Anul asta GIRO D`ITALIA aduna la start 22 de echipe : Acqua&Sapone, Ag2r-La Mondiale, Androni-Diquigiovanni, Astana, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Bmc Racing, Caisse d'Epargne, Cervelo, Colnago-CSF Inox, Cofidis-Le Credit en Ligne, Footon-Servetto, Garmin-Transitions, Lampre Farnese, Liquigas-Doimo, Omega Pharma-Lotto, Quick Step, Rabobank, Sky, HTC-Columbia, Katusha, Milram, and Saxo Bank.
Printre ciclistii "cu nume" care s-au anuntat : Cadel Evans, Carlos Sastre, Bradley Wiggins, Oscar Freire. Si bine-nteles italienii Pellizotti, Basso, Pozzato, Petacchi, Garzelli si Scarponi.
Din competitie lipseste echipa lui Lance Armstrong, Radioshack care "coace ceva" si care merge pe motto-ul "lasati-ne sa ne pregatim pentru Cupa Campionilor".
Iata si etapele :
Stage 1Saturday, 8 May, Amsterdam-Amsterdam (Netherlands), individual time trial 8.4 km

Stage 2Sunday, 9 May, Amsterdam-Utrecht (Netherlands), 209 km

Stage 3Monday, 10 May, Amsterdam-Middelburg, 209 km

Stage 4Wednesday, 12 May, Savigliano-Cuneo, team time trial 32.5 km

Stage 5Thursday, 13 May, Novara-Novi Ligure, 168 km

Stage 6Friday, 14 May, Fidenza-Carrara, 166 km

Stage 7Saturday, 15 May, Carrara-Montalcino 215 km

Stage 8Sunday, 16 May, Chianciano Terme-Terminillo, 189 km

Stage 9Monday, 17 May, Frosinone Cava De' Tirreni, 188 km

Stage 10Tuesday, 18 May, Avellino-Bitonto, 220 km

Stage 11Wednesday, 19 May, Lucera-L'Aquila, 256 km

Stage 12Thursday, 20 May, Città Sant'Angelo-Porto Recanati, 191 km

Stage 13Friday, 21 May, Porto Recanati-Cesenatico, 222 km

Stage 14Saturday, 22 May, Ferrara-Asolo 201 km

Stage15Sunday, 23 May, Mestre Monte Zoncolan, 218 km

Stage 16Tuesday, 25 May, San Vigilio di Marebbe-Plan de Corones, uphill time trial 12.9 km

Stage 17Wednesday, 26 May, Brunico-Peio Terme, 173 km

Stage 18Thursday, 27 May, Levico Terme-Brescia 151 km

Stage 19Friday, 28 May, Brescia-Aprica, 195 km

Stage 20Saturday, 29 May, Bormio-Ponte di Legno Tonale, 178 km

Stage 21Sunday, 30 May Verona-Verona, individual time trial 15.3 km

Tare de tot etapa 16!

Un fel de Cabana Curmatura-Paltinis

Pelizzoti are probleme cu "bautura", in consecinta muzul lui Cristizotti va lipsi din Giro.

Ca si idee. Aici am tot jucat in ultimii ani Fantasy Cycling:
http://velogames.com/
E interesant!

Haideti sa ne dam putin (sau mai mult) cu parerea despre favoritii Din Giro de anul asta.
Pentru mine cu sanse egale si cu suport sentimental din partea mea sunt Cadel si Vinokurov

Cadel e in forma si este cam ultima lui sansa la castigarea unui Mare Tur. Poate pe munte, poate la contratimp, poate cu plutonul si mai e o chestie, il impinge si tricoul ala de campion. In 2007 si 2008 putea sa castige TDF, dar... Totusi, anul acesta in Giro e un contratipm pe echipe destul de lungut si s'ar putea sa piarda, iarasi, 2 - 3 minute in comparatie cu ceilalti lideri. Cat despre Vinokurov, nu stiu daca mai poate sa tina pasul pe munte cu tineretul. Om vedea...

