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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-11-2011 13:16
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Thanks guys. I was actually quite surprised about the TTT because I usually don't win them, rather the contrary  But with three 75+ time trialists, I had a good squad for that.
@ tsmoha: I doubt that Rogers can keep up all the way through the mountains, so you would have to rely on Mosquera to overtake Duarte... Well, we'll see.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-11-2011 13:17
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 May 9, 2012 – Giro d'Italia
Stage 13
No breakaway could really establish itself today as Liquigas was doing the pace. We saw what was the reason on the last two mountain sprint when Nibali attacked to take the points. Afterwards, Liquigas dropped back a bit, which allowed Juan José Oroz the chance to attack. And fitting to this weird Giro (in terms of sprinting), no one aimed to bring him back. Eventually, he saved a couple of meters in front of the pack which was led by Tyler Farrar (who I must have overseen completely in the preview).
| 1 |  Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel – Euskadi | 4h39'33 | | 2 |  Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin – Cervélo | s.t. | | 3 | Koldo Fernández | Eukaltel – Euskadi | s.t. |
Stage 14
The hilly transfer stage looked perfectly well for a break so we sent Capecchi in the group of the day which consisted of 14 riders. And indeed they got away and increased the advance. And increased. And increased. Eventually, the pack finished 25'27 (!) behind, which vaults Capecchi to 16th overall. In the sprint for the win, he finished fifth. Mirco Lorenzetto won the sprint easily ahead of Harald Starzengruber.
| 1 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Pro Team Astana | 4h28'41 | | 2 |  Harald Starzengruber | Leopard – Trek | s.t. | | 3 |  Steve Chainel | FDJ | s.t. |
Stage 15
The action already started on the third to last climb when Sylvester Szmyd upped the pace. Only 15 riders could stay together, some of the Top 10 were missing. The group passed the penultimate climb together as well and entered the last ascent. About halfway through it, Fabio Duarte attacked. He quickly created a gap of 40 seconds and some riders followed. Nibali decided to constantly ride a high pace and slowly closed up to the front.
One after another, he overtook almost all riders in front him until, on the last kilometer, he was side by side to Scarponi and only a bit behind Duarte. The Colombian could hold on to his third stage win and Scarponi outsprinted Nibali but they're only 16 seconds behind. Most important today: Michael Rogers lost almost two minutes on Nibali and falls back to third. The fight for the podium is very tight but the overall seems to be safe for the Italian!
On other note, 25 riders had to abandon today, among them unfortunatly four of ours: Bodnar, Wurf, Viviani and Guarnieri.
| 1 |  Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 6h00'37 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 16 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 4 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | + 51 | | 5 |  José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 6 | Stefano Garzelli | Katusha Team | + 1'04 | | 7 | Ivan Basso | Katusha Team | + 1'41 | | 8 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 |  Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 1'59 | | 10 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 2'18 |
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General Classification after Stage 15:
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 65h50'41 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 3'41 | | 3 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 3'51 | | 4 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 4'15 | | 5 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | + 6'13 | | 6 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 11'14 | | 7 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 13'34 | | 8 | Ivan Basso | Katusha Team | + 14'09 | | 9 | Stefano Garzelli | Katusha Team | + 16'11 | | 10 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | + 16'39 |
Points Classification after Stage 15:
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 153 | | 2 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 115 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | 106 |
Mountain Classification after Stage 15:
| 1 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 59 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 49 | | 3 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | 46 |
Young Riders Classification after Stage 15:
| 1 | Alexandre Geniez | Skil - Shimano | 66h48'34 | | 2 | Andrew Talansky | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3'57 | | 3 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 5'52 |
Team Classification after Stage 15:
| 1 | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 196h31'41 | | 2 |  Katusha Team | | + 35'51 | | 3 | Geox - TMC | | + 56'22 |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 17-11-2011 13:36
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Rogers seems to be struggle in the mountains, which is good for Nibali  Nice performance again.. Duarte's three stage-wins are pretty awesome, looks like he will be able to take the 3rd Overall at least... and what a break there, 25 minutes.. that doesn't happen so often.
