | 98 | Gorazd Stangelj | Pro Team Astana | + 35'18 | | 99 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 35'42 | | 100 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 37'02 | | 101 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - ISD | + 37'38 | | 102 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 37'42 | | 103 | Matthias Brändle | Geox - TMC | + 37'46 | | 104 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 39'16 | | 105 | Michael Barry | Sky ProCycling | + 47'11 | | 106 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 107 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 47'17 | | 108 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 109 | Frantisek Rabon | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 110 | Andrey Mizourov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 111 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 112 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 113 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 114 | Russell Downing | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 115 | Emanuele Vona | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 116 | Balint Szeghalmi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 117 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 118 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 119 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 120 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 121 | Arkaitz Durán | Geox - TMC | + 47'47 | | 122 | Anders Lund | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 123 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 124 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | + 52'35 | | 125 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 52'40 | | 126 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 52'54 | | 127 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 128 | Jason McCartney | Team RadioShack | + 53'01 | | 129 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Geox - TMC | + 53'17 |
GC:
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | 88h35'00 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 2'59 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'03 | | 4 | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | + 6'09 | | 5 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'00 | | 6 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 14'41 | | 7 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 14'49 | | 8 | Marco Pinotti | HTC - Highroad | + 16'23 | | 9 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | + 19'04 | | 10 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 19'29 |
Spoiler | 11 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 21'35 | | 12 | Peter Velits | HTC - Highroad | + 28'53 | | 13 | Paolo Tiralongo | Pro Team Astana | + 31'27 | | 14 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 31'34 | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 37'26 | | 16 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team RadioShack | + 40'30 | | 17 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 41'01 | | 18 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 43'02 | | 19 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 43'45 | | 20 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 43'50 | | 21 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 46'28 | | 22 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | + 48'48 | | 23 | Carlos Sastre | Geox - TMC | + 50'25 | | 24 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1h01'02 | | 25 | David López | Movistar Team | + 1h04'13 | | 26 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 1h05'11 | | 27 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1h07'03 | | 28 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | + 1h13'42 | | 29 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h25'52 | | 30 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 1h29'17 | | 31 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | + 1h35'44 | | 32 | Danilo Di Luca | Katusha Team | + 1h36'14 | | 33 | Marc De Maar | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1h39'57 | | 34 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 1h44'02 | | 35 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h44'15 | | 36 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h49'58 | | 37 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 1h53'12 | | 38 | Andrea Noè | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 1h58'21 | | 39 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2h01'24 | | 40 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h06'10 | | 41 | Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | + 2h07'27 | | 42 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2h08'00 | | 43 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | + 2h08'34 | | 44 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2h08'56 | | 45 | Alessandro Bisolti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2h09'55 | | 46 | Xabier Zandio | Sky ProCycling | + 2h11'18 | | 47 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h14'28 | | 48 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h15'36 | | 49 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | + 2h16'32 | | 50 | Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | + 2h16'35 | | 51 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h16'56 | | 52 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h17'18 | | 53 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | + 2h18'22 | | 54 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 2h18'25 | | 55 | Morris Possoni | Sky ProCycling | + 2h18'40 | | 56 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 2h21'21 | | 57 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h21'48 | | 58 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h23'30 | | 59 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 2h23'57 | | 60 