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Giro di Sardegna Discussion
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 06-06-2010 16:01
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Cheers MB for this preview 
The final race for the CT this month is the Giro di Sardegna, a race which is best described as anyone's game. A break may well get away, we may find a very random group of riders winning on the hilly stage, or there may be no gaps and it comes down to the best sprinter.
Sprinters
Napolitano is the quickest man here, and Unicredit have put everything into trying to make sure he ends up on top, with four supporting sprinters also in the team, competition will likely come in the form of Santander, with Ventoso, Guerao and Galdos all potential stage winners. Impey and Bozic are the best of the rest.
Hills
Ginanni and Ponzi are the strongest hilly riders in this race, while Kolobnev, Ventoso and Lloyd will be the leaders for their teams. 100% Me have brought a 3 strong attack of Roche, Froome and Martin, while Wiggle continue to show their depth with 4 strong riders around to back up Ponzi, that said, this hilly stage ends in a 20km flat section, which will favour Ventoso and Ponzi, with their added strength on the flat.
Overall
I suspect this race will come down to a large lead group sprinting it out for the win, with bonus seconds deciding the overall champion. Then it comes down to how big the group is, and whether any of the riders involved can get bonus seconds on other stages. Also stage 2 seems open for an enterprising late attacker to get away from the pack and take a solo victory.
I have a feeling that Ponzi will have enough in the tank to take the victory here, although after that the results are harder to predict.
Predictions
Top Ten:
1. Ponzi
2. Ventoso
3. Ginanni
4. Kolobnev
5. Roche
6. Lloyd
7. Nocentini
8. Martin
9. Napolitano
10. Loddo
Points:
Napolitano
Mountains:
Lejman
Young Rider:
Ponzi
Startlist:
Vespa
1. F.Ginanni
2. A.Balloni
3. D.Garbelli
4. O.Gatto
5. E.Luzi
6. A.Passalacqua
7. A.Proni
UniCredit
11. E.Gasparotto
12. F.Borghesi
13. D.Bragazzi
14. F.Gavazzi
15. D.Kreutzfeldt
16. D.Napolitano
17. B.Van Poppel
Santander
21. F.Ventoso
22. J.Del Nero
23. A.Durán
24. A.Galdos
25. J.Gallego Martin
26. D.Galparsoro
27. O.Guerao
Yamaha
31. D.Impey
32. A.Bajadali
33. G.Báez
34. D.Kairelis
35. I.Landaluze
36. G.Lejman
37. I.Seledkov
Tinkoff
41. A.Kolobnev
42. A.Arekejev
43. S.Klimov
44. I.Rovny
45. B.Shpilevski
46. Y.Sobal
47. N.Trusov
Wiggle
51. S.Ponzi
52. L.Bertagnolli
53. T.Diggle
54. C.Grippo
55. R.Nocentini
56. M.Pavarin
57. P.Scarponi
Pirelli
61. L.Bernucci
62. D.Caccia
63. G.Cheula
64. M.Iannetti
65. N.Kinney
66. A.Loddo
67. L.Paolini
100Me
71. C.Froome
72. D.Appleby
73. R.Cleaver
74. S.Gaywood
75. D.Martin
76. N.Roche
77. W.Sulzberger
Intesa
81. R.Mandri
82. V.Agnoli
83. R.Bongiorno
84. E.Capecchi
85. A.Kunitski
86. A.Nechita
87. C.Salerno
Benfica
91. D.Moreno
92. F.Colorado
93. M.Krasnoperov
94. R.Laverde Velez
95. M.Lloyd
96. B.Neves
97. D.Petrov
Pendleton's
101. J.Rovira
102. B.Bozic
103. M.Chérel
104. S.Duret
105. T.Kennaugh
106. N.Sijmens
107. E.Vorganov
Mercedes
111. L.Pasamontes
112. P.Ghyllebert
113. B.Jacques-Maynes
114. S.Nydam
115. T.Tolleson
116. E.Weiss
117. T.Zirbel
Bacardi
121. E.Sokolov
122. T.Danculovic
123. J.El Fares
124. A.Gajek
125. C.Hervé
126. M.Perget
127. F.Reda
Cillit Bang
131. E.Hoffmann
132. M.Brammeier
133. L.Lefèvre
134. A.Manan
135. Y.Stoltz
136. M.Ulanowski
137. K.Uugunbayar
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 06-06-2010 16:06
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I'm hoping stage 2 will be 'hilly'. |
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 06-06-2010 16:40
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Italy baby! I hope Loddo and Bernucci can make me proud but since Loddo has been terrible so far, then the others must be active in breakaways too.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 06-06-2010 17:01
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Any chance of the startlist rjc?