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| rorzcp |
Posted on 17-11-2011 13:39
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I actually hope Rogers gets 2nd because i like him. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-11-2011 13:43
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A fine 3rd place behind two GC contenders and still a healthy lead overall |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 17-11-2011 15:09
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Still cruising towards the GC-win! Too bad 4 riders finished outside the time-limit, but I had the same in my story in the 2011-Giro, as long as you cankeep at least 3 guys to bring Nibali water! GL for the last stages.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-11-2011 18:20
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@ tsmoha: Duarte looks so strong I actually fear he might be a threat for Nibali. The concluding time trial isn't very long and Nibali's recovery isn't the best...
@ rorzcp: I'd like to see him there as well, would be a nice surprise. But I think Top 5 is the maximum for Rogers.
@ sutty68: Yup, looks nice so far
@ dienblad: I was worried about Bodnar in the first week because I needed him for the TTT. Afterwards, I really don't care much. Szmyd, Brajko and Capecchi will survive for sure, Oss I don't know. So it's fine I guess.
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Posted on 17-11-2011 18:20
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May 9, 2012 – Giro d'Italia
Stage 16
The break of the day consisted of a couple strong riders including Marzio Bruseghin. They got a big advance of more than ten minutes and still 3 of them were left when Bruseghin entered the last 5 kms, now alone in front. The first chasing group was already rather small. No attacks were made until the final kilometer when they began sprinting towards Bruseghin. But the Italian saved some meters into the finish and got a surprising win.
Vincenzo Nibali had his first bad day and lost 50 seconds to Duarte and 38 seconds to Scarponi who both come a bit closer in the GC.
| 1 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | 4h57'19 | | 2 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 21 | | 3 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 33 | | 5 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | + 58 | | 6 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'11 | | 7 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 8 | Stefano Garzelli | Katusha Team | + 1'39 | | 9 | Ivan Basso | Katusha Team | + 1'48 | | 10 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
Stage 17
The break of the day consisted of several good climbers including Eros Capecchi. They entered the last climb 18 mintues in front of the favorites. Capecchi soon fell back and finished sixth while Francis De Greef won way in front of Davide Rebellin.
Among the GC contenders, Michele Scarponi and Fabio Duarte were the strongest, just like yesterday, and made up 37 seconds on Nibali, who had another rather bad day. He's still 2'26 in front in the GC with only one MTF left though, so he shouldn't mind too much.
...forgot to take a screen...
| 1 |  Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma – Lotto | 4h57'17 | | 2 | Davide Rebellin | Katusha Team | + 5'24 | | 3 | Simone Stortoni | Colnago – CSF Inox | + 6'15 |
Stage 18
We sent Sylvester Szmyd into the break, but without success. 14 riders passed the biggest climb together. Some attacks were neutralized, but on the last climb, the group again split and only five riders sprinted for the win. Duarte won his fourth stage gaining another 20 seconds on Nibali who finished fourth behind Scarponi and Rujano. Mosquera was the fifth member of that group, Michael Rogers might have lost all his podium ambitions today as he finished about a minute behind the leaders.
