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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-03-2012 11:51
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Last year Jose Alarcon waited amongst a battle of attrition, then powered away to destroy the field - beating Riccardo Ricco by 2 minutes. This year Ricco has moved on to tougher races, and taken a maiden Grand Tour victory in the Giro.  Alarcon remains firmly in the continental tour though, and is back to defend his title. He has the advantage of experience of the climb - all his rivals are here for the first time.
But will he even be the best Venezuelan?  Jose Rujano is down as the favourite.
Then there's the Italian teams.  Jurgen Van den Broeck will have support from Carlos Castano, while Italian Champion  Gianpaolo Caruso is in the field, and there is also  Fabio Duarte.
Returning to continental action after the Giro are  Marco Marzano and Vadim Ratiy, while  Gabriele Bosisio will be keen to prove a point having not been included in his team's Giro squad.
 Igor Anton and  Vladimir Efimkin both have hopes aswell, but the rest of the field may struggle to get a look in.  Bpost and  Proximus look somewhat out of place on this start list, with their squads!
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1. J. Rujano
2. G. Atkins
3. J. Engoulvent
4. N. Ingels
5. C. Kern
6. H. Raabe
7. J. Vermote
Aker Solutions
11. J. Alarcon
12. J. Agudelo
13. H. Duenas Nevado
14. R. Jaramillo
15. L. Nordhaug
16. J. Rojas Gil
17. A. Roux
Ferrari
21. G. Caruso
22. E. Girardi
23. M. Maisto
24. M. Osella
25. D. Pietropolli
26. M. Possoni
27. M. Pozzo
Pirelli
31. J. Van den Broeck
32. C. Castaño
33. N. D'Andrea
34. S. Lagana'
35. E. Murgoitio
36. I. Santaromita
37. F. Tizza
Team VW
41. M. Marzano
42. W. Anacona
43. G. Brenes
44. W. Li
45. C. Pfannberger
46. G. Preidler
47. V. Ratiy
Venchi
51. F. Duarte
52. V. Agnoli
53. C. Cominelli
54. B. Monterastelli
55. P. Sagan
56. A. Santoro
57. N. Tirloni
Tinkoff
61. V. Efimkin
62. M. Belkov
63. P. Ignatenko
64. A. Ovechkin
65. E. Petrov
66. I. Rovny
67. B. Shpilevski
CSC
71. I. Antón
72. B. Armstrong
73. F. Colorado
74. J. Gelabert
75. J. Rodas
76. M. Soler
77. A. Talansky
Vespa
81. G. Bosisio
82. N. Arndt
83. M. Bono
84. M. Cattaneo
85. M. Kwiatkowski
86. E. Luzi
87. A. Passalacqua
UniCredit
91. S. Ortega
92. P. Andersen
93. J. Grau
94. S. Puccio
95. N. Quintana
96. T. Valjavec
97. T. Van der Sande
Bpost
101. F. De Greef
102. F. Frison
103. M. La Lavandier
104. M. La Lavandier
105. J. Polanc
106. T. Stubbe
107. G. Van Keirsbulck
Proximus
111. D. Shatskikh
112. J. Claes
113. L. Lefèvre
114. E. Reekers
115. L. Tommersen
116. K. Uugunbayar
117. M. Zenagui
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-03-2012 11:54
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Desperately need Caruso to score big here. I'm pretty hopeful however, as the startlist isn't as strong as I feared it would be.
A Top 5 would help our ranking position immensely.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 04-03-2012 12:07
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I think that this could be literally the worst race for my team all year. A top 20 would be a blessing. I think I only picked it because I thought I would have VDB in my team.
I'm chucking Marzano out there as my bet.
Edited by CountArach on 04-03-2012 12:51
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 04-03-2012 12:20
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I hope the favourites will be together over the climb, and then for some luck to see VDB take a win in a group sprint...
- It's a "Win" goal for Pirelli, but top 3 would be terrific too!
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| roturn |
Posted on 04-03-2012 12:21
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Might become a weird race. Can`t imagine that a solo win will appear again.
More likely a group of 20 or so sprinting for the win as the mountain is too far away from the line. |
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| ember |
Posted on 04-03-2012 12:25
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I think Alarcon and Rujano will destroy the field on the mountain, but that 10-20 riders will come together again on the downhill, meaning we will have a random sprint for the win 
That's what I think, though, I really hope Alarcon can pull out something special on the mountain, keeping a gap on the whole downhill. |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 04-03-2012 12:32
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I need Anton to have a good result! But with my luck lately I honestly don't think it will happen  Good luck to everyone 
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| Heine |
Posted on 04-03-2012 13:06
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Hopefully my 2 climbers will be able to do something good here, I need to get som momentum again
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| beagle |
Posted on 04-03-2012 13:39
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Please please, don´t bring me disappointing result...
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| Smowz |
Posted on 04-03-2012 20:54
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Pirelli hold that double whammy - can they hold Rujano and Alarcon?
I am going to back VDB for the win.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 04-03-2012 21:01
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If a break goes early and builds up a decent lead, they might get over the top in front. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 06-03-2012 18:49
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Osella <3
Most awesome race so far for us!
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 06-03-2012 19:06
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OK I suppose from Bosisio. Guarantee if he comes in as part of a group he'll always be at the back.
Extremely weird finish. |
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 06-03-2012 19:18
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Oh how high my hopes were when Rujano/VDB caught Alarcon and co. then to him beaten by everyone 
Good performance, only luck was missing - 5th and 9th is fine, though I had hoped for more. First goal not to be completed.
Fantastic win for Ferrari, who had expected that coming from anyone other than Caruso?
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 06-03-2012 19:57
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Wanted better, but with the results we have been getting lately I'm not surprised. Next season can't come soon enough 
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| jph27 |
Posted on 06-03-2012 19:58
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Brilliant tactics from the favourites at the finish there. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 06-03-2012 20:51
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weird finish, but I can´t really complain with Kern´s fabulous 2nd and Rujano´s 4th
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| ember |
Posted on 06-03-2012 22:36
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Great climbing from Alarcon! And I'm satisfied with third, when it became clear it would go down to a sprint, it was alway going to be a lottery, luckily Alarcon pulled a podium out of it. And that was another goal made, meaning we're having 2/2 now, which is great, as the tougher ones awaits.
Congratulations to Ferrari though, what a surprising win! |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 06-03-2012 22:55
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Congrats to Ferrari!
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