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h24'18 | | 61 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 2h25'09 | | 62 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h26'33 | | 63 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2h27'30 | | 64 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 2h28'23 | | 65 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 2h28'38 | | 66 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2h30'46 | | 67 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | + 2h35'29 | | 68 | Jérôme Pineau | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h35'47 | | 69 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h37'53 | | 70 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 2h38'22 | | 71 | Manuel Cardoso | Team RadioShack | + 2h39'13 | | 72 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | + 2h41'50 | | 73 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | + 2h47'45 | | 74 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h49'29 | | 75 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | + 3h00'02 | | 76 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | + 3h00'19 | | 77 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 3h02'03 | | 78 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | HTC - Highroad | + 3h04'16 | | 79 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3h06'38 | | 80 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h10'45 | | 81 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 3h10'48 | | 82 | Philip Deignan | Team RadioShack | + 3h12'01 | | 83 | Gorazd Stangelj | Pro Team Astana | + 3h19'33 | | 84 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h19'49 | | 85 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | + 3h20'10 | | 86 | Arkaitz Durán | Geox - TMC | + 3h21'02 | | 87 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | + 3h23'52 | | 88 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 3h25'15 | | 89 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 3h26'53 | | 90 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3h39'45 | | 91 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | + 3h41'12 | | 92 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - ISD | + 3h53'05 | | 93 | Michael Barry | Sky ProCycling | + 3h53'07 | | 94 | Danny Pate | HTC - Highroad | + 3h54'54 | | 95 | Frantisek Rabon | HTC - Highroad | + 4h02'02 | | 96 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 4h02'37 | | 97 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h07'44 | | 98 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4h08'48 | | 99 | Luca Solari | Androni Giocattoli | + 4h09'45 | | 100 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 4h13'48 | | 101 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | + 4h17'31 | | 102 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4h19'43 | | 103 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h25'40 | | 104 | Matthias Brändle | Geox - TMC | + 4h27'02 | | 105 | Anders Lund | Leopard Trek | + 4h35'36 | | 106 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - Highroad | + 4h36'06 | | 107 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h37'37 | | 108 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 4h38'18 | | 109 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | + 4h49'58 | | 110 | Andrey Mizourov | Pro Team Astana | + 4h51'17 | | 111 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 4h51'41 | | 112 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 4h52'15 | | 113 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 4h52'49 | | 114 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h53'26 | | 115 | Martin Pedersen | Leopard Trek | + 4h55'38 | | 116 | Matthew Goss | HTC - Highroad | + 4h58'12 | | 117 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | + 5h06'56 | | 118 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5h08'13 | | 119 | Emanuele Vona | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 5h08'16 | | 120 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Geox - TMC | + 5h09'00 | | 121 | Balint Szeghalmi | Lampre - ISD | + 5h14'56 | | 122 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | + 5h15'52 | | 123 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 5h15'56 | | 124 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 5h21'41 | | 125 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5h28'13 | | 126 | Russell Downing | Sky ProCycling | + 5h42'52 | | 127 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 5h43'59 | | 128 | Jason McCartney | Team RadioShack | + 5h44'01 | | 129 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 5h48'58 |
Points:
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | 25 | 186 | | 2 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 14 | 180 | | 3 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 20 | 160 | | 4 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 7 | 140 | | 5 | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | 16 | 133 |
KoM:
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | 11 | 97 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 7 | 56 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | 48 | | 4 | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | 11 | 37 | | 5 | Andrea Noè | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 0 | 35 |
U25:
| 1 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6h21'41 | 88h48'00 (1) | | 2 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6h27'54 | + 30'02 (2) | | 3 |  Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | + 6h39'10 | + 1h00'42 (3) | | 4 |  Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | + 6h41'40 | + 1h54'27 (4) | | 5 |  Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 6h43'25 | + 1h55'00 (5) |
Teams:
| 1 | Androni Giocattoli | + 25 | 266h16'59 (1) | | 2 | Geox - TMC | + 9'09 | + 31'15 (2) | | 3 | Rabobank Cycling Team | 19h21'52 | + 33'54 (3) | | 4 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'41 | + 1h03'42 (4) | | 5 |  HTC - Highroad | + 11'25 | + 1h08'59 (5) |
