tombeej Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Il Campionissimo (champion of champions), Fausto Coppi. Five time winner of the Giro (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953), 22 stage wins.
tombeej Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Two entries so long, join up and make this Giro even more interesting. Will sign up this weekend
meathead Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 I have joined the fantasy league and am prepared to take my beating like a man
tombeej Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Fantasy League Time Please click on the link below to participatehttp://www.scorito.com/cycling-manager/giro2015/the-hub-sa?code=042df2ed-6a44-4f51-8319-07e885c55ee7League name: The Hub SAEvent: Giro d'ItaliaDeadline: 9 May 2015 OK I've signed up my team
GrumpyOldGuy Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 OK I've signed up my team I'll wait a bit I think its still a tad early and as I am completely ignoring Mr Porte I need to find another possible podium contender.
tombeej Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 You still have time, Grumpy. I don't think all the teams have finalised their rosters yet (well that was still the case on the weekend when I was having another look).
ScottCM Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 With just 10 days until the start of the 2015 Giro d’ItaliaCyclingnews has launched its countdown to the first Grand Tour of the season. The race promises to be a mouthwatering showdown between Richie Porte, Fabio Aru, Rigoberto Uran and Alberto Contador, who is taking on the mammoth challenge of the Giro and Tour de France double.Over the next 10 days Cyclingnews will count down to the 2015 Giro d’Italia with up to the minute news, special race and stage previews, exclusive interviews, special photo galleries and videos, pre-race analysis and live press conference coverage.During the race Cyclingnews will provide live coverage of every stage as well as expert opinions. There will be complete coverage with race reports, stunning photography, video interviews and news from our European editors Stephen Farrand, Barry Ryan and Alasdair Fotheringham, who will be at every stage.And what better way to start the countdown than with an exclusive interview with the pre-race favourite, Alberto Contador. The Spaniard has revealed that he has recovered from an injury sustained in last month’s Tour of Catalunya and that after a block of training at altitude he is ready to embark on his grandest challenge yet.The course The race itself starts with a team time trial of 17.6 kilometres before a number of testing stages within the first week to Sestri Levante (stage 3), and Abetone (stage 5).The sprinters will certainly have their chance to shine with Michael Matthews, André Greipel and Tom Boonen among those who could vie for victories. The Australian, his teammate Simon Gerrans and Philippe Gilbert could also be in the hunt for the maglia rosa before the first real show down between the GC contenders during the stage 14 time trial.The 59.2 kilometre test between Treviso and Valdobbiadene will be pivotal in the overall outcome of the race and will suit Uran and Contador as they look to distance the pure climbers ahead of two difficult days in the Dolomites.Stages 18, 19, and 20 – the latter two including summit finishes at Cervinia and Sestriere – form the centrepiece of the final week and the final battlegrounds for the overall contenders, before the final sprint stage into Milan on May 31.
ScottCM Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 No Kittle nor Degenkolb Several opportunists, principally Simon Geschke, have also been selected for the Italian grand tour which start in San Lorenzo on May 9 with a team time trial.Mezgec opened his 2015 account at the Tour de Haut Var but has since failed to better than 20th and will be hoping to reverse that trend at next month's Giro."I am in very good form at the moment. Over the last four weeks I have trained very hard, and in the Tour de Romandie I will get the chance to gain racing rhythm," said Mezgec, the winner of the closing stage of last year's Giro. We are heading to the Giro with a strong and balanced team that will aim at sprint success, and I am happy to have great team support for that."The team coach Addy Engels added that the team will be primarily chasing stage wins for a third straight year."Our primary target will be the sprint stages with Mezgec, as we have a strong lead-out team including Nikias Arndt, Bert De Backer and Tom Veelers," Engels said. "With Simon Geschke, Caleb Fairly and Tobias Ludvigsson we have riders who can aim for a good stage result from a breakaway as well. As I said earlier, we will determine our strategy from day to day."Americans Chad Haga and Caleb Fairly make their Giro debuts while Cheng Ji returns to the race having become the first Chinese rider to start the Giro in 2013. Giant-Alpecin for the 2015 Giro d'Italia: Nikias Arndt (Ger), Bert De Backer (Bel), Caleb Fairly (USA), Simon Geschke (Ger),Chad Haga (USA), Cheng Ji (Chn), Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe), Luka Mezgec (Slo) and Tom Veelers (Ned).
