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Il Bimbo d'bronzo | Giro d'Italia 2015
Re Leone
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“You should definitely do it.” Daphné repeated as she kept on massaging my leg. We had been living together for two months now, after my proposal in February she had put up her apartment for sale and quit her job at Virgin Atlantic. When she wasn’t at home taking care of me and being an all-round housewife she was commuting to Milan. Daphné had always dreamt of a career in acting, and now with her new found time she returned to taking up the drama classes.

Her mission for today was to have me do an interview for some cycling magazine I had never heard of. After getting her to promise me to cook my favorite dish of pasta I gave in to her demands. Agreeing to meet the American journalist in Daphné her favorite café later that week.

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Sorry for the super lackluster update. I put most my efforts into the article. Embarassed

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Forever the Best
Running out of paper:lol:

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Gracias Alberto.
 
Wild Dog
Beautiful article. Looks professional Smile
 
sutty68
Nice to see that Daphné has accepted your offer of the job as your PAPfft
 
Re Leone
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I didn't want to increase the size of the image. Embarassed

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Thanks! Smile

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Nicholas needs someone to be his arms and legs whenever he's off his bike. Pfft
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Re Leone
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Forever the Best
Good preview.
Moser as a GC contender?What are his stats compared to Arcier?
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
 
sutty68
Nice preview of the Giro Smile
 
Re Leone
@The Schleck Fan
I actually used Moser his stats as an example when I started out with Arcier. It seems they have grown a bit differently though.

These are their stats in September 2015 so after the Giro.

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@sutty68
Thank you!
Edited by Re Leone on 16-08-2014 21:20
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Good luck at the Giro. Really nice interview and preview for the GT
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Forever the Best
Moser is a complete rider.77MOShock
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Gracias Alberto.
 
Re Leone
@all

Thanks for the great comments guys! Really keeps me motivated!
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Stage 1 | Milazzo › Capo Milazzo, 8.6km
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Team Selection
Nicholas Arcier, Eugenio Alafaci, Francesco Bongiorno
Thomas Dekker, Bob Jungels, Gilles Montandon
Samir Roussey, Boy van Poppel, Danny van Poppel

Three months ago Aziz Kastell and I stood toe to toe in Algarve. He in polo and shorts. I in my cycling kit. Today we once again stood toe to toe, but this time he also wore his kit. The bright Lampre colours and the number ‘141’ attached to his back pockets making him popular with the Italian tifosi. Aziz his autograph a hot commodity with the crowd, and I couldn’t blame them. With Horner and Pozzato as his two lieutenants, Lampre showed their trust in the climber.

Aziz was simply radiant in his role as leader, a role he has been used to since he first picked up road racing. (He was less of a talent in the mountainbike field.)

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With the time trial short and with a steep final kilometer in it my morale was high as well. Helped even further by the hot Sicilian sun nicely toned down by a cool sea breeze. If I dived into sea I could probably swim to my mother in Malta within no time.

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Our team wasn’t as big in names as Lampre, but with myself, Eugenio Alafaci, Francesco Bongiorno (Italian Champion!), Thomas Dekker (Only one above the age of 25!), Bob Jungels (Luxembourgian ITT Champion!), Gilles Montandon, Samir Roussey, Boy van Poppel and Danny van Poppel we had plenty of talent. And in these coming three weeks we were going to show that.

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And we got off right to a good start with Bob Jungels clocking a superb time of 11’56. A time on which specialists like Westra and Navardauskas had broken their teeth by the time I rolled off the start podium. I knew I wouldn’t get close to Bob his time, but with Kastell starting 4 places ahead of me I still had a nice reference point to focus on.

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The location, the food, the beautiful beaches and women. The Giro organization sure knew how to raise riders their spirits and start a grand tour off with a blast.

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At the first checkpoint I was down on Jungels by 12 seconds, placing me just outside the top 20. Kastell also was ahead of me by 2 seconds, but I knew I could make up that lost time.

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As I passed the bow of the final kilometer the road started to incline, with a smooth few shifts on my gear I right away found the pace I was looking for. My breathing, cadence, and dancing on the pedals all in rhythm.

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1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8! Eight seconds is how much I was down on Jungels his time, meaning I placed all GC contenders besides Moreno Moser behind me. Aziz was completely blown out of the water as well as I overtook him by 15 seconds!

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Only two more men would dive under my time, Porte and Kangert beat me by 6 seconds, both falling short of Jungels his time. Meaning that the young Luxembourgian would be the first maglia rosa wearer, day one of the Giro and we already had a stage win and the leader jersey!