Daca participa Felipe mergeam pe el , da asa , merg si eu pe Cadel .

Okay, ne'am linistit cu invingatorul, speram sa fie Filip... Eu unul am mers la categoria invingator pe domnii Evans si Garzelli. Pe catarari plusez pe "incertul" Pozzevivo si pe nea Arroyo, iar la sprinteri pe insularul Farrar si pe (sper sa fie mega surpriza) Gasparotto. La categoria tineret... ... ... nu mai stiu pe nimeni de la Ricardo Ricco si Andy Shleck...

A da, cine va castiga prologul? Sa fie domnul Miller?

Cancellara castiga de departe la TT. Parcal-l vad cum apasa in pedalele alea de parca ar vrea sa le rupa

ASTANA anunta urmatorii ciclisti pentru Giro 2010:
Alexandre VINOKOUROV (KAZ)
Alexandr DYACHENKO (KAZ)
Enrico GASPAROTTO (ITA)
Andriy GRIVKO (UKR)
Valentin IGLINSKY (KAZ)
Josep JUFRE (ESP)
Roman KIREYEV (KAZ)
Gorazd STANGELJ (KAZ)
Paolo TIRALONGO (ITA)

De la Saxo Bank, poate cel mult Gustav Larsson, ca domnul Cancellara e absent!

Poftim echipa Saxo Bank precum si comentariu la fiecare ciclist in parte :

Team Saxo Bank's line-up for Giro d'Italia:

Baden Cooke who was a part of the successful squad during the Belgian classics. Baden Cooke played an important role in the front of the field protecting his captain and setting the pace of the peloton. The Australian rider is a solid sprinter to be reckoned with in those hectic sprint show downs.

Anders Lund is the only repeat from last year's line-up for the Giro. Anders Lund was also a part of the squad in the early classics where he put in a great effort taking the wind for his captain.

Nicki S�rensen has been showing good form in this year's Ardennes Classics helping out the Schleck-brothers in the hilly terrain. No Team Saxo Bank fan will probably ever forget his astonishing stage win in last year's Tour de France.

Lucas Sebastian Haedo is a sprinter for the future. He is slowly moving up the charts in the bunch sprints and in Tour de Romandie, he took up the challenge with the very best in the world and finished fourth.

Laurent Didier will be interesting to follow in the mountainous terrain. Like Lucas Sebastian Haedo, he is a man for the future but in a different terrain. In the Ardennes classics he was a strong helper for the Schleck brothers.

Michael M�rk�v is taking on his first Grand Tour. The Danish track specialist is now ready to focus on the road after a successful winter program on the track where he celebrated several victories with Alex Rasmussen.

Richie Porte sensationally won the Tour de Romandie time trial ahead of established names of Alejandro Valverde, Michael Rogers and Vladimir Karpets. It will be interesting to follow his development on the time trials and in the mountains in the Giro and in the future.

Gustav Larsson has always played a heroic role on the team as a tireless and loyal teammate. Throughout this spring season, he has put in a great effort helping Fabian Cancellara and Matti Breschel to their pursuit of success. Watch out for the big Swede on the time trials.

Chris Anker S�rensen was hoping to be the Team Saxo Bank-captain in the Giro but sadly, he crashed earlier this season and fractured his collarbone which crushed his dreams about a good overall result

Echipa Colnago CSF-Inox :
Manuel Belletti (ITA)
Alessandro Bisolti (ITA)
Federico Canuti (ITA)
Marco Frapporti (ITA)
Alan Marangoni (ITA)
Sacha Modolo (ITA)
Stefano Pirazzi (ITA)
Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)
Simone Stortoni (ITA)
Astept ca Pozzovivo sa miste si el ceva in turul asta

After stage one:

1 - Bradley Wiggins - (ENG) - Team Sky - (10:18)
2 - Brent Bookwalter - (USA) - BMC Racing - (+2)
3 - Cadel Evans - (AUS) - BMC Racing - (+2)
4 - Alexandre Vinokourov - (KAZ) - Astana - (+5)
5 - Greg Henderson - (NZL) - Team Sky - (+5)
6 - Richie Porte - (AUS) - Saxo Bank - (+5)
7 - David Millar - (SCO) - Garmin - (+6)
8 - Gustav Larsson - (SWE) - Saxo Bank - (+7)
9 - Jos van Emden - (NED) - Rabobank - (+9)
10 - Marco Pinotti - (ITA) - HTC-Columbia - (+9)
11 - Vincenzo Nibali - (ITA) - Liquigas - (+10)
12 - Tom Stamsnijder - (NED) - Rabobank - (+11)
13 - Marcel Sieberg - (GER) - HTC-Columbia - (+12)
14 - Andriy Grivko - (UKR) - Astana - (+13)
15 - Dario Cioni - (ITA) - Team Sky - (+13)
16 - Dario Cataldo - (ITA) - Quick-Step - (+14)
17 - Svein Tuft - (CAN) - Garmin - (+15)
18 - Ignatas Konovalovas - (LTU) - Cervélo - (+15)
19 - Michael Mørkøv - (DEN) - Saxo Bank - (+15)
20 - Enrico Gasparotto - (ITA) - Astana - (+16)
21 - Matthias Brändle - (AUT) - Footon - (+16)
22 - Rick Flens - (NED) - Rabobank - (+17)
23 - Marcel Wyss - (SUI) - Cervélo - (+17)
24 - Linus Gerdemann - (GER) - Milram - (+17)
25 - André Greipel - (GER) - HTC-Columbia - (+18)
26 - Alexandr Dyachenko - (KAZ) - Astana - (+19)
27 - William Bonnet - (FRA) - Bbox-Bouygues - (+20)
28 - John Murphy - (USA) - BMC Racing - (+20)
29 - Vasil Kiryienka - (BLR) - Caisse d'Epargne - (+20)
30 - Stefano Garzelli - (ITA) - Acqua & Sapone - (+20)
31 - Xavier Tondo - (ESP) - Cervélo - (+21)
32 - Pieter Weening - (NED) - Rabobank - (+21)
33 - Michele Scarponi - (ITA) - Androni Giocattoli - (+21)
34 - Mauricio Ardila - (COL) - Rabobank - (+22)
35 - Vladimir Karpets - (RUS) - Katyusha - (+22)
36 - Baden Cooke - (AUS) - Saxo Bank - (+23)
37 - Ivan Basso - (ITA) - Liquigas - (+23)
38 - Danilo Hondo - (GER) - Lampre - (+23)
39 - Maciej Bodnar - (POL) - Liquigas - (+23)
40 - Jan Bakelants - (BEL) - Omega Pharma-Lotto - (+24)
41 - Steven Kruijswijk - (NED) - Rabobank - (+25)
42 - Carlos Sastre - (ESP) - Cervélo - (+25)
43 - Roman Kireyev - (KAZ) - Astana - (+25)
44 - Adam Hansen - (AUS) - HTC-Columbia - (+26)
45 - Christian Vande Velde - (USA) - Garmin - (+26)
46 - Bauke Mollema - (NED) - Rabobank - (+26)
47 - Tyler Farrar - (USA) - Garmin - (+26)
48 - Michiel Elijzen - (NED) - Omega Pharma-Lotto - (+26)
49 - Charlie Wegelius - (ENG) - Omega Pharma-Lotto - (+26)
50 - Tiziano Dall'Antonia - (ITA) - Liquigas - (+27)
51 - Alessandro Petacchi - (ITA) - Lampre - (+27)
52 - Yuri Krivtsov - (UKR) - AG2R - (+28)
