Giro d'Italia 2012

[Cav']

GC

1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP KAT 65:11:07 0:00

2 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN GRM 65:11:37 0:30

3 BASSO Ivan ITA LIQ 65:12:29 1:22

4 TIRALONGO Paolo ITA AST 65:12:33 1:26

5 KREUZIGER Roman CZE AST 65:12:34 1:27

6 SCARPONI Michele ITA LAM 65:12:43 1:36

7 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat ESP MOV 65:12:49 1:42

8 HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis COL SKY 65:13:02 1:55

9 CATALDO Dario ITA OPQ 65:13:19 2:12

10 CASAR Sandy FRA FDJ 65:13:20 2:13

11 URAN URAN Rigoberto COL SKY 65:14:03 2:56

12 DE GENDT Thomas BEL VCD 65:14:23 3:16

13 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA COG 65:14:24 3:17

14 TSCHOPP Johann SUI BMC 65:14:31 3:24

15 GADRET John FRA ALM 65:14:31 3:24

16 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel ESP KAT 65:14:40 3:33

17 CUNEGO Damiano ITA LAM 65:14:52 3:45

18 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP EUS 65:15:27 4:20

19 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ITA COG 65:15:52 4:45

20 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio ESP MOV 65:16:38 5:31

[Cav']

Abandons

 

Stage 1

 

No Abandons

 

Stage 2

 

No Abandons

 

Stage 3

 

No Abandons

 

Stage 4

 

No Abandons

 

Stage 5

 

No Abandons

 

Stage 6.

 

4 Abandons.

 

FEILLU Romain Pull out on a climb.

HUSHOVD Thor Pull out on a climb.

LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo Crash on a corner - Fracture of 4 ribs and collarbone

FARRAR Tyler Crash in peloton - Lacerations and abrasions to the hand

 

Stage 7

 

1 Abandon

 

MEERSMAN Gianni "Pain in my back and my knee forced me to abandon,", having crashed on stage 2.

 

Stage 8

 

2 Abandons.

 

BENNATI Daniele Did not start. Has fever.

VAN WINDEN Dennis Knee problem

 

 

Stage 10

 

1 Abandon

 

POZZATO Fillipo Did not start. Broken Hand.

 

Stage 11

 

1 Abandon

 

LEEZER Tom Did not Finish

 

Stage 12

 

3 Abandons

 

MARCZYNSKI Tomasz Outside Time Limit

CHRISTENSEN Mads Did not Finish

BONNET William Did not start.

 

Stage 13

 

1 Abandon

 

HOLLENSTEIN Reto Did not Finish - Broken Collarbone

 

Stage 14

 

4 Abandons

 

GOSS Matthew Harley Did not start

LANCASTER Bret, Did not start

RENSHAW Mark Did not start

HAEDO JUAN JOSE Did not start

 

Stage 15

Frank schlecki poo

Giovanni Visconti

[nochain]

Rodriguez starting to look like the man to beat!!

Looking forward to the final week of racing.

 

Cunego I don't understand...why is he going into these breaks?he works so hard that he will never be able to help Scarponi on the final climb?Normaly if a team sends a rider in the break with the idea to be there to launch the gc rider on the final climb he mostly just sits on in the break and saves hes legs?

So if he is not helping Scarponi what is he doing?maybe they want to make Basso's men chase harder but then I don't think they see him as a possible winner.

[GrumpyOldGuy]

Rodriguez starting to look like the man to beat!!

Looking forward to the final week of racing.

 

Cunego I don't understand...why is he going into these breaks?he works so hard that he will never be able to help Scarponi on the final climb?Normaly if a team sends a rider in the break with the idea to be there to launch the gc rider on the final climb he mostly just sits on in the break and saves hes legs?

So if he is not helping Scarponi what is he doing?maybe they want to make Basso's men chase harder but then I don't think they see him as a possible winner.

 

Yeah, but in a way Cunego redeemed himself a lot yesterday, he really didnt have a lot of people working with him in the bunch, and most were positively passengers, I guess they didnt want him there as then the gruppo were definately going to chase them down, so figured without him they stood a better chance of staying away, but that said, he is not really a real contender so I dont know either.

