Giro 2011

[auxilium torino]

TORINO, 29 luglio 2011 - Il Giro d'Italia 2011 parte con una cronosquadre da Torino, città che ha avuto un ruolo fondamentale nell'Unità d'Italia. Il via verrà dato il 7 maggio e la prima tappa avrà subito importanti contenuti. E' prevista infatti una cronosquadre 22 km dalla Reggia di Venaria Reale

The 2011 Tour of Italy starts with a team time trial from Turin, a city that has played a key role in the Unity of Italy. The street will be given on May 7 and the first stage will immediately important content. And 'in fact provided a 22 km time trial from Venaria Reale

[Bear]

I didn't notice that there is already a thread of the Giro 2011. So I deleted my post. Maybe we can discuss here what we think about the Giro 2011 route etc.

The start will be in Torino with a team time trial. The last stage will be a ITT in Milano. But what about the other stages? Anybody with facts or ideas?

[auxilium torino]

Il Giro d’ Italia del 2011 che sarà dedicato ai 150 anni dell’ unità d’ Italia, toccherà dopo 3 anni l’ estremo sud italia in Sicilia e in Calabria, e lo farà con quattro tappe (due intere in Sicilia e una intera in Calabria e una partenza di tappa sempre dalla Calabria).

Il Giro arriverà in Sicilia dalla Toscana e dopo il giorno di riposo, Venerdi 13 maggio ci sarà una tappa per velocisti da Marsala (dove ci fu lo sbarco dei Mille) a Cefalù in provincia di Palermo

The Giro d’ Italia 2011 ,will be, after 3 years, in Sicily and Calabria, and it will be with four stage (two full in Sicily Calabria, one in Calabria and a start always from Calabria).

The Tour will be arrives in Sicilia from Toscana, May Friday 13 there will be a stage for sprinters from Marsala (where there was the landing of the Thousand) to Cefalu(Palermo).

[auxilium torino]

This is not definitive:


Girano anche queste tappe per il Giro d’Italia 2011

1a TAPPA crono Venaria-Torino
2a TAPPA Alba Parma
3a TAPPA Fidenza Quarto
4a TAPPA a Viareggio
5a TAPPA a Firenze
Trasferimento e riposo in Sicilia
6a TAPPA Marsala Cefalù
7a TAPPA Etna
8a TAPPA Locri-Camigliatello
9a TAPPA Paola Acea
10aTAPPA Teano
11aTAPPA Lanciano
12aTAPPA Ostia
13aTAPPA CASTEFIDARDO
14aTAPPA RAVENNA-JESOLO
15aTAPPA Zoncolan
16a Tappa sul Nevegal (Cronoscalata)
17a Tappa a Vittorio Veneto
Riposo
18a tappa a Cervere
19a Tappa sul Sestriere con Colle Finestre
20a Tappa Susa Macungnaga
21a Tappa Crono Milano

[NoPikouze]

There will be strade bianchi again

I hope it'll rain that day !

[iBanesto]

It's madness. Total climbing madness. I don't think they missed a single climb in all of Italy.

[Bear]

Beautiful!!!

[Rockstar Inc]

J. Rodriguez unsure of Giro d'Italia participation
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rodrigu ... ticipation

Scarponi to skip Ardennes and focus on Giro d'Italia
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/scarpon ... ro-ditalia

[auxilium torino]

This year are 23 the team, for a total of 207 riders!

- AG2R La Mondiale (Fra)
- BMC Racing Team (Usa)
- Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa)
- HTC-Highroad (Usa)
- Katusha Team (Rus)
- Lampre-ISD (Ita)
- Leopard-Trek (Lux)
- Liquigas-Cannondale (Ita)
- Movistar Team (Spa)
- Omega Pharma-Lotto (Bel)
- Pro Team Astana (Kaz)
- QuickStep Cycling Team (Bel)
- Rabobank Cycling Team (Ola)
- Saxo Bank-Sungard (Dan)
- Sky Pro Cycling (GB)
- Team Garmin-Cervelo (Usa)
- Team RadioShack (Usa)
- Vacansoleil-DCM (Ola)
- Acqua & Sapone (Ita)
- Androni Giocattoli (Ita)
- Colnago-CSF (Ita)
- Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli (GB)
- Geox-TMC (Spa)

