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Giro del Trentino Discussion
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 20-08-2010 19:51
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4 days in Italy, one time - trial and two mountain finishes. Rinaldo Nocentini is defending champion but it will be hard for him to retain his title, especially since he will be most likely working for Cataldo.
Ricardo Ricco is the big favorite to win the race this year but he could lose some important time in the opening time - trial. Abal and Taaramae are the riders that the time - trial will suit, while Serpa and Alarcon will be completing the 3 big favorites for the mountains along side Ricco.
Riders to follow:
| ***** | Ricardo Ricco | | **** | Jose Serpa, Rein Taaramae, David Abal | | *** | Jose Alarcon, Bernhard Kohl, Dario Cataldo, Francisco Perez Sanchez, Cadel Evans | | ** | Rinaldo Nocentini, Evgeni Petrov, Mikel Astarloza, Theo Eltink, Haimar Zubeldia | | * | Hubert Schwab, Ivan Basso, Sergio Ortega, Thomas Peterson, Daniel Moreno |
Startlist
Spoiler Bacardi
1. R.Ricco
2. G.Bagdonas
3. A.DÃaz Corrales
4. J.El Fares
5. M.Gourov
6. C.Hervé
7. F.Reda
Pirelli
11. J.Serpa
12. I.Basso
13. L.Bernucci
14. I.Mayo
15. I.Nozal
16. L.Paolini
17. I.Santaromita
IKEA
21. R.Taaramäe
22. J.Alarcon
23. J.Bjelkmark
24. A.Linden
25. J.Lindgren
26. L.Lundberg
27. A.Stillfors
UBS
31. B.Kohl
32. J.Becerra
33. F.Perez Sanchez
34. C.Riblon
35. D.Vorontsov
36. S.Zahner
37. H.Zubeldia
Santander
41. D.Abal
42. J.Castroviejo
43. D.Galparsoro
44. J.Gárate
45. A.Hernández Gutierrez
46. D.Ortega
47. A.Perez Arrieta
Yamaha
51. C.Evans
52. A.Cardoso Española
53. S.Lewis
54. F.Montenegro
55. I.Parra Pinto
56. F.Piamonte
57. M.Rutkiewicz
Wiggle
61. D.Cataldo
62. L.Bertagnolli
63. D.Caruso
64. P.Locatelli
65. R.Nocentini
66. M.Pavarin
67. P.Scarponi
Bbox
71. M.Astarloza
72. S.Damrow
73. J.Pineau
74. H.Roulston
75. F.Stalder
76. R.Sutherland
77. B.Tankink
Tinkoff
81. E.Petrov
82. M.Belkov
83. I.Chernetsky
84. T.Kritskiy
85. A.Ovechkin
86. A.Serov
87. B.Shpilevski
Benfica
91. D.Moreno
92. F.Ardila Cano
93. J.Benitez
94. R.Laverde Velez
95. D.Petrov
96. A.Saldarriaga
97. H.VÃtor
UniCredit
101. S.Ortega
102. P.Andersen
103. M.Brändle
104. J.Grau
105. J.Mazet
106. D.Teklehaimanot
107. T.Valjavec
Mercedes
111. P.Stetina
112. E.Baumann
113. J.Bol
114. A.Brea
115. B.Colex
116. A.Howes
117. T.Peterson
Falcon
121. T.Eltink
122. G.Briggs
123. S.Clarke
124. C.Ranneries
125. G.Tzortzakis
126. C.Wegelius
127. M.Wyss
LEGO
131. H.Schwab
132. J.AramendÃa
133. W.Gustov
134. J.Libert
135. P.Mazur
136. A.Moschella
137. R.Weissinger
YouTwit
151. F.de Romijn
152. K.Barclay
153. S.Burke
154. L.Kirk
155. T.Last
156. J.McCallum
157. J.McEvoy
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 20-08-2010 19:55
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This is the most important race for the team this season but it will be incredible hard for Serpa to win the race. The TT he did in Sardegna was pretty promising so he shouldn't lose too much time on Taaramae and he might be able to follow Ricco in the mountains too! Can't wait for the race to begin 
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| viking90 |
Posted on 20-08-2010 20:05
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Will be an exciting race. Hoping for Eltink but he ain´t good enough unfortunately. Hope he has a good form and can sneak behind the top 3.
Lets get ready to rumble!
Edited by viking90 on 20-08-2010 20:14
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 20-08-2010 20:15
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Insanely tough field, as once again lots of managers focus on the more prestigious (slash Italian) races.