Very good job by Menchov. He attacked and could take back time on Anton. Still a minute to go in tomorrows time trial
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Great! Let´s go Menchov!
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cuxu wrote:
Great! Let´s go Menchov!
+ 1. Looking good for Menchov, his shape seems to be better than Anton's now.
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Thanks Cuxu and tsmoha. We peaked to the last week with Menchov and Anton was already good in Catalunya and Basque so it's normal that Menchov's form is better now.
Giro d'Italia: stage 21
Milano - Milano 33.2 km
The riders are on flat ground again. That doesn't mean the sprinters get a chance as the Giro ends with a 33 km long time trial around Milano. The goal is simple: Menchov takes back 1'09" on Anton and finishes on the podium
Spoiler BMC
1. C.Evans
5. A.Moinard
6. S.Morabito
7. M.Santambrogio
8. I.Santaromita
9. S.Zahner
Euskaltel
11. S.Sánchez
12. I.Antón
13. J.Castroviejo
14. K.Fernández
15. M.Landa
16. J.J.Oroz
17. R.Pérez
19. G.Verdugo
Lampre
21. M.Scarponi
23. M.Bono
26. A.Petacchi
28. B.Szeghalmi
29. D.Ulissi
Liquigas
31. I.Basso
37. M.Paterski
38. S.Szmyd
Katusha
41. J.Rodríguez
42. G.Caruso
43. D.Di Luca
48. E.Silin
49. E.Vorganov
Geox
51. D.Menchov
52. M.Ardila
53. M.Brändle
54. F.Duarte
55. A.Durán
56. D.Kozontchuk
57. C.Sastre
58. R.Valls
59. M.Wyss
Androni
61. J.Rujano
62. A.Bertolini
63. R.Chiarini
64. R.Ferrari
65. F.Ginanni
66. J.Rodríguez
67. E.Sella
68. J.Serpa
69. L.Solari
Garmin
71. C.Vande Velde
73. T.Farrar
75. M.Kreder
76. C.Le Mével
77. D.Lloyd
79. D.Zabriskie
AG2R
81. N.Roche
82. G.Bonnafond
83. D.Champion
86. D.Le Lay
87. S.Minard
88. R.Nocentini
89. J.Peraud
Rabobank
91. B.Mollema
92. S.Kruijswijk
93. P.Martens
95. G.Niermann
96. T.Slagter
97. B.Tankink
98. L.Ten Dam
HTC
101. K.Siutsou
102. M.Goss
103. B.Grabsch
104. D.Pate
105. M.Pinotti
106. F.Rabon
109. P.Velits
Movistar
111. R.Plaza
112. M.Bruseghin
113. R.Costa
114. I.Erviti
116. D.López
117. Á.Madrazo
119. J.J.Rojas
Saxo Bank
121. C.A.Sørensen
122. M.Christensen
125. J.Hernández
127. G.Larsson
Acqua & Sapone
131. S.Garzelli
132. C.Betancourt
133. M.Codol
135. A.Masciarelli
136. V.Miholjevic
138. A.Proni
139. C.Sarmiento
Omega Pharma
141. J.Vanendert
143. B.De Clercq
144. F.De Greef
Astana
151. P.Tiralongo
152. A.Bazayev
154. A.Grivko
157. A.Mizourov
158. G.Stangelj
Sky
161. T.Löfkvist
163. M.Barry
164. S.Cummings
165. R.Downing
166. M.Possoni
168. B.Swift
169. X.Zandio
Quick·Step
171. D.Cataldo
173. M.De Maar
175. D.Malacarne
176. J.Pineau
The Shack
181. H.Zubeldia
183. M.Cardoso
184. P.Deignan
187. J.McCartney
189. Y.Popovych
Vacansoleil
192. S.Anza
194. S.Lagutin
197. R.Pidgornyy
198. M.Selvaggi
Leopard
201. S.Denifl
203. A.Lund
206. M.Pedersen
207. J.Posthuma
209. F.Wegmann
Farnese Vini
211. A.Bisolti
213. F.Failli
214. O.Gatto
216. L.Mazzanti
218. A.Noè
219. E.Vona
The first favourite to start is Bert Grabsch. The German ex World champion TT from 2008 sets the best time but it was not convincing. His 47'13" are only 12" faster than Tyler Farrar.
Next favourite to start is Swedish champion Gustav Larsson. He crushes Grabsch time with 56" seconds. 46'17"
David Zabriskie is another good time trialist at the start. He always is a couple of seconds faster as Larsson at the intermediate checks and so he is at the finish. 46'06".
Irish Nicolas Roche rode a decent Giro. He could have overtaken Rujano but comes 3" to short. He finishes 10th in the overal, a good result for him.
Denis Menchov is then at the start. He needs to take back 1'09" to Anton to finish on the podium. He doesn't feel great to start, the stress maybe?
Venezoluan climber Jose Rujano lost a lot of time in the first week but came back strong in the mountains. He could just hold off Roche to finish 9th overal. A good result for his Androni team.
Italian TT champion Marco Pinotti can providing that he rides a good TT, overtake Rodriguez in the GC. He clearly does the first thing as his 45'50" are better as Zabriskie. The best time so far. He also overtakes Rodriguez and finishes 7th in the overal.
Michele Scarponi was before the Giro, seen as one of the top favourites. He never proved that but his steady performances, except for one bad day to Sondrio, made him finish 6th in the overal after overtaking Rodriguez in the TT.
Jaoquin Rodriguez is famous for his bad TT's and loses again a lot of time today. His bad TT sees him falling down from 6th to 8th in the GC after controlling the Giro the first week and a half.
Steven Kruiswijk rode a very good Giro. Not seen as a favourite before the start, the young Dutch always was the last to follow the real top favourites and finish on a well deserved 5th place. He also wins the U25 classification.
The first time check was not good news for Menchov and Geox. Menchov isn't feeling well and his time is only 8" faster as the Spaniard. Let's hope he recovers a bit.
Cadel Evans could capp off a good Giro with another stage win today. He rode a good TT and could just beat Pinotti with 1" to take his 3rd stage win. He finishes 2nd overal. Good but again no GT-win.
The second time check didn't mean anything better for Menchov. He has only taken 10" to Anton in the first part of the TT. He will now upp his pace but he still needs 59" to the Spaniard.
Menchov gave everything and could ride faster in the last part. He takes time back on the others on the last part and his time is 46'44". Not a good time for his standards. This means Anton has to ride slower as 47'55" to take 3rd.
Anton got passed by Evans in the last km but what is his team? 48'00". YES! Menchov finishes on the podium of the Giro. Only 10" between him and Anton after such a hard Giro. Very good for Menchov!!
Ivan Basso's race lead never came in danger during the final TT. He rode a good TT with a time of 46'42" as 5th today. Basso was clearly the strongest this Giro.