53 - Alan Marangoni - (ITA) - Colnago-CSF - (+28)
54 - Matteo Tosatto - (ITA) - Quick-Step - (+28)
55 - Daniel Moreno - (ESP) - Omega Pharma-Lotto - (+28)
56 - Thomas Rohregger - (AUT) - Milram - (+29)
57 - Vladimir Miholjevic - (CRO) - Acqua & Sapone - (+29)
58 - Sebastian Lang - (GER) - Omega Pharma-Lotto - (+30)
59 - Matthew Goss - (AUS) - HTC-Columbia - (+30)
60 - Valerio Agnoli - (ITA) - Liquigas - (+30)
61 - Mauro Santambrogio - (ITA) - BMC Racing - (+31)
62 - Paolo Tiralongo - (ITA) - Astana - (+31)
63 - Rémi Cusin - (FRA) - Cofidis - (+31)
64 - Cameron Wurf - (AUS) - Androni Giocattoli - (+31)
65 - Markus Fothen - (GER) - Milram - (+32)
66 - Filippo Pozzato - (ITA) - Katyusha - (+32)
67 - Laurent Didier - (LUX) - Saxo Bank - (+33)
68 - Marco Velo - (ITA) - Quick-Step - (+33)
69 - Steven Cummings - (ENG) - Team Sky - (+33)
70 - Michael Barry - (CAN) - Team Sky - (+33)
71 - Alessandro Vanotti - (ITA) - Liquigas - (+34)
72 - Ted King - (USA) - Cervélo - (+34)
73 - Craig Lewis - (USA) - HTC-Columbia - (+34)
74 - Mikhail Ignatiev - (RUS) - Katyusha - (+35)
75 - Mauro Facci - (ITA) - Quick-Step - (+35)
76 - Daniel Lloyd - (ENG) - Cervélo - (+36)
77 - Nicki Sørensen - (DEN) - Saxo Bank - (+36)
78 - Rubens Bertogliati - (SUI) - Androni Giocattoli - (+36)
79 - Alessandro Bertolini - (ITA) - Androni Giocattoli - (+36)
80 - Murilo Fischer - (BRA) - Garmin - (+37)
81 - Robert Förster - (GER) - Milram - (+37)
82 - Evgueni Petrov - (RUS) - Katyusha - (+37)
83 - Francis De Greef - (BEL) - Omega Pharma-Lotto - (+38)
84 - Marzio Bruseghin - (ITA) - Caisse d'Epargne - (+39)
85 - Francesco Failli - (ITA) - Acqua & Sapone - (+39)
86 - Fabio Sabatini - (ITA) - Liquigas - (+39)
87 - Daniel Martin - (IRL) - Garmin - (+39)
88 - Luke Roberts - (AUS) - Milram - (+39)
89 - Dominik Roels - (GER) - Milram - (+39)
90 - Jeff Louder - (USA) - BMC Racing - (+39)
91 - Sebastián Haedo - (ARG) - Saxo Bank - (+40)
92 - Daniele Righi - (ITA) - Lampre - (+40)
93 - Josep Jufré - (ESP) - Astana - (+41)
94 - Mathew Hayman - (AUS) - Team Sky - (+41)
95 - Matteo Bono - (ITA) - Lampre - (+41)
96 - Thomas Voeckler - (FRA) - Bbox-Bouygues - (+42)
97 - Iñigo Cuesta - (ESP) - Cervélo - (+42)
98 - Leonardo Duque - (COL) - Cofidis - (+43)
99 - Cameron Meyer - (AUS) - Garmin - (+43)
100 - Sylwester Szmyd - (POL) - Liquigas - (+43)
101 - Chris Sutton - (AUS) - Team Sky - (+43)
102 - Michael Schär - (SUI) - BMC Racing - (+43)
103 - Pablo Lastras - (ESP) - Caisse d'Epargne - (+44)
104 - Matthias Ruß - (GER) - Milram - (+45)