| 1 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 6h00'37 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre – ISD | s.t. | | 3 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 5 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Stefano Garzelli | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox – TMC | + 47 | | 8 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 1'17 | | 9 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'29 |
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General Classification after Stage 18:
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 81h05'38 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 2'14 | | 3 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 2'16 | | 4 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 5'08 | | 5 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | + 6'00 | | 6 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | + 14'56 | | 7 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 17'58 | | 8 | Stefano Garzelli | Katusha Team | + 18'19 | | 9 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 18'37 | | 10 | Ivan Basso | Katusha Team | + 19'23 |
Points Classification after Stage 18:
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 180 | | 2 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 167 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | 146 | | 4 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | 99 | | 5 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | 91 |
Mountain Classification after Stage 18:
| 1 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 75 | | 2 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | 65 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 61 |
Young Riders Classification after Stage 18:
| 1 | Alexandre Geniez | Skil - Shimano | 82h54'51 | | 2 | Andrew Talansky | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2'55 | | 3 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 25'25 |
Team Classification after Stage 18:
| 1 | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 242h34'17 | | 2 | Katusha Team | | + 39'52 | | 3 | Geox - TMC | | + 1h04'43 |
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Posted on 17-11-2011 18:29
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I see Duarte and Rujano are very strong here too...but this Giro is going to Nibali....well done.
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Posted on 17-11-2011 18:34
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Losing some time, but 2'14 still should be enough!
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Posted on 17-11-2011 18:38
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Duarte's 4th stage-win.. nice... Nibali had a first bad day, but he looks good! I really love that pic in stage 16 with the mountain in the back
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Posted on 17-11-2011 21:02
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Nice nice Giro so far
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Posted on 18-11-2011 10:25
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Mmmmm they are closing the gap on you, be careful |
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Posted on 18-11-2011 10:37
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May 9, 2012 – Giro d'Italia
Stage 19
An easy stage before the last epic queen stage. Not surprisingly, a break won this. Thomas Rohregger left his companions in the dust on the last hill and finishes first. The favorites finish 23 minutes behind them. Nibali uses the last descent to gain another 36 seconds on his opponents. Michael Rogers crashed and lost almost 3 minutes, he falls back to GC fifth.
… forgot to take a screen ...
| 1 | Thomas Rohregger | Leopard – Trek | 5h00'55 | | 2 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5'20 | | 3 |  Rob Ruijgh | GreenEdge Cycling | + 7'29 |
Stage 20
Here we are at the sickest of all stages! After three incredibly hard weeks, the organisation tops it all with 180 deathly kilometers.
As if the riders made a gentlemen's agreement, the day began very quiet. A group around Mikel Nieve and Alexandre Geniez got away and quickly created a large gap. Over the first mountains, the favorites stayed completely together. A group of 19 riders entered the last climb together while the front group was still seven minutes in front. By and by, the group decreased until only the top 6 of the GC were together.
José Rujano attacked about halfway through the climb and created a decent gap. One after another, he caught the escapees and rode towards the stage win! Behind him, Nibali continued to show weakness in this last week. He couldn't keep up with Duarte, who was again the strongest, and also Scarponi and Mosquera finished in front of him.
Another couple of riders had to abandon today. Among them is Daniel Oss, which means that only four Liquigas riders will finish tomorrow.
| 1 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | 6h20'04 | | 2 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 40 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'05 | | 4 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | + 2'17 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'36 | | 6 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 3'15 | | 7 | Ivan Basso | Katusha Team | + 3'27 | | 8 | Stefano Garzelli | Katusha Team | + 4'33 | | 9 |  Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team T-Mobile | + 4'47 | | 10 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
The GC before the concluding time trial looks as follows:
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 92h52'33 | | 2 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 44 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'11 | | 4 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | + 6'17 | | 5 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 9'03 |
Nibali shouldn't lose his overall lead anymore, although Scarponi showed up to be stronger in the previous days. Duarte should, if nothing extraordinary happens, fall back to third.
Stage 21
The fight for the overall involved the fight for the stage win today. Michael Rogers set a great best time, and it soon became clear that it would last! The Australian grabed the last stage win of this year's Giro.
More important was the battle of the Top 3: At checkpoint one, Scarponi led with 21 seconds to Nibali, it looked as if he could maybe attack him. Duarte followed only a second behind.
Checkpoint two showed the same image: Scarponi increased his lead to 32 seconds on Nibali and 35 seconds to Duarte. Scarponi would need another 39 seconds for the win.