Results:
| 1 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 45'49 | | 2 | Marco Pinotti | HTC - Highroad | + 1 | | 3 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 17 | | 4 |  Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 28 | | 5 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 53 | | 6 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 54 | | 7 |  Peter Velits | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 8 | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | + 55 | | 9 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 1'10 | | 10 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'11 |
Spoiler | 11 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'19 | | 12 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'24 | | 13 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 14 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'33 | | 15 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'34 | | 16 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team RadioShack | + 1'36 | | 17 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1'37 | | 18 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 19 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 1'38 | | 20 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | + 1'41 | | 21 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 22 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'46 | | 23 | Carlos Sastre | Geox - TMC | + 1'50 | | 24 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | + 1'58 | | 25 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | + 2'08 | | 26 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'11 | | 27 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 2'12 | | 28 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'14 | | 30 | Frantisek Rabon | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 31 | Marc De Maar | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'16 | | 32 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'17 | | 33 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 2'18 | | 34 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'21 | | 35 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 2'22 | | 36 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 2'25 | | 37 | David López | Movistar Team | + 2'28 | | 38 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | HTC - Highroad | + 2'32 | | 39 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'33 | | 40 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2'39 | | 41 | Paolo Tiralongo | Pro Team Astana | + 2'40 | | 42 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2'47 | | 43 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 44 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 2'48 | | 45 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 2'50 | | 46 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'52 | | 47 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 2'58 | | 48 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | + 3'00 | | 49 | Jason McCartney | Team RadioShack | + 3'03 | | 50 | Xabier Zandio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 51 | Matthew Goss | HTC - Highroad | + 3'05 | | 52 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 53 | Danny Pate | HTC - Highroad | + 3'06 | | 54 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'09 | | 55 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 56 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 3'11 | | 57 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'12 | | 58 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 59 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 60 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 3'14 | | 61 | Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 62 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 63 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 3'15 | | 64 | Matthias Brändle | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 65 | Andrea Noè | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 3'18 | | 66 | Danilo Di Luca | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 67 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 68 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 3'19 | | 69 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 70 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 3'22 | | 71 | Arkaitz Durán | Geox - TMC | + 3'23 | | 72 | Michael Barry | Sky ProCycling | + 3'25 | | 73 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 3'27 | | 74 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 3'28 | | 75 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 76 | Andrey Mizourov | Pro Team Astana | + 3'31 | | 77 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 78 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 79 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 80 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 81 | Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | + 3'34 | | 82 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 83 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 3'35 | | 84 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'39 | | 85 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | + 3'42 | | 86 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 3'43 | | 87 | Alessandro Bisolti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 3'48 | | 88 | Philip Deignan | Team RadioShack | + 3'51 | | 89 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | + 3'53 | | 90 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 3'54 | | 91 | Russell Downing | Sky ProCycling | + 3'57 | | 92 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 93 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 4'04 | | 94 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 95 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'06 | | 96 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 4'07 | | 97 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli | + 4'09 | | 98 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | + 4'11 | | 99 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | + 4'12 | | 100 | Morris Possoni | Sky ProCycling | + 4'14 | | 101 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'15 | | 102 | Martin Pedersen | Leopard Trek | + 4'20 | | 103 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4'24 | | 104 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 105 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4'26 | | 106 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | + 4'27 | | 107 | Jérôme Pineau | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 109 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 110 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 4'28 | | 111 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | + 4'29 | | 112 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 113 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 4'33 | | 114 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | + 4'34 | | 115 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 116 | Manuel Cardoso | Team RadioShack | + 4'36 | | 117 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 4'41 | | 118 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 119 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | + 4'43 | | 120 | Emanuele Vona | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 4'51 | | 121 | Gorazd Stangelj | Pro Team Astana | + 5'00 | | 122 | Balint Szeghalmi | Lampre - ISD | + 5'04 | | 123 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'12 | | 124 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | + 5'14 | | 125 | Anders Lund | Leopard Trek | + 5'18 | | 126 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 5'20 | | 127 | Luca Solari | Androni Giocattoli | + 5'26 | | 128 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | + 5'27 | | 129 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - ISD | + 5'50 |
TOP 10:
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | 89h21'42 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 2'06 | | 3 | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | + 6'11 | | 4 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'21 | | 5 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'31 | | 6 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 15'29 | | 7 | Marco Pinotti | HTC - Highroad | + 15'31 | | 8 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 16'53 | | 9 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | + 19'52 | | 10 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 19'55 |
YES! Good ride by Menchov. Although he was feeling very bad, he could just take back enough time to pass Anton. What a great Giro by the Russian!
