Full Giro Team Lineup
by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 23, 2009 11:50 AM EDT
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PrintPiggybacking off of Jens' earlier post about Fuji-Servetto, I figured the lineup itself was worthy of a post. Ladeez and gentlemen, your 2009 Giro d'Italia combatants:
- Acqua e Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo (Italia)
- AG2R - La Mondiale (Francia)
- Astana (Kazakistan)
- Barloworld (Sudafrica)
- BBox Bouygues Telecom (Francia)
- Caisse d'Epargne (Spagna)
- Cervelo Test Team (Svizzera)
- Garmin - Slipstream (Usa)
- Fuji - Servetto (Svizzera)
- ISD (Italia)
- Lampre - Ngc (Italia)
- Lpr - Farnese (Irlanda)
- Quick Step (Belgio)
- Rabobank (Olanda)
- Silence - Lotto (Belgio)
- Diquigiovanni - Androni (Venezuela)
- Team Columbia - High Road (Usa)
- Team Katusha (Russia)
- Team Milram (Germania)
- Team Saxo Bank (Danimarca)
- Xacobeo Galicia (Spagna)
From the comments... we think we've discovered who the mysterious 22nd team will be. Um, Liquigas? Here's the Gazzetta dello Sport link, let's see if they ever discover the omission.
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No Liquigas?
Or am I just not seeing it somehow?
If you wonder what that high pitched noice you are hearing is......
It is the sound of anguished hotituders crying in desperation across the globe.
Moreover, it is my opinion that Alejandro Valverde is an asshole who should not be allowed to compete in bikeraces right now.
It does seem a rather glaring omission...
FWIW, Liquigas seems to be under the impression they’re going: http://www.teamliquigas.it/2009/ita/main.php?mod=calendarioGare
Bennati might be out
Saw something in Gazzetta where Bennati is saying he might not be recovered enough for the Giro. Seems he is at least out for Romandie next week
What are you doing? Trying to induce suicide by certain PdCers?
C’mon, a little sensitivity, eh? ;-)
My theory: it's a plot.
All the other top sprinters sit out the Giro, hoping Cavendish will look around, see no competition for the maglia ciclamino, and stay through until the end—exhausting himself along the way. Then they all show up at the Tour rested and ready to kick his ass for the green.
You need to do this race two or three times before you can win, despite what Cunego showed us last year: winning in his first try--Frank Schleck, on Amstel Gold
Oh! what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 23, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I concur. I have already wailed endlessly about this in Jens' post on Fuji.
So now I am going to work very hard to hold my emotions together…… whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
That is the WORST fucking question ever
hold on while I take down a mountain lion outside my house in complete rage!!!
In Chauncey we trust!
The word is out on the streets of Italy
Moreover, it is my opinion that Alejandro Valverde is an asshole who should not be allowed to compete in bikeraces right now.
I don't dare ask
where this picture came from. Hopefully it’s just Milan ultras after losing to Inter.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 24, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
On the above Gazzetta link
Liquigas is listed at #12 in the “squadra del giro”
Which link??
They haven’t fixed the one I posted.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 23, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
OK
Found the other link:
http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2009/it/Primo_Piano/2009/04/23/popup_squadregiro.shtml
Left hand and right hand haven’t met yet, apparently.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 23, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
OTOH
The first article comes from AGR, the news agency that RCS owns, so it’s possible that they don’t change it, just sends out a new.
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 23, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
What I dont get
Why is he referencing starting in Romandie but not being ready for the Giro? Probably lost in translation but I wouldn’t think he would be starting in either if he has ruled out the Giro.
He needs Romandie for preparation.
Not being able to start Romandie makes the Giro even less likely, as he won’t be on form.
Leaky gas?
Seems to be missing, but the Gazzetta article says 22 teams.
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
Gazzetta
seems to have let us down…
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 23, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
For the sake of the world
It will come to an end if TOWMNBN is out of the Giro, I guess it’s just a mishap.
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 23, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, we know the missing team isn't Ceramica Flaminia.
Simeoni and Zomegnan are already sniping at each other in Gazzetta. Simeoni says his exclusion is outrageous; Zomegnan says he doesn’t have to explain the decision to anybody.
