GrumpyOldGuy Posted April 22, 2016 Share ...away and as it appears neither 'Berto, Froome or Quintana are competing I am going to say this will be the year for Valverde to shine. Astana's wonder boy last year in Mikel Landa has been conspicuous by his absence from the leader board since joining Sky and in my opinion Nibali is pretty much washed up, Aru says he is planning on the TDF and Uran is so hit and miss these days I cant really consider him, so who else....Majka maybe, Pozzovivo, Hesjedal.......I dunno, he field isnt looking great so far. BouncingBrain and Gen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted April 22, 2016 Share The Giro’s 22 teams and their leadersAg2r La Mondiale (F) – Pozzovivo, PéraudAstana (Kaz) – Nibali, ScarponiBardiani CSF (I) – Colbrelli, BoemBMC Racing (USA) – Gilbert, AtapumaCannondale (USA) – Uran, FormoloDimension Data (SA) – Anton, SbaragliEtixx – Quick-Step (B) – Kittel, BrambillaFDJ (F) – Démare, FischerGazprom – Rusvelo (Rus) – Firsanov, KolobnevGiant – Alpecin (G) – Dumoulin, De BackerIAM Cycling (Swi) – Haussler, PelucchiKatusha (Rus) – Zakarin, PorsevLampre – Merida (I) – Ulissi, ModoloLotto – Soudal (B) – Greipel, WellensLottoNL – Jumbo (Nl) – Battaglin, KruijswijkMovistar (Sp) – Valverde, ViscontiNippo – Vini Fantini (I) – Cunego, BoleOrica – GreenEdge (Aus) – Chaves, EwanSoutheast – Venezuela (I) – Pozzato, BellettiSky (GB) – Landa, VivianiTinkoff (Rus) – Majka, TosattoTrek – Segafredo (USA) – Cancellara, Hesjedal Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/04/news/giro-22-teams-and-their-lead-riders_403192#2cC0QlSk4UboFdbK.99 Chaves and Ewan are the only two names that catch my attention Although I do hope Cancellara gets to wear pink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeegMig Posted April 22, 2016 Share Go, go, Arredondo Edited April 24, 2016 by BeegMig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted April 22, 2016 Share Dumoilin..... Just saying pe3nguin and Gen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 22, 2016 Share Yip, watch out for DumoulinEspecially with his time trialling superpowersHe might run out of team support though Yeah, can't wait! ???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman. Posted April 23, 2016 Share With the other 3 top guys not participating, Nibali will shine but I'm hoping Valverde will out perform him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbon29er Posted April 23, 2016 Share Mikel Landa has got his "supplements" timing just right, like he did last year when on Astana. The way he single handedly chased every break in the Giro del Trentino was nothing short of amazing. Hard to look past him. GrumpyOldGuy and Rudi33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen Posted April 23, 2016 Share Mikel Landa has got his "supplements" timing just right, like he did last year when on Astana. The way he single handedly chased every break in the Giro del Trentino was nothing short of amazing. Hard to look past him.Also let's not forget his ego. Is it am so very behind with who is and who isn't riding the Giro.. BUT is Majka riding it.? Edit.. sorry.. I see he is ndeed Edited April 23, 2016 by Gen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeegMig Posted April 23, 2016 Share Mikel Landa has got his "supplements" timing just right, like he did last year when on Astana. The way he single handedly chased every break in the Giro del Trentino was nothing short of amazing. Hard to look past him.If he performs again, like he did last year in the Giro we'll know: His doctor practices in Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMartin Posted April 23, 2016 Share Is Main Cheese riding. Be interesting to see how he goes. 