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Milano - Torino discussion thread
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| Smowz |
Posted on 18-09-2012 21:28
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Last year's race may as well been called Ricco's revenge as the cobra managed to take some vengence from non-Worlds selection (and how often must we mention that!) to take a fine late break win.
This style seems to be the fashion in a race ultimately decided on the tough climbing sections in the final 10% of the race. It is your typical style of race that we see in many stages of the Giro D'Italia, slowly ramping up to a definative crescendo.
Every year one strong rider has got away, let's have a look at the class of 2012.
Spoiler Rapha Condor
1. J. Bellis
2. D. Appleby
3. A. Dowsett
4. T. Grmay
5. D. Jiriakov
6. H. Kiprotich
7. T. Teklit
Bpost
11. J. Vanendert
12. F. Frison
13. C. Gautier
14. M. La Lavandier
15. M. La Lavandier
16. J. Polanc
17. J. Vansummeren
Venchi
21. C. Di Maggio
22. V. Agnoli
23. M. Corti
24. P. Haugard
25. P. Sagan
26. A. Santoro
27. N. Tirloni
Team VW
31. A. Flügel
32. W. Anacona
33. G. Brenes
34. R. Förster
35. A. Klier
36. F. Sabatini
37. R. Zabel
UniCredit
41. P. Weening
42. P. Andersen
43. L. Bernucci
44. J. Grau
45. S. Ortega
46. S. Puccio
47. T. Valjavec
Red Bull
51. K. Kirchen
52. M. Chérel
53. J. Gadret
54. A. Moinard
55. D. Moreno
56. M. Mori
57. B. Sonnery
Bianchi
61. D. De la Fuente
62. K. Gil
63. S. Locatelli
64. O. Martynenko
65. A. Matzbacher
66. P. Rooijakkers
67. K. Vantornout
CSC
71. R. Costa
72. B. Armstrong
73. C. Lewis
74. E. Parra Bustamante
75. C. Sastre
76. C. Verona
77. C. Zaballa
Hollister
81. A. Proni
82. J. Hicks
83. P. Mach
84. Y. Martinez
85. D. MartÃnez
86. J. Mercado
87. R. Ochoa Quintero
Tinkoff
91. I. Rovny
92. M. Belkov
93. D. Galimzyanov
94. P. Ignatenko
95. B. Shpilevski
96. A. Timofeev
97. K. Yatsevich
Ferrari
101. C. Salerno
102. S. Agostini
103. P. Longo Borghini
104. D. Pietropolli
105. M. Possoni
106. M. Santambrogio
107. P. Sgrigna
Vespa
111. M. Carrara
112. N. Arndt
113. L. Ascani
114. A. Balloni
115. V. Bastaens
116. M. Quinziato
117. R. Traficante
Pirelli
121. M. Iannetti
122. M. Busche
123. G. Cheula
124. A. DÃaz Corrales
125. N. Kinney
126. E. Murgoitio
127. A. Saldarriaga
Cerne
131. B. Pires
132. L. Afonso
133. A. Antunes
134. C. Baltazar
135. M. Biondo
136. M. Portela
137. B. Silva
Koppert
141. T. Stamsnijder
142. J. Dieteren
143. O. Freire
144. F. Goesinnen
145. J. Ockeloen
146. A. Reuvers
147. T. Slagter
Proximus
151. H. Ma
152. I. Kip
153. L. Lefèvre
154. D. Shatskikh
155. Y. Stoltz
156. L. Tommersen
157. M. Zenagui
It's not the strongest startlist for a hilly classic, but does contain  Cesare Di Maggio, who must be the big home favourite here. Of course  Jonathan Bellis has had a highly successful season, though not always consistent in the classics. There could be some rivalry between them and the dastardly  Jayco Red Bull who will no doubt be looking to get one of their super domestiques up the road or one of their trademark multiple point grabs. Certainly both teams could make up late ground on  Bianchi who look thin on the ground in comparison to their usual high quality riders.
 Belgium had a mixed world championships and that could describe  BPost's year, great in places but faded at the climax. Vanendert and Gautier are good enough to win this at their best.
 Rui Costa has been the once shining light at times for his lowly placed CSC squad. If this comes down to a small bunch kick he could rival Bellis.
 Aleksandar Flügel is on a hefty win bonus you'd imagine for his promotion chasing team. It's the usual one man band from them - what tune will he play?
Plenty of home interest also in  Pirelli,  Ferrari and  Vespa though all three have left their superstars to rest for the Giro Dell Emillia in a couple of days time.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 19-09-2012 01:12
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Oh god how desperately I need to win this.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 19-09-2012 01:15
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CountArach wrote:
Oh god how desperately I need to win this.
Oh god how desperately I need to get back into the Man-Game. I forgot how fun this stuff is... |
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| Heine |
Posted on 19-09-2012 10:27
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Gogo Super-Flügel!!!!
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| ltt |
Posted on 19-09-2012 12:56
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I'm hoping that Nationality bonus is massive for Proni and really, really, really small for all the other Italians  |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 19-09-2012 13:18
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I hope Costa goes under the radar again on a late attack and steals the victory like he did at Strade Bianche.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 19:35
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I hope Quinziato or Traficante are Vespa's designated men for the break. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-09-2012 09:07
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Powerful break + VW to do the chasing was only going to mean one thing. Great that Dowsett made it into the break, but a wasted opportunity given how it played out.
Would have been better to see a race between the favourites, but thats PCM11 for you
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-09-2012 09:13
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A typical PCM11 scenario, where it`s sometimes more worth to have a mediocre team than a real favourite. 
Really should have been into this race then with Hesjedal, Passeron or Ruijgh as "leader". 
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| Heine |
Posted on 20-09-2012 09:45
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Why does the other teams let my team chase? Idiots...
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 20-09-2012 12:18
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Costa almost did it again. So close, really entertaining read.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 20-09-2012 12:49
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Yet another crap result.
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| ltt |
Posted on 20-09-2012 13:01
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Well that was probably the most anonymous race my team have done all season |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 20-09-2012 17:07
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It's always a bit ridiculous this race...I'd be happy enough not getting in the break if we chased it. 
Good job with the report though Smowz. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 20-09-2012 17:10
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I really shouldn't be disappointed with a sixth place, but it's always annoying to see your rider lose all chances on a win by having to lead out the sprint. It's really something that I'd like Cyanide to fix. Either that they wait longer before the kick off or that it's possible to hold on from the front.
Anyway, a good result. A nice report as well.
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 20-09-2012 17:12
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Meh. I can feel promotion start slipping out of my hands.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 20-09-2012 17:30
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This is fantastic, what a stunning performance by Ianetti who like Santa secures another huge win for the team!!!
- First great win on homesoil, it's fantastic that the team like last year seemingly likes to finish the season strongly!
Great report smowz, really entertaining
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| Rin |
Posted on 20-09-2012 19:13
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What a great race
But with great I mean very boring
Team Bianchi - 2012 Man-Game ProContinental Tour Champions
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-09-2012 21:47
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 20-09-2012 22:13
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Target is clear, I'll have to beat Emu and hold all the other teams behind me to manage my top 10 goal, though it will be incredible hard, despite Ianettis win in Milano!
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