You need to do this race two or three times before you can win, despite what Cunego showed us last year: winning in his first try--Frank Schleck, on Amstel Gold
interesting comments section
here, already rife with Armstrong-Simeoni conspiracy theories ;)
by plinytheelder on Apr 24, 2009 3:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Alternate theories
Registered Italian team? nope (Ireland)
Won anything lately? nope (two minor wins in ’09)
Simeoni scored a single freaking point yet? nope.
I don’t appreciate Lance’s dealings with Simeoni, but if he thinks that jersey gets him a ride in the centenary Giro, he’s frikin nuts.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 24, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Clearly
Gazzetta recognized that Liquigas is sadly diminished without Bennati.
Basso will now sit in the corner and eat worms.
Just read that Bennati is out of the Giro too. I give up.
Can I return my VDS team so my other riders don’t injure themselves on my account?
Link via Gavia
Gavia, you need to do a blog post with lots of nice Benna pics as consolation.
We need something to help us get through May :-( Perhaps we could also hold some group prayer sessions for his afflicted thigh?
Will there be laying on of hands?
You need to do this race two or three times before you can win, despite what Cunego showed us last year: winning in his first try--Frank Schleck, on Amstel Gold
Perhaps we need to begin scouring the start list
for hottitude to console ourselves. Surely somewhere on the start list we can find some. It is the Giro, after all.
Would you like me to do a Giro (no Benna) Hottitude Thread?
I feel it would be of much consolation to us. I am happy to scour the start lists, no matter how long it takes ;-)
Please!
We so need a morale booster. And who knows what new hottitude contenders we might find?
:-O~……………………………………
WHAT?!?! BASSO ISN'T RIDING THE GIRO!
BLOODY GERMAN!
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
He's not "riding" it
He’s pwning it
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 23, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
For the record
I’m rather old and don’t really know what pwned means.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 23, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it's when you sell stuff
to a shop who offers to sell it back to you for the sales price plus interest. Then you use the money to buy meth. But I might be wrong.
More Muur...
A game , a religion, an endless timeconsumer
It is whatever you want it to be
Moreover, it is my opinion that Alejandro Valverde is an asshole who should not be allowed to compete in bikeraces right now.
Yeah, that was directed at TRDean
you have no say in the matter…………
Moreover, it is my opinion that Alejandro Valverde is an asshole who should not be allowed to compete in bikeraces right now.
Virtual Director Sporfif
PdC’s fantasy cycling league.
take that back!
"I get paid to hurt other people. How good is that? How good is that?
I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, that's good." Jens!
There are people how doens't believe VDS?!
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
Say that again.. I was shocked Graamr down..
Ther are people who don’t believe in VDS?
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
VDS?
The biggest factor pushing newcomers away from this site since the last Dutch TdF winner stood on the podium in Paris.
don't scare the newcomers
yeah, it’s intimidating sometimes when everyone is talking about their VDS team, but I manage to stick around here even though I have not yet felt remotely competent to pick out a team while trying to take into account an entire cycling season, I find it difficult enough trying to make a prediction about a one-day stage race let alone a GT (so haven’t attempted the entire season thingie yet). So, as long as newcomers realize what VDS is and that they aren’t the only ones around here not involved, they shouldn’t feel pushed away :-D
Oh good
I thought I was the only one without a team. But that doesn’t stop me from posting “Not one of the top 10 get me any VDS points!!!!!!” after each race. ;)
Yes you do
We voted one for you. It seemed wrong for you not to have one.
p.s. They stink.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 23, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
You think we use spreadsheets?
I honestly can say I have almost no idea how to use Excel. I just write shit on little pieces of paper. Which I then lose.
Plus I am tranqiuilo with my 100th place in the standings. The UCI vampires don’t come after me then. ;)
I can do spreadsheets
and I am about 80 places below Ursula in the rankings. Go figure.
I can fake spreadsheets
(by which I mean I don’t really know anything about them, but will Google ceaselessly to see if someone else has created the formula I need), and at last update was between Monty and ursula.
So, there it is—the less adept you are at spreadsheets, the higher you rank. gav, if you deigned to join us, you would obviously be kicking butt.