 

On the other hand the tactics of Astana and Liquigas are also disappointing, I simply cant understand them. Astana and Liquigas had no reason whatsoever to drag Hesjedal and Rodriguez up to the Cunego bunch, Cunego really didnt effect their standings and Rodriguez was never going to lose time on a short steep third cat climb, so by dragging him up they all lost time to him, especially Kreuziger who lost the most.

 

In my opinion they should have sat back and said to Garmin and Katusha, you chase because you have the most to lose, but they killed their team, to in effect, lose more time - silly in my view.!

 

Unfortunate to see Frank retire, Saturday already he looked miserable in the rain, and yesterday it seems he just gave up, in a way its disappointing because one expects more of a athlete of his caliber, the conditions are the same for everyone, going home just shows disrespect for the race and the fans.

 

On a positive note Scarponi keeps trying but he just cant get away, at the moment they are all over him the minute he steps up, I still see him as the main contender, although Basso really has surprised me. Rodriguez,.........hmm I dont know, maybe, he is not great on the really long steep grinding mountain passes where Basso, Kreuziger and Scarponi excel, he prefers the short steep explosive climbs where he is almost unbeatable.

 

Going to be a nail biting finish which ever way.!

Edited May 21, 2012 by GrumpyOldGuy

['Dale]

On RAI, they showed slow mo footage where Basso turned around to the whittled down chasing bunch, exclaiming something like "come take a turn in front..." as everybody was just sitting in.

 

Hmmm... Yummy... Juicy final week.

 

Does Rodriguez have enough time in hand?

[T-Bob]

Unfortunate to see Frank retire, Saturday already he looked miserable in the rain, and yesterday it seems he just gave up, in a way its disappointing because one expects more of a athlete of his caliber, the conditions are the same for everyone, going home just shows disrespect for the race and the fans.

 

Always got to ask yourself... "what would Eddie do?"

[TNT1]

Unfortunate to see Frank retire, Saturday already he looked miserable in the rain, and yesterday it seems he just gave up, in a way its disappointing because one expects more of a athlete of his caliber, the conditions are the same for everyone, going home just shows disrespect for the race and the fans.

 

According to Bruyneel, the injury was not bad enough to cause a retirement. The back room story is that Frank retired to prepare for the Tour to ride with his sister, and Bruyneel is so p!$$ed at him now, he probably wont get into the Tour squad. Stupid frankie-poo twat.

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/is-the-bruyneel-schleck-amalgamation-imploding

['Dale]

On a positive note Scarponi keeps trying but he just cant get away, at the moment they are all over him the minute he steps up, I still see him as the main contender, although Basso really has surprised me. Rodriguez,.........hmm I dont know, maybe, he is not great on the really long steep grinding mountain passes where Basso, Kreuziger and Scarponi excel, he prefers the short steep explosive climbs where he is almost unbeatable.

 

Going to be a nail biting finish which ever way.!

 

GOG, remember, Basso has two pink jerseys in his cupboard, albeit the first win was when he was doped.

He knows how to race and win in pink.

 

Considering his terrible injury crises this year, he is looking very good.

[nickc]

GOG, remember, Basso has two pink jerseys in his cupboard, albeit the first win was when he was doped.

He knows how to race and win in pink.

 

Considering his terrible injury crises this year, he is looking very good.

 

I think no one more than Basso knows that time is running out in his career and this is his last shot at a big tour win, hopefully he is strong this last week.

[dev null]

I think the serious contenders are just going to hang with the bunch until the last few stages with the big climbs and then go for it, much like Gesink did in the AMGEN tour. It is much more difficult for your opponents to react when you get lots of time on them in a big mountain stage 1 or 2 days before the tour ends.

[Cav']

I think the serious contenders are just going to hang with the bunch until the last few stages with the big climbs and then go for it, much like Gesink did in the AMGEN tour. It is much more difficult for your opponents to react when you get lots of time on them in a big mountain stage 1 or 2 days before the tour ends.

I agree

['Dale]

Week 3... where all be revealed.

While the riders are getting their massages and taking their power naps, some will be out riding their bikes for a few hours.

 

 

Tomorrow is a medium mountain stage:

 

[Bianchisti]

What channel is Rai on Supersport?

['Dale]

What channel is Rai on Supersport?

 

Go to Main Menu and find "Specialist", I think.

Click there and find Rai.

[FrankTank]

RAI channel 430 on DSTV.

[Agteros]

Rai is on channel 430. General Italian programming with no program guide. There is no RAI sport channel on premium bouquet.