Stage Result & General Classification
1Bob JungelsTissot Pro Cycling Team11'56
2Tanel KangertAstana Pro Team+ 2
3Richie PorteSky Procyclings.t.
4José HerradaMovistar Team+ 4
5Moreno MoserCannondale Pro Cycling+ 5
6Lieuwe WestraAstana Pro Team+ 6
7Tobias LudvigssonGiant - Shimanos.t.
8Thomas De GendtOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
9Andriy GrivkoAstana Pro Teams.t.
10Dominique CornuOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
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13Nicholas ArcierTissot Pro Cycling Team+ 8
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11Ramunas NavardauskasGarmin - Sharp+ 7
12Gorka IzagirreMovistar Team+ 8
13Nicholas ArcierTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
14Alexis GougeardAg2r - La Mondiale+ 12
15Wout PoelsOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 13
16Steve MorabitoBMC Racing Team+ 14
17Wilco KeldermanCelesio Pro Cycling Team+ 15
18Peter KennaughSky Procyclings.t.
19Sylvain ChavanelIAM Cyclings.t.
20Maxime BouetAg2r - La Mondiales.t.
21Manuele BoaroBardiani - CSFs.t.
22Paul VossGiant - Shimano+ 16
23Ilnur ZakarinRusVelos.t.
24Tim WellensBMC Racing Team+ 17
25Lars Ytting BakLotto - Belisols.t.
26Leigh HowardOrica - GreenEDGEs.t.
27Nelson OliveiraLampre - Merida+ 18
28Dario CataldoSky Procyclings.t.
29Domenico PozzovivoAg2r - La Mondiales.t.
30Rafal MajkaTeam Tinkoff - Saxo+ 19
31Perrig QuemeneurTeam Europcar+ 20
32Michael RogersTeam Tinkoff - Saxos.t.
33Lachlan MortonGarmin - Sharps.t.
34Damien HowsonOrica - GreenEDGEs.t.
35David López GarcíaSky Procyclings.t.
36Jack BauerGarmin - Sharps.t.
37Marcel KittelGiant - Shimanos.t.
38Michael SchärBMC Racing Teams.t.
39Alexander SerovRusVelo+ 21
40Matthew BuscheCannondale Pro Cyclings.t.
41Steven KruijswijkCelesio Pro Cycling Team+ 22
42Alessandro De MarchiCannondale Pro Cyclings.t.
43Romain BardetAg2r - La Mondiales.t.
44Dylan van BaarleGarmin - Sharps.t.
45Luke RoweSky Procycling+ 23
46Lawson CraddockGiant - Shimanos.t.
47Aziz KastellLampre - Meridas.t.
48Kanstantsin SiutsouSky Procycling+ 24
49Daan OlivierGiant - Shimanos.t.
50Damien GaudinAg2r - La Mondiales.t.
51Silvan DillierBMC Racing Teams.t.
52Matteo RabottiniBMC Racing Teams.t.
53Fredrik KessiakoffAstana Pro Team+ 25
54Warren BarguilGiant - Shimanos.t.
55Fabio AruAstana Pro Teams.t.
56Elia VivianiCannondale Pro Cyclings.t.
57Rubén PlazaMovistar Team+ 26
58Hugo HouleAg2r - La Mondiales.t.
59Matthias BrändleIAM Cyclings.t.
60Jos Van EmdenGarmin - Sharps.t.
61Joaquin RodriguezKatusha Teams.t.
62Mark CavendishOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
63Ivan SantaromitaOrica - GreenEDGE+ 27
64Eros CapecchiMovistar Teams.t.
65Filippo PozzatoLampre - Merida+ 28
66Jonathan Tiernan-LockeSky Procyclings.t.
67Nikolai TrussovRusVelos.t.
68Jetse BolCelesio Pro Cycling Teams.t.
69Brett LancasterOrica - GreenEDGE+ 29
70Matej MohoricCannondale Pro Cyclings.t.
71Enrico BattaglinBardiani - CSFs.t.
72Johann TschoppIAM Cyclings.t.
73Chris HornerLampre - Meridas.t.
74Mikel NieveSky Procycling+ 30
75Lars Petter NordhaugCelesio Pro Cycling Team+ 31
76Jacopo GuarnieriAstana Pro Teams.t.
77Johnny HoogerlandAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuelas.t.
78Nathan HaasGarmin - Sharp+ 32
79Sonny ColbrelliBardiani - CSFs.t.
80Orazio FarnediCannondale Pro Cyclings.t.
81José Joaquin Rojas GilMovistar Teams.t.
82Kevin RezaTeam Europcar+ 33
83David TannerCelesio Pro Cycling Teams.t.
84Jens KeukeleireOrica - GreenEDGEs.t.
85Stef ClementCelesio Pro Cycling Teams.t.
86Francesco BongiornoTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
87Christophe RiblonAg2r - La Mondiale+ 34
88Vladimir IsaychevKatusha Teams.t.
89Stefano LocatelliBardiani - CSFs.t.
90Petr IgnatenkoRusVelos.t.
91Thomas DekkerTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
92Theo BosCelesio Pro Cycling Teams.t.
93Danny Van PoppelTissot Pro Cycling Team+ 35
94Yonathan MonsalveNeri Sottoli - YellowFluos.t.
95Diego RosaAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuelas.t.
96Mathew HaymanOrica - GreenEDGEs.t.
97Ben HermansBMC Racing Teams.t.
98Daniele BennatiTeam Tinkoff - Saxos.t.
99Kristijan DurasekLampre - Meridas.t.
100Alan MarangoniCannondale Pro Cycling+ 36
101Jérôme CousinTeam Europcars.t.