But Nibali stroke back on the last part! He even cut 2 seconds out of the gap to Scarponi, who has to cope with the second spot both today and in the GC.
| 1 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | 34'51 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 42 | | 3 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 52 | | ... | | 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'12 | | ... | | 19 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 1'57 | | ... | | 32 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | + 2'21 |
The full classifications and a complete review will follow.
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Posted on 18-11-2011 10:37
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May 30, 2012 – Giro d'Italia
Final General Classification
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 93h28'36 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 41 | | 3 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 1'29 | | 4 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | + 7'26 | | 5 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 7'51 | | 6 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | + 13'03 | | 7 | Stefano Garzelli | Katusha Team | + 21'04 | | 8 | Ivan Basso | Katusha Team | + 21'32 | | 9 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 22'32 | | 10 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team T-Mobile | + 26'36 |
Spoiler | 11 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 27'03 | | 12 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 38'57 | | 13 | Robert Kiserlovski | Pro Team Astana | + 39'22 | | 14 | Janez Brajkovic | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 40'40 | | 15 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 53'01 | | 16 | Levi Leipheimer | Unicef - Oracle | + 56'29 | | 17 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 57'39 | | 18 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 1h02'00 | | 19 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | + 1h04'12 | | 20 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - ISD | + 1h05'04 | | 21 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h06'48 | | 22 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1h14'09 | | 23 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h20'51 | | 24 | Tiago Machado | Unicef - Oracle | + 1h21'35 | | 25 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | + 1h21'46 | | 26 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1h22'25 | | 27 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h22'40 | | 28 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 1h25'44 | | 29 | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | + 1h27'00 | | 30 | Arnold Jeanneson | FDJ | + 1h32'06 | | 31 | Paolo Tiralongo | Pro Team Astana | + 1h48'47 | | 32 | Luca Solari | Androni Giocattoli | + 1h52'20 | | 33 | Dario Cioni | Sky ProCycling | + 1h52'58 | | 34 | Matthew Lloyd | GreenEdge Cycling | + 1h53'02 | | 35 | Massimo Giunti | BMC Racing Team | + 1h53'43 | | 36 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | + 1h55'13 | | 37 | Marco Pinotti | Acqua & Sapone | + 1h57'50 | | 38 | Filippo Savini | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1h58'33 | | 39 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Katusha Team | + 1h58'43 | | 40 | Stefan Schumacher | Team T-Mobile | + 1h59'19 | | 41 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 2h02'54 | | 42 | Luca Mazzanti | Katusha Team | + 2h12'53 | | 43 | Thomas Rohregger | Leopard Trek | + 2h14'48 | | 44 | Alexandre Geniez | Skil - Shimano | + 2h17'26 | | 45 | David López | Movistar Team | + 2h21'05 | | 46 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h21'22 | | 47 | Pieter Weening | GreenEdge Cycling | + 2h23'16 | | 48 | Giampaolo Cheula | Geox - TMC | + 2h25'13 | | 49 | Andrew Talansky | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2h26'43 | | 50 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2h31'56 | | 51 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 2h34'39 | | 52 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h50'17 | | 53 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h51'17 | | 54 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 2h52'33 | | 55 | Francesco Reda | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h52'52 | | 56 | Manuel Cardoso | BMC Racing Team | + 2h53'22 | | 57 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h56'12 | | 58 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 2h57'24 | | 59 | Franco Pellizotti | Katusha Team | + 3h01'39 | | 60 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3h07'04 | | 61 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Pro Team Astana | + 3h07'59 | | 62 | Mario Aerts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 3h13'52 | | 63 | Davide Rebellin | Katusha Team | + 3h14'16 | | 64 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | + 3h16'15 | | 65 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h16'53 | | 66 | Rob Ruijgh | GreenEdge Cycling | + 3h18'46 | | 67 | Óscar Sevilla | Unicef - Oracle | + 3h20'51 | | 