| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
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| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
Thx Huw.
Stage 7 looks made for JRod ... unless the diesels push hard and early .... |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
Crikey stage 5 might even make some of the riders fall asleep too!!
I know the Romans were very good at building straight roads, but thats 150km straight line with almost ruler precision!
looking forwards to the weekend.. and gl to Phinney - i assume he'll be quite sore during tomorrow's travelling day. At least he can get full team support in the TTT. |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
The antipasti is now being served. Start times today:
Ag2r - La Mondiale 15:25
Euskaltel - Euskadi 15:28
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 15:31
Lampre - ISD 15:34
Lotto Belisol Team 15:37
Colnago - CSF Inox 15:40
FDJ - BigMat 15:43
Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 15:46
Katusha Team 15:49
Movistar Team 15:52
Team Netapp 15:55
Rabobank Cycling Team 15:58
Team Saxo Bank 16:01
Liquigas - Cannondale 16:04
Astana Pro Team 16:07
Omega Pharma - Quickstep 16:10
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team 16:13
Sky Procycling 16:16
Radioshack - Nissan 16:19
Orica - Greenedge 16:22
Garmin - Barracuda 16:25
BMC Racing Team 16:28 |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
Katusha performing well out of the earlier teams.
Intermediate time check, 21.8km
1.Katusha 25:19
2.Lampre-ISD 0:20
3.Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:31
4.Lotto Belisol 0:35
5.Colnago-CSF Inos 0:38
6.Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela 0:48
7.FDJ-Big Mat 0:52
8.AG2R-La Mondiale 1:11
9.Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:36
Pozzovivo gets towed around the course. |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
Katusha went quite well - and Lampre even better!
Ktusha now finished ahead of Lampre-Got that the wrong way round |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
Garmin through the first check fastest - and you'd expect them to win today. If they do, they could take the pink jersey - but for who? Rasmussen is their top-placed rider.... but struggling.
Bobridge also struggling for GreenEdge. |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
Purito the major winner from today. Gadret/Dupont/Nieve and Rujano big, big losers.
The rest all huddled together.
Phinney off the road...............yet again.
Battled well, though. |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
| Severo wrote: | | Garmin through the first check fastest - but for who? Rasmussen is their top-placed rider.... but struggling. |
Navardauskas it would seem.
Katusha will be laughing. Very good result today. Don't know if I'm getting mixed up but I think I remember Rodriguez loosing a packet in Turin last year. |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
[quote="Biosphere:196834"] | Severo wrote: |
Katusha will be laughing. Very good result today. Don't know if I'm getting mixed up but I think I remember Rodriguez loosing a packet in Turin last year. |
Looked it up. Lost 35 to 40 seconds on the original podium trio. Effectively a minute better this year. |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
good performance by katusha today. must say the top 5 was very much unexpected teams to be there although unfortunately OPQS could not find an additional few seconds  oh well
the top 12 all finished reasonably close together.
i guess Nieve should really turn his attentions to the mountains jersey i think  |
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| What I don't really understand is why this was after the rest day? Couldn't they have done the transfer Monday evening/night, then have this on Tuesday as it's quite a late start? |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
| Severo wrote: | | What I don't really understand is why this was after the rest day? Couldn't they have done the transfer Monday evening/night, then have this on Tuesday as it's quite a late start? |
It was to give Stephen Roche time to check that all their zips were working  |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
Interesting for J-Rod.. but i'm looking at Ballan, Visconti and Cataldo quite reasonably placed in under 1min on GC... some names to ruffle some feathers on the weekend's first hilly stage?
Poor showing from Rabobank surprisingly - considering they have a few of their TT specialists in their Giro lineup.
Pozzovivo @ 1m from Kreuziger at this stage. It's a good place for RK to be in, but if a guy like Pozzovivo goes early on Stelvio or Giau.. i think the time gaps will be significantly more. |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
| Nolte wrote: |
i guess Nieve should really turn his attentions to the mountains jersey i think |
ES Spain had an interview with Alvaro (brother of Igor) Gonzalez de Galdeano after the stage. He sounded rather distraught about EE's performance, but apparently Txurruka had had a problem, a puncture, and then a fall, or it might have been the same incident. But I got the impression this happened early in the stage, and I thought they lost most of the time in the second half! |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
| Severo wrote: | | What I don't really understand is why this was after the rest day? Couldn't they have done the transfer Monday evening/night, then have this on Tuesday as it's quite a late start? |
Ryanair flight schedules at awkward times?
I suppose those with the battered bodies were grateful of the rest and I guess it comes down to Verona having paid for a rest day.
Poor Phinney - impressive off roading given he was on a TT bike. At least he didn't have to contend with a farmer with a shotgun telling him to get off his land. Himself and la Famiglia have come across well on TV (they speak Italian well) and I liked his mum showing how she was jumping up and down when he won the opener. He seemed to be enjoying himself too and respected his 'duties'/ the race etc. by hobbling up on to the podium on Monday. |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
Stage 5 is on.
If you look very closely, you can see the paint on the road's white line drying..............
One for the...............erm..................connoisseur. |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
One point of interest - Kaisen going for the 6000€ escape prize! Or is it Swiss Francs?  |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
| And they've just crossed the Rubicon - nogoing back now |
| Giro 2012: The Antipasti Stages-May 9th-12th. |
On PL Eurosport they're discussing the weather and Agnieszka Radwańska (top Polish tennis player).
Ooh a bridge. It's almost like a hill.
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