[Pirkio]

Official Basso don't ride the Giro

The probabily list of the big is

Garzelli n°1
Visconti n°150
Denis Menchov n°61
Carlos Sastre n°62
Joaquin Rodriguez n°82
Vincenzo Nibali n°111
Alberto Contador n° 181
Michele Scarponi n°91
Igor Anton n°51
Kreuziger n°141

Some other big names but not very important

[NoPikouze]

The startlist:

ACQUA & SAPONE ITA
1 GARZELLI Stefano ITA
2 CODOL Massimo ITA
3 CORIONI Claudio ITA
4 DONATI Alessandro ITA
5 MARZOLI Ruggero ITA
6 MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir CRO
7 NAPOLITANO Danilo ITA
8 SARMIENTO TUNARROSA Cayetano COL
9 TABORRE Fabio ITA

AG2R LA MONDIALE FRA
11 NOCENTINI Rinaldo ITA
12 BERARD Julien FRA
13 CHEREL Mikael FRA
14 DESSEL Cyril FRA
15 DUPONT Hubert FRA
16 GADRET John FRA
17 GASTAUER Ben LUX
18 KRIVTSOV Yuriy FRA
19 MONTAGUTI Matteo ITA

ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI ITA
21 SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo COL
22 SELLA Emanuele ITA
23 RUJANO GUILLEN José VEN
24 DE MARCHI Alessandro ITA
25 ERMETI Giairo ITA
26 FERRARI Roberto ITA
27 OCHOA Carlos José VEN
28 RODRIGUEZ Jackson VEN
29 VICIOSO ARCOS Angel ESP

BMC RACING TEAM USA
31 BALLAN Alessandro ITA
32 BEYER Chad USA
33 FRANK Mathias SUI
34 KOHLER Martin SUI
35 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR
36 SANTAMBROGIO Mauro ITA
37 TSCHOPP Johann SUI
38 WYSS Danilo SUI
39 ZAHNER Simon SUI

COLNAGO - CSF INOX IRL
41 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA
42 BELLETTI Manuel ITA
43 MODOLO Sacha ITA
44 PIRAZZI Stefano ITA
45 SAVINI Filippo ITA
46 CANUTI Federico ITA
47 STORTONI Simone ITA
48 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ITA
49 CADDEO Manuele ITA

EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI ESP
51 ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor ESP
52 SESMA Daniel ESP
53 MINGUEZ AYALA Miguel ESP
54 ISASI FLORES Inaki ESP
55 CAZAUX Pierre FRA
56 ARAMENDIA LLORENTE Javier ESP
57 AZANZA SOTO Jorge ESP
58 OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose ESP
59 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP

GEOX - TMC ESP
61 MENCHOV Denis RUS
62 SASTRE CANDIL Carlos ESP
63 COBO ACEBO Juan Jose ESP
64 BLANCO RODIGUEZ David ESP
65 CHEULA Giampaolo ITA
66 KOZONTCHUK Dmitry RUS
67 DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres COL
68 ARDILA CANO Mauricio Alberto COL
69 VALLS FERRI Rafael ESP

THR HTC - HIGHROAD USA
71 CAVENDISH Mark GBR
72 PINOTTI Marco ITA
73 GRETSCH Patrick GER
74 LEWIS Craig USA
75 BAK Lars Ytting DEN
76 RABON Frantisek CZE
77 RASMUSSEN Alex DEN
78 RENSHAW Mark AUS
79 SIVTSOV Kanstantsin BLR

KATUSHA TEAM RUS
81 POZZATO Filippo ITA
82 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP
83 DI LUCA Danilo ITA
84 CARUSO Giampaolo ITA
85 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel ESP
86 PAOLINI Luca ITA
87 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto ESP
88 HORRACH RIPPOLL Juan ESP
89 KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr BLR