105 - Serguei Klimov - (RUS) - Katyusha - (+45)
106 - Martin Kohler - (SUI) - BMC Racing - (+45)
107 - John Gadret - (FRA) - AG2R - (+45)
108 - Yukiya Arashiro - (JPN) - Bbox-Bouygues - (+45)
109 - Gorazd �tangelj - (SLO) - Astana - (+45)
110 - Alexander Efimkine - (RUS) - AG2R - (+45)
111 - Morris Possoni - (ITA) - Team Sky - (+46)
112 - David Loosli - (SUI) - Lampre - (+46)
113 - Joan Horrach - (ESP) - Katyusha - (+46)
114 - Michael Albasini - (SUI) - HTC-Columbia - (+46)
115 - Julien Fouchard - (FRA) - Cofidis - (+46)
116 - Rigoberto Urán - (COL) - Caisse d'Epargne - (+46)
117 - Vicente Reynés - (ESP) - HTC-Columbia - (+47)
118 - Branislav Samoilav - (BLR) - Quick-Step - (+47)
119 - Damien Monier - (FRA) - Cofidis - (+47)
120 - Stefano Pirazzi - (ITA) - Colnago-CSF - (+47)
121 - Olivier Kaisen - (BEL) - Omega Pharma-Lotto - (+47)
122 - José Serpa - (COL) - Androni Giocattoli - (+47)
123 - Guillaume Le Floch - (FRA) - Bbox-Bouygues - (+47)
124 - Eros Capecchi - (ITA) - Footon - (+47)
125 - Leonardo Bertagnolli - (ITA) - Androni Giocattoli - (+48)
126 - Robert Kiserlovski - (CRO) - Liquigas - (+48)
127 - Simone Stortoni - (ITA) - Colnago-CSF - (+48)
128 - Francesco Reda - (ITA) - Quick-Step - (+48)
129 - Hubert Dupont - (FRA) - AG2R - (+48)
130 - Graeme Brown - (AUS) - Rabobank - (+49)
131 - Frantisek Rabon - (CZE) - HTC-Columbia - (+49)
132 - Jackson Rodríguez - (VEN) - Androni Giocattoli - (+49)
133 - Wouter Weylandt - (BEL) - Quick-Step - (+49)
134 - Massimo Codol - (ITA) - Acqua & Sapone - (+49)
135 - Marco Frapporti - (ITA) - Colnago-CSF - (+50)
136 - Jérôme Pineau - (FRA) - Quick-Step - (+50)
137 - Andrey Amador - (CRC) - Caisse d'Epargne - (+51)
138 - Chris Froome - (GBR) - Team Sky - (+51)
139 - Ludovic Turpin - (FRA) - AG2R - (+51)
140 - Paul Voß - (GER) - Milram - (+52)
141 - Gabriel Rasch - (NOR) - Cervélo - (+52)
142 - Arnold Jeannesson - (FRA) - Caisse d'Epargne - (+52)
143 - Francesco Masciarelli - (ITA) - Acqua & Sapone - (+52)
144 - Damiano Cunego - (ITA) - Lampre - (+52)
145 - Iban Mayoz - (ESP) - Footon - (+52)
146 - Yury Trofimov - (RUS) - Bbox-Bouygues - (+52)
147 - David Moncoutié - (FRA) - Cofidis - (+53)
148 - Alberto Losada - (ESP) - Caisse d'Epargne - (+53)
149 - Sébastien Hinault - (FRA) - AG2R - (+53)
150 - Julian Dean - (NZL) - Garmin - (+53)
151 - Fabian Wegmann - (GER) - Milram - (+54)
152 - Anthony Ravard - (FRA) - AG2R - (+54)
153 - Xavier Zandio - (ESP) - Caisse d'Epargne - (+55)
154 - Johann Tschopp - (SUI) - Bbox-Bouygues - (+55)