68 | Simone Stortoni | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 3h24'20 | | 69 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | + 3h28'57 | | 70 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - ISD | + 3h30'31 | | 71 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | + 3h31'06 | | 72 | Francesco Masciarelli | Pro Team Astana | + 3h33'07 | | 73 | Frederik Willems | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 3h45'32 | | 74 | Yann Huguet | Skil - Shimano | + 3h46'04 | | 75 | Julien El Fares | Movistar Team | + 3h50'11 | | 76 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h51'07 | | 77 | Addy Engels | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h55'07 | | 78 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 3h56'35 | | 79 | Heinrich Haussler | Sky ProCycling | + 3h58'31 | | 80 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 3h59'05 | | 81 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h59'09 | | 82 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h02'01 | | 83 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 4h07'16 | | 84 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | + 4h07'39 | | 85 | Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | + 4h14'34 | | 86 | Rodrigo GarcÃa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h15'15 | | 87 | Steve Chainel | FDJ | + 4h15'31 | | 88 | Anders Lund | Leopard Trek | + 4h21'54 | | 89 | Jeff Louder | BMC Racing Team | + 4h33'03 | | 90 | Daniele Bennati | Lampre - ISD | + 4h34'58 | | 91 | Sacha Modolo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 4h44'33 | | 92 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | + 4h46'23 | | 93 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 4h50'51 | | 94 | Martin Reimer | Skil - Shimano | + 4h52'54 | | 95 | Francisco José Ventoso | Pro Team Astana | + 4h56'46 | | 96 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli | + 5h18'50 | | 97 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEdge Cycling | + 5h25'09 | | 98 | Vincenzo Garofalo | Androni Giocattoli | + 5h28'52 | | 99 | José Vicente GarcÃa Acosta | Movistar Team | + 5h33'30 | | 100 | Frantisek Rabon | Team T-Mobile | + 5h35'57 | | 101 | Daniele Ratto | Geox - TMC | + 5h47'45 | | 102 | Simon Clarke | GreenEdge Cycling | + 5h48'48 | | 103 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 5h49'34 | | 104 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | + 5h50'51 | | 105 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | + 5h52'21 | | 106 | Marko Kump | Geox - TMC | + 6h08'53 | | 107 | Greg Henderson | Sky ProCycling | + 6h10'41 | | 108 | Davide Viganò | Leopard Trek | + 6h24'52 | | 109 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | + 6h55'30 | | 110 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Pro Team Astana | + 6h55'33 | | 111 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 7h17'41 | | 112 | David Loosli | BMC Racing Team | + 7h23'36 |
Vincenzo Nibali takes home his second Giro win in a row. He might not have been the strongest in the mountain, but he just was the cleverest, gaining multiple seconds with nicely timed late attacks on mediocrely hard stages. Plus, he convinced in the time trials.
Fabio Duarte showed up to be the best climber, underlined by four stage wins. A rather bad first week and his lack of time trialing skills denied him a better placement.
The most positive surprise surely was Michael Rogers. During the first half of the race, he even had realistical chances on a podium spot. In contrary to him, Ivan Basso surely was the most negative appearance here, finishing even behind his 38 years old team mate Garzelli.
Final Points Classification
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 207 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | 188 | | 3 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 187 | | 4 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | 134 | | 5 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | 105 |
At every point of the race, the climbers were in charge of this ranking. Nibali took it due to his consistency.
Final Mountain Classification
| 1 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 90 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 65 | | 3 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | 65 | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | 55 | | 5 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 52 |
Consequentally, the best climber wins this racing. Marzio Bruseghin and Francis De Greef benefited from multiple breakaways.
Final Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Alexandre Geniez | Skil - Shimano | 95h46'02 | | 2 | Andrew Talansky | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 9'17 | | 3 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 39'58 | | 4 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1h41'43 | | 5 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | + 1h50'13 |
For a long time, Talanksy and Valls were still in the game. But on the last queen stage, stage 20, Geniez left them completely behind and took the lead in the ranking.