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Giro d'Italia 2011: Full Results and Review
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | 89h21'42 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 2'06 | | 3 | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | + 6'11 | | 4 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'21 | | 5 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'31 | | 6 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 15'29 | | 7 | Marco Pinotti | HTC - Highroad | + 15'31 | | 8 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 16'53 | | 9 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | + 19'52 | | 10 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 19'55 |
Spoiler | 11 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 21'52 | | 12 | Peter Velits | HTC - Highroad | + 28'54 | | 13 | Paolo Tiralongo | Pro Team Astana | + 33'14 | | 14 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 33'50 | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 39'48 | | 16 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team RadioShack | + 41'13 | | 17 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 42'20 | | 18 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 43'20 | | 19 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 44'31 | | 20 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 46'46 | | 21 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 48'14 | | 22 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | + 50'42 | | 23 | Carlos Sastre | Geox - TMC | + 51'22 | | 24 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1h01'03 | | 25 | David López | Movistar Team | + 1h05'48 | | 26 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 1h07'53 | | 27 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1h09'24 | | 28 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | + 1h15'49 | | 29 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h29'23 | | 30 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 1h31'46 | | 31 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | + 1h36'32 | | 32 | Danilo Di Luca | Katusha Team | + 1h38'39 | | 33 | Marc De Maar | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1h41'20 | | 34 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 1h45'21 | | 35 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h46'31 | | 36 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h51'22 | | 37 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 1h53'57 | | 38 | Andrea Noè | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2h00'46 | | 39 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2h00'48 | | 40 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h06'54 | | 41 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2h09'54 | | 42 | Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | + 2h10'08 | | 43 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | + 2h11'23 | | 44 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2h12'10 | | 45 | Alessandro Bisolti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2h12'50 | | 46 | Xabier Zandio | Sky ProCycling | + 2h13'28 | | 47 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h15'56 | | 48 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h18'01 | | 49 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h18'39 | | 50 | Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | + 2h18'56 | | 51 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | + 2h19'27 | | 52 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | + 2h20'08 | | 53 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h20'12 | | 54 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 2h20'44 | | 55 | Morris Possoni | Sky ProCycling | + 2h22'01 | | 56 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h22'41 | | 57 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 2h24'44 | | 58 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 2h24'55 | | 59 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 2h25'22 | | 60 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h27'06 | | 61 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h27'22 | | 62 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h28'32 | | 63 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2h29'51 | | 64 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 2h30'41 | | 65 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 2h31'16 | | 66 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2h33'57 | | 67 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | + 2h38'07 | | 68 | Jérôme Pineau | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h39'21 | | 69 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 2h39'51 | | 70 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h40'34 | | 71 | Manuel Cardoso | Team RadioShack | + 2h42'56 | | 72 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | + 2h44'25 | | 73 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h51'55 | | 74 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | + 2h52'06 | | 75 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | + 3h03'52 | | 76 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | + 3h03'53 | | 77 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 3h03'58 | | 78 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | HTC - Highroad | + 3h05'55 | | 79 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3h09'24 | | 80 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 3h13'23 | | 81 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h14'07 | | 82 | Philip Deignan | Team RadioShack | + 3h14'59 | | 83 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h23'02 | | 84 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | + 3h23'10 | | 85 | Arkaitz Durán | Geox - TMC | + 3h23'32 | | 86 | Gorazd Stangelj | Pro Team Astana | + 3h23'40 | | 87 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 3h28'05 | | 88 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | + 3h28'26 | | 89 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 3h31'20 | | 90 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3h41'25 | | 91 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | + 3h42'27 | | 92 | Michael Barry | Sky ProCycling | + 3h55'39 | | 93 | Danny Pate | HTC - Highroad | + 3h57'07 | | 94 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - ISD | + 3h58'02 | | 95 | Frantisek Rabon | HTC - Highroad | + 4h03'23 | | 96 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 4h04'09 | | 97 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h11'15 | | 98 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4h12'22 | | 99 | Luca Solari | Androni Giocattoli | + 4h14'18 | | 100 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 4h16'26 | | 101 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | + 4h20'42 | | 102 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4h23'16 | | 103 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h27'59 | | 104 | Matthias Brändle | Geox - TMC | + 4h29'24 | | 105 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - Highroad | + 4h36'37 | | 106 | Anders Lund | Leopard Trek | + 4h40'01 | | 107 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h40'15 | | 108 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 4h41'58 | | 109 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | + 4h53'39 | | 110 | Andrey Mizourov | Pro Team Astana | + 4h53'55 | | 111 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 4h54'07 | | 112 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 4h54'12 | | 113 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 4h54'54 | | 114 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h57'45 | | 115 | Martin Pedersen | Leopard Trek | + 4h59'05 | | 116 | Matthew Goss | HTC - Highroad | + 5h00'24 | | 117 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | + 5h10'15 | | 118 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5h10'32 | | 119 | Emanuele Vona | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 5h12'14 | | 120 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Geox - TMC | + 5h12'41 | | 121 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 5h18'30 | | 122 | Balint Szeghalmi | Lampre - ISD | + 5h19'07 | | 123 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | + 5h19'10 | | 124 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 5h22'25 | | 125 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5h32'01 | | 126 | Russell Downing | Sky ProCycling | + 5h45'56 | | 127 | Jason McCartney | Team RadioShack | + 5h46'11 | | 128 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 5h47'34 | | 129 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 5h52'46 |