155 - Mickaël Buffaz - (FRA) - Cofidis - (+55)
156 - Gilberto Simoni - (ITA) - Lampre - (+56)
157 - Addy Engels - (NED) - Quick-Step - (+57)
158 - Damien Gaudin - (FRA) - Bbox-Bouygues - (+57)
159 - Anthony Charteau - (FRA) - Bbox-Bouygues - (+57)
160 - Luca Mazzanti - (ITA) - Katyusha - (+57)
161 - David Arroyo - (ESP) - Caisse d'Epargne - (+58)
162 - Carlos Ochoa - (VEN) - Androni Giocattoli - (+58)
163 - Jack Bobridge - (AUS) - Garmin - (+58)
164 - Danilo Wyss - (SUI) - BMC Racing - (+58)
165 - Alessandro Spezialetti - (ITA) - Lampre - (+58)
166 - René Mandri - (EST) - AG2R - (+58)
167 - Marco Marzano - (ITA) - Lampre - (+58)
168 - Nico Sijmens - (BEL) - Cofidis - (+58)
169 - Federico Canuti - (ITA) - Colnago-CSF - (+59)
170 - Guillaume Bonnafond - (FRA) - AG2R - (+59)
171 - Alberto Loddo - (ITA) - Androni Giocattoli - (+59)
172 - Florian Stalder - (SUI) - BMC Racing - (+59)
173 - Gianpaolo Cheula - (ITA) - Footon - (+59)
174 - Manuel Belletti - (ITA) - Colnago-CSF - (+59)
175 - Cayetano Sarmiento - (COL) - Acqua & Sapone - (+1:00)
176 - Chris Sørensen - (DEN) - Saxo Bank - (+1:00)
177 - Markus Eibegger - (AUT) - Footon - (+1:00)
178 - Alessandro Donati - (ITA) - Acqua & Sapone - (+1:01)
179 - Dario Andriotto - (ITA) - Acqua & Sapone - (+1:02)
180 - Domenico Pozzovivo - (ITA) - Colnago-CSF - (+1:02)
181 - Kalle Kriit - (EST) - Cofidis - (+1:05)
182 - Adam Blythe - (ENG) - Omega Pharma-Lotto - (+1:08)
183 - Vladimir Gustov - (UKR) - Cervélo - (+1:08)
184 - Valentin Iglinskiy - (KAZ) - Astana - (+1:11)
185 - Alessandro Bisolti - (ITA) - Colnago-CSF - (+1:11)
186 - Michele Merlo - (ITA) - Footon - (+1:11)
187 - Dmitriy Kozontchuk - (RUS) - Rabobank - (+1:13)
188 - Matthew Lloyd - (AUS) - Omega Pharma-Lotto - (+1:13)
189 - Ermanno Capelli - (ITA) - Footon - (+1:16)
190 - Giampaolo Caruso - (ITA) - Katyusha - (+1:17)
191 - Sacha Modolo - (ITA) - Colnago-CSF - (+1:18)
192 - Mathieu Claude - (FRA) - Bbox-Bouygues - (+1:20)
193 - Anders Lund - (DEN) - Saxo Bank - (+1:20)
194 - Andrea Masciarelli - (ITA) - Acqua & Sapone - (+1:22)
195 - Marco Corti - (ITA) - Footon - (+1:23)
196 - Robbie McEwen - (AUS) - Katyusha - (+1:30)
197 - Martin Pedersen - (DEN) - Footon - (+1:31)
198 - Guillaume Blot - (FRA) - Cofidis - (+1:32)

Clasamentul general individual dupa 7 etape:
1 Vinokourov (AST)
2 Evans (BMC) +1:12
3 Millar (GRM) +1:29
4 Karpets (KAT) +1:30
5 Nibali (LIQ) +1:33
6 Pinotti (THR) +1:40
7 Gerdemann (MRM) +1:50
8 Basso (LIQ) +1:51

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