Barloworld: Giro d'Italia Team

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Team Barloworld have announced on Tuesday an 11 cyclist strong squad for the Giro d'Italia, their first grand tour of the season and one of the most prominent races amongst the cycling fraternity.

 

 

 

The high caliber cyclist's which make up the squad of 9 starters and 2 reserves, from which the starting line up will be selected, are:

 

 

 

* Mauricio Soler (2007 Tour de France King of the Mountain's winner) - COL

 

 

 

* Robert Hunter (Winner 2007 and 2008 Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour, 2007 Tour de France stage 11 winner) - RSA

 

 

 

* Christian Pfannberger (Winner 2008 Giro del Capo) - AUT

 

 

 

* Enrico Gasparotto (Winner stage 1 at the 2008 Driedaagse de Panne-Koksijde) - ITA

 

 

 

* Patrick Calcagni (Winner of the 2008 GP Pino Cerami) - SUI * Felix Cardenas - COL

 

 

 

* Stephen Cummings (Winner of stage 2 at the 2008 Giro della Provincia de Reggio Calabria) - GBR

 

 

 

* Geraint Thomas (Gold medal winner of the Pursuit Race at the 2008 Track World Championships) - GBR

 

 

 

* Carlo Scognamiglio - ITA

 

* John Lee Augustyn - RSA

 

* Francesco Bellotti - ITA

 

 

 

Claudio Corti, Team Barloworld team manager comments, "It is an honour for us to be cycling in such a prestigious race. Our cyclists are in good condition and are all focused on performing well as a team at the Giro."

 

 

 

In preparation for the race, the team will be training in northern Italy for the opening stage time trial of the Giro, in Palermo on the 10th May, as well as completing a series of training rides of the key stages of the Giro, including the Marmolada, Plan de Coronas, Passo del Vivone and Monte Pora

 

 

[AndreZA]

Seeing that climbers are normally the TT specialist aswell, should they not concentrate on Soler's TT ability?