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | 198 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 185 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 180 | | 4 | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | 141 | | 5 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 140 | | 6 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | 109 | | 7 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 94 | | 8 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | 92 | | 9 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | 84 | | 10 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | 80 |
Spoiler | 11 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | 80 | | 12 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | 76 | | 13 | Marco Pinotti | HTC - Highroad | 75 | | 14 | Matthew Goss | HTC - Highroad | 73 | | 15 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | 72 | | 16 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | 67 | | 17 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 67 | | 18 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 53 | | 19 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | 49 | | 20 | Andrea Noè | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 45 | | 21 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 42 | | 22 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 41 | | 23 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 39 | | 24 | Paolo Tiralongo | Pro Team Astana | 39 | | 25 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | 39 | | 26 | Peter Velits | HTC - Highroad | 35 | | 27 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 35 | | 28 | Carlos Sastre | Geox - TMC | 34 | | 29 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | 31 | | 30 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | 29 | | 31 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | 25 | | 32 | Manuel Cardoso | Team RadioShack | 25 | | 33 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | 22 | | 34 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | 22 | | 35 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 22 | | 36 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 22 | | 37 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | 21 | | 38 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | 20 | | 39 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | 18 | | 40 | Jérôme Pineau | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 18 | | 41 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - Highroad | 17 | | 42 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | 16 | | 43 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 15 | | 44 | Martin Pedersen | Leopard Trek | 15 | | 45 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | 14 | | 46 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | 13 | | 47 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | 12 | | 48 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 12 | | 49 | Jason McCartney | Team RadioShack | 12 | | 50 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 11 | | 51 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | 11 | | 52 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | HTC - Highroad | 11 | | 53 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 11 | | 54 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 10 | | 55 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | | 56 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | 8 | | 57 | Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | 8 | | 58 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | 8 | | 59 | David López | Movistar Team | 7 | | 60 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | 7 | | 61 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 6 | | 62 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | 6 | | 63 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | | 64 | Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | 6 | | 65 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | 6 | | 66 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | 6 | | 67 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | 6 | | 68 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team RadioShack | 5 | | 69 | Danilo Di Luca | Katusha Team | 5 | | 70 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | 5 | | 71 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli | 4 | | 72 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | 4 | | 73 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | 3 | | 74 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | | 75 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - ISD | 3 | | 76 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | 2 | | 77 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 2 | | 78 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | 2 | | 79 | Michael Barry | Sky ProCycling | 2 | | 80 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | 1 | | 81 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 1 |
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | 97 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 56 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 48 | | 4 | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | 37 | | 5 | Andrea Noè | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 35 | | 6 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | 30 | | 7 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | 26 | | 8 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | 25 | | 9 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | 23 | | 10 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | 19 |
Spoiler | 11 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 18 | | 12 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 15 | | 13 | Carlos Sastre | Geox - TMC | 15 | | 14 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | 14 | | 15 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | 10 | | 16 | Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | 10 | | 17 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 9 | | 18 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | 7 | | 19 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | 7 | | 20 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 6 | | 21 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | 6 | | 22 | Morris Possoni | Sky ProCycling | 6 | | 23 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 6 | | 24 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 6 | | 25 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | 5 | | 26 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | 4 | | 27 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | HTC - Highroad | 4 | | 28 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | | 29 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | 4 | | 30 | Martin Pedersen | Leopard Trek | 4 | | 31 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | 3 | | 32 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | 3 | | 33 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | | 34 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | 2 | | 35 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | 2 | | 36 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | | 37 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 2 | | 38 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | 2 | | 39 | Jérôme Pineau | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 2 | | 40 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | 2 | | 41 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | | 42 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | 2 | | 43 | Danny Pate | HTC - Highroad | 2 | | 44 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 2 | | 45 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | 2 | | 46 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | 2 | | 47 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | | 48 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | 1 | | 49 | Danilo Di Luca | Katusha Team | 1 | | 50 | Manuel Cardoso | Team RadioShack | 1 | | 51 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | 1 | | 52 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1 | | 53 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 1 |
| 1 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | 89h35'13 (1) | | 2 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 29'49 (2) | | 3 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | + 1h02'18 (3) | | 4 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1h56'23 (4) | | 5 | Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | + 1h56'37 (5) | | 6 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | + 1h57'52 (6) | | 7 |  Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | + 2h05'25 (7) | | 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h09'10 (8) | | 9 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 2h11'24 (9) | | 10 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 2h17'10 (10) |
Spoiler | 11 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | + 2h24'36 (11) | | 12 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | + 2h50'22 (12) | | 13 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h09'31 (13) | | 14 | Arkaitz Durán | Geox - TMC | + 3h10'01 (14) | | 15 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 3h14'34 (15) | | 16 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3h57'44 (16) | | 17 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4h09'45 (17) | | 18 | Matthias Brändle | Geox - TMC | + 4h15'53 (18) | | 19 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 4h28'27 (19) | | 20 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 4h40'41 (20) | | 21 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h44'14 (21) | | 22 | Matthew Goss | HTC - Highroad | + 4h46'53 (22) | | 23 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 5h04'59 (23) | | 24 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 5h34'03 (24) |
| 1 | Androni Giocattoli | | 268h42'03 (1) | | 2 | Geox - TMC | | + 29'23 (2) | | 3 | Rabobank Cycling Team | | + 31'06 (3) | | 4 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | + 1h01'36 (4) | | 5 | HTC - Highroad | | + 1h03'41 (5) | | 6 | Katusha Team | | + 1h13'48 (6) | | 7 | Acqua & Sapone | | + 1h54'58 (7) | | 8 | Team Garmin - Cervélo | | + 2h07'33 (8) | | 9 |  AG2R La Mondiale | | + 2h20'45 (9) | | 10 |  Saxo Bank SunGard | | + 2h41'25 (10) |
Spoiler | 11 | BMC Racing Team | | + 2h53'49 (11) | | 12 | Quick·Step Cycling Team | | + 3h22'18 (12) | | 13 | Team RadioShack | | + 3h24'01 (13) | | 14 | Omega Pharma - Lotto | | + 3h29'37 (14) | | 15 | Sky ProCycling | | + 3h44'09 (15) | | 16 | Liquigas - Cannondale | | + 3h45'19 (16) | | 17 | Lampre - ISD | | + 3h53'27 (17) | | 18 | Pro Team Astana | | + 4h13'39 (18) | | 19 | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | | + 4h29'14 (19) | | 20 | Movistar Team | | + 4h31'47 (20) | | 21 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | + 6h42'11 (21) | | 22 | Leopard Trek | | + 7h38'34 (22) |
Positives
Ivan Basso:
The Italian used the same tactique which was succesfull by Armstrong. Strike on the first real mountain, the Etna this year, and immediately showing your the strongest. He did that again on the Grossglockner and since then, his lead never was only in danger on the passo di Ganda where he probably had some problems with the cold and rainy weather. Next to the pink jersey, he also took home the red jersey for the best sprinter and the green jersey for the best climber. This all makes him the deserved winner of the Giro 2011.
Steven Kruiswijk
The Dutch rider is only 23 years old but proved this Giro that he is very talented. After attacking a lot and finishing 18th last year, he came to the Giro hoping for a top 10. He did better as that as he was always the last rider to follow the best climbers on the hard climbs this Giro. The 5th place and the young riders jersey is probably more as he would have dreamed of before the Giro.
Androni Giocattolli
The Italian team brought a strong team to Turin for the start of the Giro. Rujano had hopes for a top 5 and maybe even better and Sella was here to take revenge after 2008. After a bad first weak were Rujano lost a lot of time on his opponents, the team fought back in the mountains. Especially the Zoncolan stage was very good by this team. Of the 10 men who survived the Crostis, Rujano, Sella and Serpa all are Androni riders. Sella finished as 5th and Rujano as 6th. They took more as 20' on Geox in the team ranking and won the overal with almost an half hour advantage.
Andrea Noe and Santo Anza
This two ex-teammates get mentioned here because their attacking style got rewarded with stage wins. Anza was able to hold off the peloton in the first stage and Noe could just stay away from a favourites group in San Pellegrino Terme. Both after a breakaway, they proved that attacking from far out can lead to succes.
Negatives
Liquigas
Ivan Basso won the Giro but thanking his teammates won't take long. Only loyal helper Smyd and Paterski finished the Giro. It started with the TTT were Basso lost a lot of time on his opponents. The two queen-stages to the Zoncolan and Val di Fassa saw 6 of his helpers abandon the race. The last week was for a good part controlled by only Smyd who did a great job.
Carlos Sastre
It feels bad to say this but Carlos really disappointed me this Giro. He started with the toughts of helping Menchov and maybe finishing in the top 10 himself. But after some mountain stages it became clear that he could do neither. He wasn't any more help to Menchov as Wyss or Duarte on the first mountains. His hopes for the GC were then already long gone as he was sitting around the 20th place. His stage win made up for a lot and after that he started riding better but what he brought was not enough. His days as top GT rider are clearly over.
The Sprinters
4! Only four stages ended in mass sprints. Two for Farrar, one for Petacchi and one for Rojas. This Giro must have been a hell for the sprinters. Seeing breakaways survive on the first flat stages and then entering the , for sprinters very hard, mountains. The best sprinter in the points competition, normally won by a sprinter, was Farrar in the 7th position, 104 points behind the winner Basso.
Michele Scarponi
Seen as one of the top favourites for the start of the Giro, Scarponi was always running behind. He could never compete for a top 5 and never had a chance for a stage win. He still finished in a decent 6th position but better was expected after his 4th place last year.
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Congrats for bringing Menchov to the podium! You got the reward for the attacking in stage 20. Too bad you missed the stage win, but the Top 3 will make it up for you. Congrats!!
