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Giro d'Italia 2011 - Week 1
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 01-05-2011 20:59
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Preview by Cyclingnews.com
The 2011 Giro d'Italia will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, with a mountainous route that looks set to exalt a possible duel between Vincenzo Nibali and <insert a returned doper's name here>.
Race director Angelo Zomegnan revealed the route in Turin, where the three weeks of racing will begin on Saturday, May 7 with a 21.5km team time trial.
The corsa rosa concludes with a 32.8km individual time trial that finishes in the shadow of the spectacular Milan Duomo on Sunday, May 29.
In between, the 3496km route heads south to Sicily for a mountain finish on the slopes of the Etna volcano and then returns north along the Adriatic coast before a long series of testing stages in the Dolomites and a grand finale on the dirt road climb of the Colle delle Finestre near Sestriere.
Complete list of stages
Live stream
Edited by CrueTrue on 07-05-2011 15:29
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| issoisso |
Posted on 01-05-2011 21:08
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*cries*
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 01-05-2011 21:10
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*with joy*
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| issoisso |
Posted on 01-05-2011 21:13
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CrueTrue wrote:
looks set to exalt a possible duel between Vincenzo Nibali and Riccardo Ricco.
Really? Tell me more
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 01-05-2011 21:19
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Maybe cyclingnews.com know more than we do. Ricco probably has signed with Saxo Bank. They needed a helper for AC and have no problem with dopers in their team
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 01-05-2011 21:28
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I wonder what will happen in stage 5 and 6. I don't think they will end in mass sprints, because of the climbs close to the finish, but they aren't hard enough for the GC contenders to attack either. It will be interesting to see what happens there. Maybe something similar to Montalcino last year (not that epic, though).
Montevergine climb will probably end in a sprint between the favourites or a breakaway win. However, I hope that there will be some attacks on the climb. The more action, the better.
Really looking forward to the Giro.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 01-05-2011 21:34
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issoisso wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
looks set to exalt a possible duel between Vincenzo Nibali and Riccardo Ricco.
Really? Tell me more
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 01-05-2011 21:48
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So excited
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 01-05-2011 21:50
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I'm just pleased I get to see all decisive stages in this years edition. 
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 01-05-2011 22:20
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Me too.. with the only exception of the stage to Sestriere  - i must record it. |
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 01-05-2011 23:40
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I like Petachi on some of the the hilly stages. He seems better on the climbs and won the queen stage at the TOur of Turkey, But in the flat sprints I think Farrar or Cav will take it. |
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| Setzel |
Posted on 01-05-2011 23:42
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Meh i hate u i have to put my dvr to work and watch them in the middle of the night probly instead of sleeping.
Eating my daily Breakfast at 9 pm
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| hellboy |
Posted on 02-05-2011 05:57
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
I wonder what will happen in stage 5 and 6. I don't think they will end in mass sprints, because of the climbs close to the finish, but they aren't hard enough for the GC contenders to attack either. It will be interesting to see what happens there. Maybe something similar to Montalcino last year (not that epic, though).
Montevergine climb will probably end in a sprint between the favourites or a breakaway win. However, I hope that there will be some attacks on the climb. The more action, the better.
Really looking forward to the Giro.
+1
There will be definetely some action in stage 5 and 6,also yet stage 3 can be interesting...
Go Roman!
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 02-05-2011 08:41
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this will be year when I have to archive so many stages to my hard drive again. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 02-05-2011 11:13
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It's almost here, yay! |
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 02-05-2011 11:25
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Cant wait! Both the 3, 5, 6 and 7 stage looks interesting. I think stage 7 will be between the leaders, but there will be no big gaps because of the leaders only watching each other. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-05-2011 18:24
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Seems like Serge Pauwels has been kicked off Sky's Giro team - in favour of Peter Kennaugh. Pauwels hasnt really done anything at Sky, and that wont help!
2nd GT start then for Kennaugh, having pulled out of the Vuelta early on last year following the death of the soigneur Txema. If he is to be Brailsford's big hope in his over-ambitious Brit winning the Tour target, then he'll certainly learn a lot here!
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| Squire |
Posted on 02-05-2011 18:33
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Montolivo wrote:
Cant wait! Both the 3, 5, 6 and 7 stage looks interesting. I think stage 7 will be between the leaders, but there will be no big gaps because of the leaders only watching each other.
Montevergine (stage 7) is more or less a bunch sprint between the climbers/puncheurs. |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 03-05-2011 10:21
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Seems like Serge Pauwels has been kicked off Sky's Giro team - in favour of Peter Kennaugh. Pauwels hasnt really done anything at Sky, and that wont help!
Yep. And according to Pauwels he was promised by the team to ride the giro. So he prepared his whole season towards the giro. You can imagine he's pretty pissed off about it.
I think it's his own fault though. I don't like riders who only do their best in 1 or 2 races per year. And he hasn't got a status, like Andy Schleck, to be able to peak only at 2 races a year, and do nothing the rest of the year.
Still, it's not very nice by Team Sky of course, as they promised something and less than a week before the start of the giro they break their promise. |
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| lagetcher |
Posted on 03-05-2011 12:20
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It's nearly here...you have to love this time of year
Sprinters seem a bit thin on the ground with no Bos, Bennati or Guardini as previously thought, although Chicchi comes in for Bandiera. I'm looking forward to seeing how Blythe and Kennaugh get on. |
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