Final Teams Classification
| 1 | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 280h00'36 | | 2 | Katusha Team | | + 41'29 | | 3 | Androni Giocattoli | | + 1h09'52 | | 4 | Movistar Team | | + 1h29'21 | | 5 | Geox - TMC | | + 1h44'12 |
Liquigas smashed the concurrence! Although only four riders finished, three of them were within the Top 15.
Fabio Duarte
With four stage wins, Duarte was the shining figure of this Giro. It was due to his weak time trialing that he missed the win but with his first Grand Tour podium he finally fulfills his prosising potential.
Vincenzo Nibali
You have to mention the overall winner here. Sure, last year he won five stages, this year only the time trial. But the startlist was unevenly harder. He made perfect use of his strong team, his downhilling and his cleverness to collect the advance he needed for his second win in a row.
 Leopard – Trek
The team came to Italy without a real GC leader and no one expected much. Therefore, three stage wins and a second spot, all from breakaways, are a fantastic result. Especially impressive was Davide Viganò, who won two stages in three days. The team was a enrichment for the race.
Other positive appearances:
Michael Rogers – Surprising GC fifth
Stefano Garzelli – 38 years old and normally domestique for Ivan Basso, he finished seventh overall.
The wild card teams – Three riders in the Top 10 and 6 stage wins. Only Acqua & Sapone couldn't really contribute anything.
Cadel Evans
The Australian crashed early in the race and never could keep up with the leaders. He eventually finished 18th, more than an hour off. Very disappointing.
Ivan Basso
Started as one of the overall contenders, the winner of 2010 and 2006 was never near the podium. Finishing eigth, he even arrived behind his luxury domestique Stefano Garzelli. A weak performance.
 The sprinters
Sure, the route wasn't really made for sprinters. But there were opportunities. Thus, it's very rare that not a single stage was won in a veritable bunch sprint.
Other negative appearances:
Mikel Nieve – Top 5 contender in the first week, he couldn't live up to the expectations and fell back to 13th.
Tejay Van Garderen – Came here with the goal to win the young riders classification and didn't even finish.
 Daniel Martin – Similar to Nieve, he seemed to be capable of a Top 10, then fell back to 26th
We can hardly say anything negative about this Giro. Sure, we didn't win 8 stages like last year but still: Nibali won the overall and points classification and we completely dominated the team classification with the overall places 1, 14, 15 and 21.
The only bad thing might be that only four riders finished. But considering the difficulty of the race that's not too bad. No team finished with more than seven riders, some brought only three riders to Milano.
Edited by cunego59 on 18-11-2011 10:39
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-11-2011 10:42
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YEEHH GREAT victory for Nibali |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 18-11-2011 10:53
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Nice summary of the Giro and a great win for Nibali against some very strong climbers like Scarponi and Duarte! The smartest rider won this race, collecting some important seconds on descents and doing very well in the timetrials.. A nice Giro with some surprises and the best climber winning the KoM-jersey as well I think it's time for a Duarte-podium @Dark Dog, too
But anyway: for this Giro (reports and results)
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 18-11-2011 12:27
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tsmoha wrote:
Nice summary of the Giro and a great win for Nibali against some very strong climbers like Scarponi and Duarte! The smartest rider won this race, collecting some important seconds on descents and doing very well in the timetrials.. A nice Giro with some surprises and the best climber winning the KoM-jersey as well I think it's time for a Duarte-podium @Dark Dog, too
But anyway: for this Giro (reports and results)
Nothing to add about this great Giro, maybe only one more
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| roturn |
Posted on 18-11-2011 12:37
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Great summary. Winning a GT is always great. Especially if it`s the Giro or the Tour.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 18-11-2011 13:50
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That was pretty close in the end... Congrats in winning the Giro! Also a great review, now love to see some Nerz-action.
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