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Posted on 16-10-2011 15:00
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Great Giro specially for Mechov
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Thanks to all! I was indeed very happy with Menchov's good Giro!
| 1/05 |  | Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn - Frankfurt | Davide Rebellin | | 04/05 - 08/05 | | 5 Jours de Dunkerque | Jimmy Casper | | 07/05 - 29/05 | | Giro d'Italia | Ivan Basso | | 13/05 - 15/05 | | Tour de Picardie | Denis Flahaut | | 14/05 | | Scandinavian Race in uppsala | Angelo Furlan | | 15/05 - 22/05 | | Amgen Tour of California | Fränk Schleck | | 18/05 - 22/05 | | Circuit de Lorraine | Nicki Sörensen | | 22/05 | | ProRace Berlin | John Degenkolb | | 25/05 - 29/05 | | Bayern - Rundfahrt | Alberto Contador | | 25/05 - 29/05 | | Ronde van Belgie | Philippe Gilbert |
There were not much races in May as the month was dominated by the first GT of the season. The Giro was won by Ivan Basso. There were also 5 'Hors Categorie' races this month. The Tour's of California, Bayern and Belgie all had strong startlist and the winners were some of cycling's biggest stars:Schleck, Contador and Gilbert. Other notable victories for Rebellin in the always hard faught race around Frankfurt and for Casper in the 5 jours de Dunkerque, a very prestigious race to win for a French rider.
| 1 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | 1843 | | 2 | | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 1695 | | 3 | | Joaquim Rodriguez | Katusha Team | 1532 | | 4 |  | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervelo | 1515 | | 5 | | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 1194 | | 6 |  | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | 1099 | | 7 | | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 1077 | | 8 | | Igor Anton | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1066 | | 9 | | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | 988 | | 10 | | Chris Horner | Team Radioshack | 946 | | 11 |  | Alexandre Vinokourov | Pro Team Astana | 771 | | 12 | | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank - SunGard | 770 | | 13 | | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet | 767 | | 14 |  | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervelo | 756 | | 15 | | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step Cycling Team | 750 | | 16 | | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | 743 | | 17 | | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua e Sapone | 707 | | 18 | | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | 686 | | 19 | | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | 679 | | 20 | | Juan Jose Cobo | Geox - TMC | 668 |
Ivan Basso made a large jump in the CQ-ranking after his victory in the Giro. The other riders who made a big jump are Evans, Anton and Menchov. The 3 riders who were behind Basso in the Giro. Geox has two riders in the top 20. Menchov is 19th and Cobo 20th.
| 1 | | WT | Team Garmin - Cervelo | 3895 | | 2 | | WT | Katusha Team | 3530 | | 3 | | WT | Pro Team Astana | 3362 | | 4 | | WT | Liquigas - Cannondale | 3151 | | 5 | | WT | BMC Racing Team | 2874 | | 6 | | WT | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 2834 | | 7 | | WT | Lampre - ISD | 2697 | | 8 | | CT | Geox - TMC | 2558 | | 9 | | CT | Landbouwkrediet | 2498 | | 10 |  | WT | Sky ProCycling | 2472 | | 11 |  | WT | Leopard Trek | 2463 | | 12 | | WT | Rabobank Cycling Team | 2219 | | 13 | | WT | Team Radioshack | 2176 | | 14 | | WT | Saxo Bank SunGard | 1983 | | 15 | | WT | Quick - Step Cycling Team | 1945 | | 16 | | WT | Euskaltel Euskadi | 1788 | | 17 | | WT | Movistar Team | 1764 | | 18 | | WT | HTC - Highroad | 1545 | | 19 | | CT | Saur - Sojasun | 1392 | | 20 | | CT | Team NetApp | 1301 |
Garmin - Cervelo is the best team so far. That due to steady performances by their top riders (Hushovd, Farrar, Hesjedal). Geox is the first CT Team at the 8th place. Most surprising to see is probably the 18th place from HTC - Highroad who are the 2nd worst WT-Team after AG2R.
| 01/06 - 05/06 | | Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg | | 05/06 - 12/06 | | Critérium du Dauphiné | | 05/06 | | Tour de Rijke | | 06/06 | | GP du canton d'Argovie | | 10/06 - 12/06 | | Delta Tour Zeeland | | 11/06 - 19/06 | | Tour de Suisse | | 15/06 - 19/06 | | Ster ZLM Tour | | 16/06 - 19/06 |  | Tour de Slovénie | | 16/06 - 19/06 | | Route du Sud | | 24/06 |  | National Championships ITT | | 26/06 | | National Championships RR |
An easy schedule for our team. Most teams are preparing for the Tour, where we will not ride, in the Dauphine and the Tour de Suisse. We will only compete in the Tour de Slovenie and the National championships at the end of the month.
Edited by Spilak23 on 17-10-2011 17:21
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| baia |
Posted on 16-10-2011 20:18
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Great Giro for Geox,especially Menchov...he did great and brought some action in last stages,turning the fight for 3rd even more exciting...well done.
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| FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 17-10-2011 16:14
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Easy month this time |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 17-10-2011 17:43
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Thanks Baia and indeed an easy two months coming up
The May-June (P)review is updated with the CQ-rankings.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 18-10-2011 09:28
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Great Giro- nice reports and drama till the end, Anton was loosing slowly and Menchov did it in the end, so he deserves a
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