102Gatis SmukulisKatusha Team+ 37
103Albert TimmerCelesio Pro Cycling Teams.t.
104Johan VansummerenGarmin - Sharps.t.
105Chris Anker SørensenAstana Pro Teams.t.
106Gianni MeersmanOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
107Simon ClarkeCelesio Pro Cycling Teams.t.
108Sébastien TurgotAg2r - La Mondiale+ 38
109Oliver ZauggTeam Tinkoff - Saxos.t.
110Sergey LagutinRusVelos.t.
111Raymond KrederGarmin - Sharps.t.
112Thomas DamuseauGiant - Shimanos.t.
113Vegard BreenLotto - Belisols.t.
114Kenny DehaesLotto - Belisols.t.
115Stefan DeniflIAM Cyclings.t.
116Matthew GossOrica - GreenEDGEs.t.
117José Iván GutierrezMovistar Teams.t.
118Cyril GautierTeam Europcar+ 39
119Davide CimolaiLampre - Meridas.t.
120Fabrice JeandesbozTeam Europcars.t.
121Martin VelitsOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 40
122Mikel LandaAstana Pro Teams.t.
123Kevyn IstaIAM Cyclings.t.
124Sergey ChernetskiyKatusha Teams.t.
125Giampaolo CarusoKatusha Teams.t.
126Bernhard EiselSky Procyclings.t.
127David ArroyoMovistar Teams.t.
128Jérôme PineauIAM Cycling+ 41
129Gianluca BrambillaOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
130Danilo WyssBMC Racing Team+ 42
131Matteo TosattoTeam Tinkoff - Saxos.t.
132Franco PellizottiAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuelas.t.
133Mitchell DockerOrica - GreenEDGEs.t.
134Andrea ZordanAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuela+ 43
135Christian MeierOrica - GreenEDGEs.t.
136Rüdiger SeligKatusha Teams.t.
137Boy Van PoppelTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
138Pirmin LangIAM Cyclings.t.
139Yannick MartinezTeam Europcars.t.
140Gilles MontandonTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
141Stig BroeckxLotto - Belisols.t.
142Geoffroy LequatreTeam Europcars.t.
143Michal KolarTeam Tinkoff - Saxos.t.
144Sander ArméeLotto - Belisols.t.
145Guillaume BoivinKatusha Teams.t.
146Eugenio AlafaciTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
147Fabio SabatiniCannondale Pro Cycling+ 44
148Simone PonziNeri Sottoli - YellowFluos.t.
149Yauheni HutarovichAg2r - La Mondiales.t.
150Jens DebusschereOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
151Mauro FinettoNeri Sottoli - YellowFluos.t.
152Dries DevenynsTeam Tinkoff - Saxos.t.
153Matteo BonoLampre - Meridas.t.
154Enrique SanzMovistar Team+ 46
155Petr VakočOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
156Gert DockxLotto - Belisols.t.
157Roberto FerrariLampre - Meridas.t.
158Elia FavilliLampre - Meridas.t.
159Riccardo ChiariniNeri Sottoli - YellowFluos.t.
160Sebastian LanderBMC Racing Teams.t.
161Luca PaoliniKatusha Teams.t.
162Sylvester SzmydMovistar Team+ 47
163Marko KumpTeam Tinkoff - Saxos.t.
164Alessio TalianiAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuela+ 48
165Andrea GuardiniAstana Pro Teams.t.
166Nathan BrownGarmin - Sharps.t.
167Ivan BalykinRusVelos.t.
168Roman MaikinRusVelos.t.
169Boris ValléeLotto - Belisol+ 49
170Andrea PiecheleBardiani - CSFs.t.
171Amaël MoinardBMC Racing Teams.t.
172Reinardt Janse Van RensburgGiant - Shimano+ 50
173Nikias ArndtGiant - Shimanos.t.
174Fabio TaborreNeri Sottoli - YellowFluo+ 51
175Nicola RuffoniNeri Sottoli - YellowFluos.t.
176Marco CanolaBardiani - CSFs.t.
177Steven CaethovenTeam Tinkoff - Saxos.t.
178Thomas VoecklerTeam Europcars.t.
179Samir RousseyTissot Pro Cycling Team+ 52
180Jonas VangenechtenLotto - Belisols.t.
181Cristiano SalernoBardiani - CSF+ 53
182Manuel BellettiAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuelas.t.
183Francesco RedaAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuela+ 54
184Igor BoevRusVelos.t.
185Nico SijmensLotto - Belisol+ 56
186Alexandr KolobnevKatusha Teams.t.
187Emanuele SellaAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuelas.t.
188Edoardo ZardiniBardiani - CSF+ 58
189Patrick SchellingIAM Cyclings.t.
190Sebastien HinaultIAM Cyclings.t.
191Kenny Van HummelAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuela+ 59
192Jake KeoughCannondale Pro Cyclings.t.
193Mattia PozzoNeri Sottoli - YellowFluo+ 1'00
194Leonardo PinizzottoBardiani - CSF+ 1'01
195Andrea FediNeri Sottoli - YellowFluo+ 1'02
196Leonid KrasnovRusVelo+ 1'05
197Danilo NapolitanoTeam Europcar+ 1'09
198Francesco ChicchiNeri Sottoli - YellowFluos.t.