'Kaze Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 24, 2016 Share Provisional start list... AG2R La Mondiale1POZZOVIVO Domenico2BONNAFOND Guillaume3DOMONT Axel4DUPONT Hubert5GRETSCH Patrick6HOULE Hugo7KADRI Blel8MONTAGUTI Matteo9PERAUD Jean-Christophe Astana Pro Team11NIBALI Vincenzo12AGNOLI Valerio13CAPECCHI Eros14FUGLSANG Jakob15KANGERT Tanel16KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar17MALACARNE Davide18SCARPONI Michele19ZEITS Andrey Bardiani - CSF21PIRAZZI Stefano22ANDREETTA Simone23BARBIN Enrico24BOEM Nicola25BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel26CICCONE Giulio27COLBRELLI Sonny28MAESTRI Mirco29RUFFONI Nicola BMC Racing Team31GILBERT Philippe32ATAPUMA John Darwin33DE MARCHI Alessandro34DILLIER Silvan35KÜNG Stefan36OSS Daniel37QUINZIATO Manuel38ROSSKOPF Joey39ZABEL Rick Cannondale Pro Cycling Team41URAN Rigoberto42CARDOSO André43CLARKE Simon44DOMBROWSKI Joe45FORMOLO Davide46MOSER Moreno47NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas48VILLELLA Davide49WOODS Michael Dimension Data51ANTON Igor52FRAILE Omar53HAAS Nathan54KUDUS Merhawi55SBARAGLI Kristian56SIUTSOU Kanstantsin57THOMSON Jay Robert58VAN ZYL Johann59VENTER Jaco Etixx - Quick Step61JUNGELS Bob62BRAMBILLA Gianluca63DE LA CRUZ David64KITTEL Marcel65SABATINI Fabio66SERRY Pieter67TRENTIN Matteo68VERONA Carlos69WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz FDJ71DÉMARE Arnaud72COURTEILLE Arnaud73DELAGE Mickaël74FISCHER Murilo Antonio75GENIEZ Alexandre76KONOVALOVAS Ignatas77LE GAC Olivier78PINEAU Cédric79VAUGRENARD Benoit Gazprom-RusVelo81KOLOBNEV Alexandr82ARSLANOV Ildar83ERSHOV Artur84FIRSANOV Sergey85FOLIFOROV Alexander86OVECHKIN Artem87SAVITSKIY Ivan88SEROV Alexander89SOLOMENNIKOV Andrei IAM Cycling91PELUCCHI Matteo92BRÄNDLE Matthias93HAUSSLER Heinrich94HOWARD Leigh95KLUGE Roger96TANNER David97WARBASSE Larry98WYSS Marcel99ZAUGG Oliver Lampre - Merida100ULISSI Diego101CONTI Valerio102FERRARI Roberto103KOSHEVOY Ilia104MODOLO Sacha105MOHORIC Matej106MORI Manuele107NIEMIEC Przemyslaw109PETILLI Simone Lotto Soudal111WELLENS Tim112BAK Lars Ytting113DE BIE Sean114GREIPEL André115HANSEN Adam116LIGTHART Pim117MONFORT Maxime118ROELANDTS Jurgen119VANENDERT Jelle Movistar Team121VALVERDE Alejandro122AMADOR Andrey123DOWSETT Alex124HERRADA José125MORENO Javier126ROJAS José Joaquín127SUTHERLAND Rory128SÜTTERLIN Jasha129VISCONTI Giovanni Nippo - Vini Fantini131CUNEGO Damiano132BERLATO Giacomo133BISOLTI Alessandro134BOLE Grega135DE NEGRI Pier Paolo136FILOSI Iuri137GROSU Eduard Michael138KUBOKI Kazushige139ZILIOLI Gianfranco Orica GreenEDGE141CHAVES Johan Esteban142BEWLEY Sam143EWAN Caleb144HEPBURN Michael145HOWSON Damien146MEZGEC Luka147PLAZA Rubén148TUFT Svein149TXURRUKA Amets Team Giant - Alpecin151DUMOULIN Tom152ARNDT Nikias153DE BACKER Bert154HAGA Chad155JI Cheng156LUDVIGSSON Fredrik157PREIDLER Georg158STAMSNIJDER Tom159TIMMER Albert Team Katusha161TAARAMÄE Rein162BELKOV Maxim163KOCHETKOV Pavel164KUZNETSOV Viacheslav165LAGUTIN Sergey166PORSEV Alexander167SILIN Egor168TSATEVICH Alexey169ZAKARIN Ilnur Team LottoNL - Jumbo171KRUIJSWIJK Steven172BATTAGLIN Enrico173CAMPENAERTS Victor174CASTELIJNS Twan175KEIZER Martijn176ROGLIČ Primož177TANKINK Bram178TJALLINGII Maarten179VAN EMDEN Jos Team Sky181LANDA Mikel182BOSWELL Ian183DEIGNAN Philip184HENAO Sebastián185HENAO Sergio Luis186KNEES Christian187LOPEZ David188ROCHE Nicolas189VIVIANI Elia Tinkoff191MAJKA Rafał192BOARO Manuele193BRUTT Pavel194HERNÁNDEZ Jesús195MCCARTHY Jay196POLJANSKI Pawel197ROVNY