You need to do this race two or three times before you can win, despite what Cunego showed us last year: winning in his first try--Frank Schleck, on Amstel Gold
I'm a spreadsheet guy
And doing slightly better than you guys. Somewhere in the sixties. I’m glad to be the exception that underlines the rule. (Did I mention I like translating Dutch sayings to English?)
I think that the being dutch bit gives you a huge boost
but then the spreadsheet bit pulls you back down again.
Hi there!
You might want to check our official* Podium Cafe Lexicon to decipher more of our vocabulary :-)
- not official
someopne needs to tell RCS that astana is licensed in luxembourg, not kazakhstan
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
damn
I thought for sure that was Flemish for shitpile.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 23, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
That was last year
Changed to kazakhstan this year
Who has the greasiest palm in cycling?
Armstrong or Zomegnan?
It’s only fitting that Zomegnan is sending a portion that extra motivation he gets from wildcards Armstrong’s way.
Sexy bonk
Fabian Cancellara, Jens Voigt, Juan José Haedo, Matthew Goss, Jason McCartney, Jurgen van Goolen, Nicki Sørensen, Lars Bak and Anders Lund. (source)
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
Stages
Cancellara on that 62km chrono? Not exactly his type, but I think he could still win.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 24, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone mentioned the Olympics
I think it was in the post with the pics from the TT course. As I recall, in the Olympics he crushed the other riders on the descent, both in the road race and in the TT. He was a couple of seconds behind Gustav Larsson on the top, and then Cancellara was 40 seconds or so faster at the finish. But compared to the Giro TT, the descent in Beijing were faily non-technical and I believe the descents in the Giro TT are more difficult.
How is Cancellara’s descending skills, by the way?
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 24, 2009 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Cance's descending is rather excellent
Gained a big chunk of time on the downhill part of the Olympic TT.
It'll be interesting to see his bike choice
for the Liguria tt. Most riders seem to be talking about using climbing bikes, in part because of the tricky descents, but I wonder if Tony will go for a tt rig.
by Susie Hartigan on Apr 24, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Jens?
Would he be the best bet for a high GC finish? I don’t know much about these other guys.
IIRC
Van Goolen and Nikki Sorensen are both kids with some climbing ability, so this might be some on-bike education. Jens won’t survive the big climbs like the Block Haus.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 24, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
er...
I think you have Nikki S confused with Chris Anker S. Chris A. S. is the climber.
Sprints with Haedo and Goss. Stage hunting with Cance and Jens!
Isn’t Anders Lund a bit of a climber? Or is he a crono guy – he’s one of their younger riders. I even profiled him last year, but I can’t remember what his dealio is.
Van Goolen
He was 2nd in mountains classification in Vuelta in 07.
Nikki is more than a decent climber
but he’s mainly on domestique duty (as he will in the Giro. He looked impressive in Flech and I’m betting we’ll be seeing working for the Schleckies late in L-B-L.
Originally it was said that Van Goolen would be going for the Gc in the Giro but he has been pretty invisible in the races so far so I wonder if that is still the plan? He also just announced the most poorly timed move in history. The day after it was reported that testing would be resticted in Spain he came out and said he is moving there to get better training and help with his allergies.
Moreover, it is my opinion that Alejandro Valverde is an asshole who should not be allowed to compete in bikeraces right now.
If you find a correct sentence above
please email me a dontproofread@moron.se
Moreover, it is my opinion that Alejandro Valverde is an asshole who should not be allowed to compete in bikeraces right now.
Proofreading is for morons
If I would have to proofread all the nonsense I spill unto this site, my post total would be half of what it is now. In the beginning I cared about writing proper English but later I figured my English should be good enough to be understood by everybody so I went for speed and wittiness. Sometimes when I proofread accidentally, some of my sentences hurt my eyes but in most cases it is late at night already and I figure it won’t be my eyes I will be ruining with it… (like right now, good night all)
Right
But I wouldn’t call Nikki S world-beating in the mountains. Chris A. S. might become so, given time.
Thanks for the info on Van Goolen, can never really remember what he is good at.
Lund is more of a crono guy – it’s all coming back to me now.
er
yep. Right on that one.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 24, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
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