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Also good from Arcier beating Aziz Kastell.
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Gracias Alberto.
 
Wild Dog
Great to see Nicholas as the "Maltese of the day". He can be satisfied with his performance.

Also, the win for Jungels takes some pressure from the team and Nicholas so he can do better Grin
 
sutty68
What a Great start to the Giro for both the Team and Nicholas Grin

One stage and one win Wink
 
Re Leone
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Stage 2 | Milazzo › Caltagirone, 192 km
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With the pink pages of la Gazetta dello Sport spread out across the table, breakfast was spend in great spirits. The Italian sports-paper was praising our team as one of the strongest in the Giro, a position we gladly accepted. They even knew it was my birthday today. (Quality journalism!) The only mistake in their report being that today would be a day for me to battle for the flowers. Sure the climb up to Caltagirone was a tough one, but not tough enough to kill off the sprinters. Today we would be riding for Danny.

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After a high paced first hour a three man breakaway was finally allowed to escape the claws of the peloton. Most notable passenger the tall Belgian Vansummeren who took the mountain points on the first climb, making him the first mountain jersey wearer of this Giro.

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With Cavendish and Kittel dropped on the second climb of the day it were Cannondale and our team who upped the pace in the peloton, closing the 4 minute gap with the breakaway completely with 20km left to ride.

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What would follow was a hectic final full with various attacks and counter attacks, with Rogers and Majka from Tinkoff as the major characters. With Cannondale completely out of gas it where Dekker, I and a superb Jungels who had to close up the gaps. With Danny and me in Jungels his wheel, the young Luxembourgian provided a massive effort in the final kilometer up the climb to pull everything together for a mass sprint.

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Unfortunately it was Viviani who showed everyone that his win at Milan-San Remo was not a fluke as the strong Italian easily sprinted to the stage win. With the platue right after the climb providing the final straight to the line. The gaps between the riders became huge resulting in me somehow finding myself in the wheel of Danny who launched himself over the flat section, the young Dutchman sprinting from wheel to wheel after the Italian and finishing a strong second. Pulling me along for a fourth place just ahead of Aziz.

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Stage Result
1Elia VivianiCannondale Pro Cycling4h42'17
2Danny Van PoppelTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
3Gianni MeersmanOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
4Nicholas ArcierTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
5Richie PorteSky Procyclings.t.
6Johnny HoogerlandAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuelas.t.
7José Joaquin Rojas GilMovistar Teams.t.
8Bob JungelsTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
9Francesco BongiornoTissot Pro Cycling Teams.t.
10Aziz KastellLampre - Meridas.t.

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Re Leone
@The Schleck Fan, @sutty68
Thanks. Wink

@Wild Dog
I should probably make 'Maltese of the Day' a special section in my reports. :lol:
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sutty68
Another good ride from Nicholas, keep it going Smile
 
Forever the Best
Steady ride.Keep going
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Gracias Alberto.
 
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