LAMPRE - ISD ITA
91 SCARPONI Michele ITA
92 PETACCHI Alessandro ITA
93 MARZANO Marco ITA
94 ULISSI Diego ITA
95 HONDO Danilo GER
96 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL
97 MALORI Adriano ITA
98 RIGHI Daniele ITA
99 SPILAK Simon SLO

TEAM LEOPARD - TREK LUX
101 BENNATI Daniele ITA
102 KLEMME Dominic GER
103 ROHREGGER Thomas AUT
104 STAMSNIJDER Tom NED
105 PIRES Bruno POR
106 VIGANO Davide ITA
107 WEGMANN Fabian GER
108 WEYLANDT Wouter BEL
109 ZAUGG Oliver SUI

LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE ITA
111 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA
112 AGNOLI Valerio ITA
113 CAPECCHI Eros ITA
114 DA DALTO Mauro ITA
115 DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano ITA
116 SABATINI Fabio ITA
117 SALERNO Cristiano ITA
118 SZMYD Sylvester POL
119 VANOTTI Alessandro ITA

MOVISTAR TEAM ESP
121 ARROYO DURAN David ESP
122 BRUSEGHIN Marzio ITA
123 AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA Andrey CRC
124 KIRYIENKA Vasili BLR
125 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo ESP
126 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio ESP
127 PASAMONTES RODRIGUEZ Luis ESP
128 SAMOILAU Branislau BLR
129 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco J. ESP

OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO BEL
131 BAKELANDTS Jan BEL
132 BLYTH Adam GBR
133 DE GREEF Francis BEL
134 DE CLERCQ Bart BEL
135 DOCKX Gert BEL
136 KAISEN Olivier BEL
137 LANG Sebastian GER
138 VEIKKANEN Jussi FIN
139 LODEWYCK Klaas BEL

PRO TEAM ASTANA KAZ
141 KREUZIGER Roman CZE
142 TIRALONGO Paolo ITA
143 MASCIARELLI Francesco ITA
144 KISERLOVSKI Robert CRO
145 GOUROV Maxim KAZ
146 JUFRE POU Josep ESP
147 KESSIAKOFF Fredrik SWE
148 PETROV Evgeni RUS
149 STANGELJ Gorazd SLO

FARNESE VINI - NERI SOTTOLI ITA
150 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA
151 FAILLI Francesco ITA
152 GIORDANI Leonardo ITA
153 GATTO Oscar ITA
154 RABOTTINI Matteo ITA
155 MAZZANTI Luca ITA
156 CACCIA Diego ITA
157 NOE' Andrea ITA
158 RICCI BITTI Davide ITA

QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM BEL
161 BANDIERA Marco ITA
162 CATALDO Dario ITA
163 CIOLEK Gerald GER
164 DE MAAR Marc NED
165 ENGELS Addy NED
166 MALACARNE Davide ITA
167 PINEAU Jérome FRA
168 SEELDRAYERS Kevin BEL
169 VANDEWALLE Kristof BEL

RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM NED
171 BOS Theo NED
172 FLENS Rick NED
173 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED
174 LEEZER Tom NED
175 SLAGTER Tom Jelte NED
176 TANKINK Bram NED
177 VAN EMDEN Jos NED
178 VAN WINDEN Dennis NED
179 WEENING Pieter NED

SAXO BANK SUNGARD DEN
181 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ESP
182 DIDIER Laurent LUX
183 GUSTOV Volodymir UKR
184 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus ESP
185 KLOSTERGAARD LARSEN Kasper DEN
186 LARSSON Gustav Erik SWE
187 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel ESP
188 TOSATTO Matteo ITA
189 NOVAL GONZALEZ Benjamin ESP

SKY PROCYCLING GBR
191 LÖVKVIST Thomas SWE
192 BARRY Michael CAN
193 CARLSTRÖM Kjell FIN
194 CIONI Dario David ITA
195 DOWNING Russel GBR
196 APPOLLONIO Davide ITA
197 NORDHAUG Lars Petter NOR
198 PAUWELS Serge BEL
199 POSSONI Morris ITA

TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO USA
201 FARRAR Tyler USA
202 DEAN Julian NZL
203 BOBRIDGE Jack AUS
204 FISCHER Murilo Antonio BRA
205 LE MEVEL Christophe FRA
206 MEYER Cameron AUS
207 MILLAR David GBR
208 STETINA Peter USA
209 WILSON Matthew AUS

TEAM RADIOSHACK USA
211 POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR
212 MCEWEN Robert AUS
213 MACHADO Tiago POR
214 BEPPU Fumiyuki JPN
215 CARDOSO Manuel Antonio Leal POR
216 DEIGNAN Philip IRL
217 HERMANS Ben BEL
218 HUNTER Robert RSA
219 ROVNY Ivan RUS

VACANSOLEIL - DCM PRO C.TEAM NED
221 CARRARA Matteo ITA
222 BOZIC Borut SLO
223 BELKOV Maxim RUS
224 GOLAS Michal POL
225 HOOGERLAND Johnny NED
226 LAGUTIN Sergey UZB
227 ONGARATO Alberto ITA
228 SELVAGGI Mirko ITA
229 VEUCHELEN Frederik BEL

Contador and Menchov have a nice team. Leopard aka "the best team of the world" Although they have some nice riders, but they could have send someone for the gc...
And some others teams (Rabobank...) are really bad

[Robyklebt]

Mollema again would have been nice, but Krujswijk is interesting too.

[NoPikouze]

Mollema yes. But Kruijswijk wont be able to compete with the best riders or even the "2nd class" imo...

And Bos... unable to ride more than 180km or to stay in the peloton if there is a molehill...

[Luna]

Finishing the Giro is also a considerable target to aim for^^

[Pirkio]

Androni have 2 climbers with the elimination of contador after half tour they can win one stage

[Rockstar Inc]

it's getting hot in me...slowly

looking forward how Contadors spanish express can handle the hard stages...Noval, Hernandez and Navarro did a great job in the tour 2010

let's see how many mass sprints we will se in RL, 3,4,5 maybe 6? Cav would love to take one stage each gt this year...and he and his team are able to do it

i'm looking foward if some of the german domestiques will have a lucky punch and maybe win out of an escape or maybe Fabian Wegmann one of the "easier" mountain stages...or will Ciolek finally show why so much people call him sprinter and prove the first time in the last 3,4 years he's able to win a stage in a big race, not only at the "Bayern Rundfahrt"?

HTC for the first stage and the first leader?

[Luna]

Wegmann even won the mountains jersey at the Giro once. It was my first Giro to watch on TV. Back then I didn't realize how unlikely that actually was.

[Rockstar Inc]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pozzato ... alia-squad

Italians replaced by Russians in final starting nine

Filippo Pozzato and fellow Italian Luca Paolini have been dropped from the Katusha line-up from the Giro d’Italia after the team opted to build the final starting line-up around leader and overall contender Joaquim Rodriguez instead of targeting stage victories.
......

[Luna]

Oh no, Benna out with broken ribs and collarbone

What will do Leopard now...?

[NoPikouze]

They will bring a plan

[SaxoFan]

There is Weylandt yet for Leopard. He won a stage on the Giro 2010

[Rockstar Inc]

Ballan and Santambrogio out of the Giro, BMC pulled the out of the Line-Up after new details of the Mantova Case

Kennaugh replaces Pauwels in Team Sky squad for the Giro d'Italia

Brice Feillu replaces Bennati in the Leopard Trek team for Giro d'Italia

Rabobank subs Brown for Bos in Giro d'Italia

[Pirkio]

If you want to see giro but don't know from where.. today h 15:00 on www.gazzetta.it

[Rockstar Inc]

HTC won Stage 1, my and i think the mostly expected winner of the ttt

nice touch by HTC giving the italian time trial champion the first maglia rosa, tomorrow Cav will take it?

[Luna]

No, good old Robbie McEwen will take it