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| Kami |
Posted on 20-08-2010 22:44
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Longer mountains, should be ideal for Ricco. And probably he will lose some time in the TT, which means he won't be the leader and won't attack as the main favorite and wait till the end, might make a difference from Corsica.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 21-08-2010 00:55
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... and I thought the field at Corsica was loaded. The field here is unbelievably strong (Youtube not included  ). I could not even hazard a guess who is going to lead this thing home.
I guess the real winners maybe the teams who did not send riders here!
Guess Serpa and predictably Taaramae and Abal have the current advantage with the TT, will that give them the confidence to stick with riders like Ricco. Team tactics will be interesting a lot of teams seem to have sent not just one but two excellent riders here! |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 21-08-2010 09:20
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The Wild card in this race is the TT to kick things off. The game has been known to make some strange decisions about who is team leader in the mountains after a chrono test.  |
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| Kami |
Posted on 21-08-2010 10:11
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Can't be happy with this kind of time loss, 37 seconds might not be bad on Abal and Taaramae, who have what, 77 TT? But 23 seconds on Serpa who only has 72 TT? <.< That's another thing.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 21-08-2010 11:03
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Eltink & Wyss lost some time, Eltink lost 1.11 maybe the favourites forget him in one of the two mountain stages and he can get away with a stage win  |
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 21-08-2010 13:05
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That's one hell of a performance by Serpa! Only losing 14 seconds to stage winner Abal, 11 to Taaramäe and even taking 23 seconds to race favourite Ricco is fantastic. If he can stay on Riccos wheel for the rest of the race, then I believe he can win this race.
Good to see both Nozal and Basso performing too, they have to be ready for Serpa in the mountains.
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I have to repeat myself...
What a performance by Serpa again! Ricco should be the only danger to the overall lead but I'm really confident since Serpa looks good and the team looks capable enough to support him when needed. I hope the "hilly" stage will end in a mass sprint or something close, so Serpa will have around 1 minute to Ricco before the final stage of the race.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 21-08-2010 14:10
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 atleast Eltink can go for a stage win now! and wyss to, and everybody else on my team... |
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| Christer |
Posted on 21-08-2010 14:37
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Very bad performace from team Bbox. I think the team needs a good transfer for next season.
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| Kami |
Posted on 21-08-2010 21:27
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K, now let's hope that Ricco attacks before Serpa on the final stage and everything will be alright .
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 22-08-2010 01:33
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How is it that Peterson is in the top 10 and Stetina isn't? Or is this some clever ploy, and Stetina is going to win back 5 minutes on stage 3?
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 22-08-2010 14:29
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Great sprint by Bernucci! Too bad the breakaway managed to stay away but third is still very good. The team should still have some energy left, since I'm sure they could had caught the breakaway if they were giving everything they had.
Good reporting once again Alex.
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| Kami |
Posted on 22-08-2010 14:34
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rycadinho wrote:
Great sprint by Bernucci! Too bad the breakaway managed to stay away but third is still very good. The team should still have some energy left, since I'm sure they could had caught the breakaway if they were giving everything they had.
Good reporting once again Alex.
I'm with you there, Ricco could have used those bonification seconds on Serpa .
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 22-08-2010 14:49
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Thank you Caruso. Woop. And that makes the point of coming here a useful addition to the team's season.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 22-08-2010 14:59
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Great with a podium place, too bad Caruso was way to strong. No it´s Eltink turn to get an amazing result on the last stage. |
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 23-08-2010 06:29
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Holy S*** it seems Ricco is on CERA again 
Good race but it can't be avoided that it turned out to be the first sponsor goal that wasn't completed.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 23-08-2010 06:55
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I have to say rycadinho, that you were very unlucky really with missing that goal. Though I notice you have completed two of your goals already and I would imagine Serpa should be able to help you land the top 5 in the Volta Portugal later in the year. I think most teams are going to struggle to make their 'win' goals, which is probably by design.
It was an amazingly strong race and that last stage shuffled things around a lot. Ricco and Serpa were always going to be around at the top and it was definitely a perfect race for them the Tour of Slovenie is another where we could see a similar type of field.
Ikea and Wiggle had pretty strong races, Wiggle in particular this looked like it could have been a tough race but once again they are loading the Classification with a number of riders. UBS didn't have too bad a time, though one would have expected Bernard Kohl to do better.
Horrible race for Mercedes and Benfica, two teams who are outside promotion hopefuls will feel this race was a big setback. Team LEGO and Santander will not be too happy with things either, though their will not be too many races with as strong a field as this one!
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