tombeej Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 The provisional start list has been published: An asterisk (*) indicates the team has been finalized. Ag2r La Mondiale1. Domenico Pozzovivo (I)2. Julien Berard (F)3. Carlos Betancur (Col)4. Axel Domont (F)5. Hubert Dupont (F)6. Patrick Gretsch (G)7. Hugo Houle (Can)8. Matteo Montaguti (I)9. Rinaldo Nocentini (I)DS Laurent Biondi Androni-Giocattoli11. Franco Pellizotti (I)12. Marco Bandiera (I)13. Francesco Chicchi (I)14. Tiziano Dall’antonia (I)15. Marco Frapporti (I)16. Oscar Gatto (I)17. Simone Stortoni (I)18. Serghei Tvetcov (Rou)19. Gianfranco Zilioli (I)DS Giovanni Ellena Astana21. Fabio Aru (I)22. Dario Cataldo (I)23. Tanel Kangert (Est)24. Mikel Landa (Sp)25. Davide Malacrane (I)26. DIego Rosa (I)27. Luis Leon Sanchez (Sp)28. Paolo Tiralongo (I)29. Andrey Zeits (Kaz)DS Alexandr Shefer Bardiani CSF31. Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (I)32. Enrico Barbin (I)33. Enrico Battaglin (I)34. Nicola Boem (I)35. Luca Chirico (I)36. Sonny Colbrelli (I)37. Stefano Pirazzi (I)38. Nicola Ruffoni (I)39. Edoardo Zardini (I)DS Roberto Reverberi BMC Racing41. Philippe Gilbert (B)42. Darwin Atapuma (Col)43. Brent Bookwalter (USA)44. Marcus Burghardt (G)45. Damiano Caruso (I)46. Silvan Dillier (Swi)47. Stefan Kûng (Swi)48. Klaas Lodewyck (B)49. Rick Zabel (G)DS Valerio Piva Cannondale-Garmin151. Ryder Hesjedal (Can)152. Javier Alexis Acevedo (Col)153. Nathan Brown (USA)154. Andre Cardoso (P)155. Thomas Danielson (USA)156. Davide Formolo (I)157. Alan Marangoni (I)158. Tom Jelte Slagter (Nl)159. Davide Villella (I)DS Charly Wegelius CCC Sprandi-Polkowice51. Maciej Paterski (Pl)52. Grega Bole (Slo)53. Adrian Kurek (Pl)54. Jaroslaw Maeycz (Pl)55. Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pl)56. Lukasz Owsian (Pl)57. Marek Rutkiewicz (Pl)58. Branislau Samoilau (Blr)59. Sylvester Szmyd (Pl)DS Piotr Wadecki Etixx-Quick-Step61. Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col)62. Tom Boonen (B)63. Maxime Bouet (F)64. Gianluca Brambilla (I)65. David De La Cruz (Sp)66. Iljo Keisse (B)67. Fabio Sabatini (I)68. Pieter Serry (B)69. Michael Vakoc (Cz)DS Davide Bramati FDJ71. Alexandre Geniez (F)72. Arnaud Courteille (F)73. Kenny Elissonde (F)74. Murilo Fischer (Bra)75. Johan Le Bon (F)76. Francis Mourey (F)77. Cedric Pineau (F)78. Anthony Roux (F)79. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)DS Frederic Guesdon Giant-Alpecin *161. Luka Mezgec (Slo)162. Nikias Arndt (G)163. Bert De Backer (B)164. Caleb Fairly (USA)165. Simon Geschke (G)166. Chad Haga (USA)167. Cheng Ji (Chn)168. Tobias Ludvigsson (S)169. Tom Veelers (Nl)DS Addy Engels IAM Cycling81. Sylvain Chavanel (F)82. Clement Chevrier (F)83. Stef Clement (Nl)84. Heinrich Haussler (Aus)85. Roger Kluge (G)86. Matteo Pelucchi (I)87. Jerome Pineau (F)88. Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi)89. Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat)DS Rubens Bertogliati Katusha171. Luca Paolini (I)172. Maxim Belkov (Rus)173. Sergey Chernetski (Rus)174. Sergey Lagutin (Rus)175. Aleksandr Porsev (Rus)176. Egor Silin (Rus)177. Yury Trofimov (Rus)178. Anton Vorobyev (Rus)179. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus)DS Claudio Cozzi Lampre-Merida91. Diego Ulissi (I)92. Valerio Conti (I)93. Roberto Ferrari (I)94. Tsgabu Grmay (Eth)95. Sacha Modolo (I)96. Manuele Mori (I)97. Przemyslaw Neimiec (Pl)98. Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg)99. Gang Xu (Chn)DS Orlando Maini Lotto-Soudal *101. Jurgen Van den Broeck (B)102. Sander Armee (B)103. Lars Bak (Dk)104. Stig Broeckx (B)105. Andre Greipel (G)106. Adam Hansen (Aus)107. Gregory Handerson (NZ)108. Maxime Monfort (B)109. Louis Vervaeke (B)DS Bart Leysen LottoNL-Jumbo181. Steven Kruijswijk (Nl)182. George Bennett (NZ)183. Rick Flens (Nl)184. Moreno Hofland (Nl)185. Martijn Keizer (Nl)186. Paul Martens (G)187. Maarten Tjallingii (Nl)188. Nick Van Der Lijke (Nl)189. Robert Wagner (G)DS Jan Boven Movistar111. Benat Intxausti (Sp)112. Andrey Amador (CR)113. Eros Capecchi (I)114. Ruben Fernandez (Sp)115. Jesus Herrada (Sp)116. Jon Izaguirre (Sp)117. Juan Jose Lobato (Sp)118. Dayer Quintana (Col)119. Giovanni Visconti (I)DS Jose Jaimerena Nippo-Vini Fantini121. Damiano Cunego (I)122. Giacomo Berlato (I)123. Alessandro Bisolti (I)124. Daniele Colli (I)125. Pier Paolo De Negri (I)126. Iuri Filosi (I)127. Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn)128. Alessandro Malaguti (I)129. Riccardo Stacchiotti (I)DS Stefano Giuliani Orica-GreenEdge131. Michael Matthews (Aus)132. Sam Bewley (NZ)133. Esteban Chavez (Col)134. Simon Clarke (Aus)135. Luke Durbridge (Aus)136. Simon Gerrand (Aus)137. Michael Hepburn (Aus)138. Svein Tuft (Can)139. Pieter Weening (Nl)DS Mattews White Southeast141. Manuel Belletti (I)142. Rafael Andriato (Bra)143. Ramon Carretero (Pan)144. Giorgio Cecchinel (I)145. Francesco Gavazzi (I)146. Jonathan Monsalve (Ven)147. Alessandro Petacchi (I)148. Simone Ponzi (I)149. Mirko Tedeschi (I)DS Serge Parsani Team Sky191. Richie Porte (Aus)192. Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col)193. Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)194. Leopold Konig (Cze)195. David Lopez Garcia (Sp)196. Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Sp)197. Salvatore Puccio (I)198. Kanstantsin Siusou (Blr)199. Elia Viviani (I)DS Dario Cioni Tinkoff-Saxo201. Alberto Contador Velasco (Sp)202. Ivan Basso (I)203. Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Sp)204. Christopher Juul Jensen (Dk)205. Roman Kreuziger (Cze)206. Sergio M. Moreira Paulinho (Por)207. Michael Rogers (Aus)208. Ivan Rovny (Rus)209. Matteo Tosatto (I)DS Steven De Jongh Trek Factory Racing211. Giacomo Nizzolo (I)212. Eugenio Alafaci (I)213. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn)214. Marco Coledan (I)215. Fabio Felline (I)216. Fabio Silvestre (Por)217. Boy Van Poppel (Nl)218. Kristof Vandewalle (B)219. Calvin Watson (Aus)DS Adriano Baffi
tombeej Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Fantasy League Time Please click on the link below to participatehttp://www.scorito.com/cycling-manager/giro2015/the-hub-sa?code=042df2ed-6a44-4f51-8319-07e885c55ee7League name: The Hub SAEvent: Giro d'ItaliaDeadline: 9 May 2015 Come on folks, time to get your Fantasy League teams registered!
ScottCM Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Some observations: With Kiryienka working for Porte this Giro, will both be able to be strong enough to work for Froome in the TDF? No Arredondo for TFR, all hopes for stage wins rest on Nizzolo? Gerrands riding without Impey, what's that all about? LottoNL-Jumbo sending Paul Martens who fractured his wrist in Liege Bastogne Liege but saving Sep Vanmarcke and Wilco Kelderman for TDF. AG2R not send Jan Baketlats to help Pozzovivo Glad to see Ryder Hesjedal back , but no Dan Martin? Is Luca Paolini riding for himself? Tinkoff - Saxo has sent a strong team to give AC all the assists he needs to get the victory.
ScottCM Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 So are these the main GC contenders? PorteContador With addtional seasoning from these to spice it up a little?PozzovivoAruHesjedalUran
tombeej Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Come on people - we only have 5 Hubbers entered into the Fantasy League so far.
Wez-O Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Obviously 'tainted beef eating' Contador must be favourate, HOWEVER, Aru has got to be a great outside bet after his fantastic performance last year!
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