Ivan198PETROV Evgeni199TOSATTO Matteo Trek - Segafredo201HESJEDAL Ryder202ALAFACI Eugenio203BOBRIDGE Jack204CANCELLARA Fabian205COLEDAN Marco206DIDIER Laurent207NIZZOLO Giacomo208VAN POPPEL Boy209ZOIDL Riccardo Southeast - Venezuela211POZZATO Filippo212AMEZQUETA Julen213BELLETTI Manuel214BERTAZZO Liam215BUSATO Matteo216CONTI Samuele217MARECZKO Jakub218MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe219SANZ Enrique Sent from my SM-T320 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOldGuy Posted April 24, 2016 Share Yip, watch out for DumoulinEspecially with his time trialling superpowersHe might run out of team support though Yeah, can't wait!Hmm, dunno, Valverde is in good form and I think he will need to have a couple of really bad days for Dumoulin to be in with a chance of top step. Movistar is a serious outfit, they dont go to the big tours just to make up the numbers, they will have a plan and Valverde will have some serious support,... anythings possible I guess, but I cant see it. Edited April 24, 2016 by GrumpyOldGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOldGuy Posted April 24, 2016 Share Mikel Landa has got his "supplements" timing just right, like he did last year when on Astana. The way he single handedly chased every break in the Giro del Trentino was nothing short of amazing. Hard to look past him. Ha, Ha, Yeah, I had a real chuckle at this, I mean honestly, how anyone can take him seriously is just beyond me,.......! Patchelicious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeegMig Posted April 24, 2016 Share Go, go, ArredondoOukay. He's not riding.Maybe their saving him for Le Tour... but he'll have to brush up on his time trailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 26, 2016 Share Hmm, dunno, Valverde is in good form and I think he will need to have a couple of really bad days for Dumoulin to be in with a chance of top step. Movistar is a serious outfit, they dont go to the big tours just to make up the numbers, they will have a plan and Valverde will have some serious support,... anythings possible I guess, but I cant see it. Yeah, I reckon Dumoulin will want to build on his 'surprise status' as a GC contender. No doubt that Movistar's Valverde and Astana's Nibbles will be the two big guns. Hoping the Extreme Weather Protocol and some tough spring weather don't cut short many of the mountain finalés Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOldGuy Posted April 26, 2016 Share Yeah, I reckon Dumoulin will want to build on his 'surprise status' as a GC contender. No doubt that Movistar's Valverde and Astana's Nibbles will be the two big guns. Hoping the Extreme Weather Protocol and some tough spring weather don't cut short many of the mountain finalésHmm, Nibali blows so hot and cold its hard to support him, I used to think he was a serious contender but now I just think he got lucky, maybe he will prove me wrong but he hasn't been in tour winning form for years now, and judging by his LBL performance he appears to be sticking to that protocol. In all honesty I dont think its a great provisional field,... its rumored Fuglsang is sitting on some great form, but he certainly hasn't shown it yet either,.. I dunno, looks like we may be hoping for bad weather just to liven things up a bit. .....aaah for those crazy days of Simoni and Di Luca and company, dropping out of the mist on some lunatic descent, tearing up gravel paths and disappearing into blustering snow storms.............*sigh*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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