Good to see the CT return. Should be a tasty race this with the likes of Wiggle, Vespa, 100% Me, Cillit Bang and some of the early pace setters like Pendletons, Sport Lisboa and Mercedes involved. |
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| jack888 |
Posted on 06-06-2010 17:05
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It should be a good race. I'm hoping Impey's 73 hill stat helps him not get dropped but tbh our best chance is probably stealing a breakaway stage win, or KOM points  |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 06-06-2010 17:09
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Hoping for something from bozic or cherel, but i have a really weak squad here. Juame Rovira, Sijmens and Vorganov should be good for leadouts or the breaks.
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| jack888 |
Posted on 06-06-2010 17:15
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Team Yamaha is sending:
Giovanny Báez
Andrew Bajadali
Daryl Impey
Dainius Kairelis
Iñigo Landaluze
Gracjan Lejman
Ivan Seledkov
Predicted result: Last
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 06-06-2010 17:22
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Whats the button in game to get the menu up so I can export a startlist? It's been a while since I've played any PCM, and as this is only the second time I'm playing 09... yeah. Not sure what it is!
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 06-06-2010 17:27
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Space bar, I think?? |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 06-06-2010 17:31
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And that was the only key on the entire keyboard I didn't press. Ta petal.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 06-06-2010 20:59
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Startlist is up.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 06-06-2010 21:20
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Looks like this one will be decided in the opening three stages. Stage 1 looks too hilly for sprinters like Loddo and even Gatto, mind you plenty of Sprinters around that can climb including a number of Italians.
Stage 2 is going to be tough to call, I guess a smallish group can come to the end and positioning will be key. It may help to have a decent team.
Stage 3 looks like the hills are early again would suggest a smallish group comes to the line. The last two should end in sprints though the terrain still isn't flat enough for some of the bulky sprinters in my view.
Ponzi looks well favoured on GC, but riders like Ventuso, Impey and Gasperotto need to be dropped. On the other end of the scale Ginanni of course is strong enough to drop anyone on the hills. Meanwhile 100% Me have their hilly boys to try and break things up.
My predo... (I say it like that to annoy Waghlon on the subject what a pathetic squad Cillit Bang have sent  )
1. Ventuso
2. Ponzi
3. Roche
4. Ginanni
5. Kolobnev
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 07-06-2010 17:44
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Ginanni (though it's more likely to be Proni) to sprint for the moutain points on Stage 2, then stay away opening a big enough gap to win the race.  |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 07-06-2010 17:52
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It's all raced... just waiting for Mount Hood!
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 08-06-2010 21:20
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Great win by Loddo! I must say I'm very happy that he finally managed to anticipate in a sprint but to even win it is even better. I fear that he will suffer in the next stage because of the hill close to the finish, but a day in yellow is more than I expected before the race!
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 09-06-2010 00:23
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Ventoso? please can you get somewhere near the front for a sprint at some point
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| jack888 |
Posted on 09-06-2010 02:37
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Great work rjc.
Good to See Impey in 3rd, now becoming the teams most successful rider ever. Just hope he can hang on over the next few stages |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-06-2010 10:41
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First Tirreno, now this. I see rjc tricked us all.. Ponzi is not a puncheur, he is a sprinter!
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| Kami |
Posted on 09-06-2010 11:56
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Although i have a b-team here, without any of my big names, i did expect Gajek to atleast sprint or something.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 09-06-2010 13:28
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Yeah, the second, and possibly the third stage will be posted tonight/today. But I'm back into surgery tomorrow morning, so who knows when I'll next get to my laptop. Possibly not till saturday.
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